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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

One Child Policy

TV Flash files “One Child Policy” as hour 174 of 371 in the TV Flash guide — Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2014–present) on HBO, season 6, episode 25, aired 2019-10-06, 30 min.

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This leaf is S06E25: listed hour 174 of 371 in the Last Week Tonight with John Oliver guide, hour 25 of 30 in season 6. It aired 2019-10-06 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Compounding Pharmacies” (S06E24). Next is “Weather” (S06E26).

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver — One Child Policy (S06E25)

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China's one-child policy which is very renowned for its controversial approach. This policy was not implemented rather it was enforced to save China's economy. But it was done by without thinking the future implications. As a result there are more than 34 million men than women. And in near future four grandparents, two parents will be depending on one child. That is why John explains the absurdity of the new two-child policy.

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Where does One Child Policy sit in the Last Week Tonight with John Oliver guide?

S06E25 is listed hour 174 of 371 — hour 25 of 30 in season 6, season 6 episode 25.

When did Last Week Tonight with John Oliver S06E25 air?

One Child Policy aired 2019-10-06 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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