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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

State Attorneys General

TV Flash files “State Attorneys General” as hour 146 of 371 in the TV Flash guide — Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2014–present) on HBO, season 5, episode 27, aired 2018-10-28, 30 min.

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This leaf is S05E27: listed hour 146 of 371 in the Last Week Tonight with John Oliver guide, hour 27 of 30 in season 5. It aired 2018-10-28 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Saudi Arabia” (S05E26). Next is “Trump Administration Family Separation Policy” (S05E28).

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver — State Attorneys General (S05E27)
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Where does State Attorneys General sit in the Last Week Tonight with John Oliver guide?

S05E27 is listed hour 146 of 371 — hour 27 of 30 in season 5, season 5 episode 27.

When did Last Week Tonight with John Oliver S05E27 air?

State Attorneys General aired 2018-10-28 and is listed at 30 minutes.

Do I need to watch every week in order?

Each episode is a topical deep dive, not a serial plot. Jump at a subject you care about; net-neutrality-era segments are the origin myth of the civic-homework clip.

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John Oliver turned late-night into a research department with punchlines: twenty-minute deep dives on net neutrality, prisons, and whatever lobbyists hoped you would never google. Civic homework disguised as comedy — explainer satire that actually moved petitions, and a host who treats footnotes like setups.

Sunday night, and the group chat is doing homework. After *The Daily Show*, John Oliver's HBO late-night series debuted April 2014 with Tim Carvell and James Taylor in the engine room: twenty-minute deep dives on net neutrality, prisons, and whatever lobbyists hoped you would never google. Segments sparked real petitions and news cycles. Multiple Emmys for variety talk. Footnotes as setups. (Spoiler-free: the joke comes with a syllabus.) Lana can have the tuxedo. **The ship is the explainer, and the replies are…

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