Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
The Census
TV Flash files “The Census” as the last listed hour of season 6 — Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2014–present) on HBO, season 6, episode 30, aired 2019-11-17, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S06E30: listed hour 179 of 371 in the Last Week Tonight with John Oliver guide, last listed hour of season 6. It aired 2019-11-17 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “SLAPP Suits” (S06E29). Next is “Medicare for All” (S07E01).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
John explains why everyone's participation in the 2020 U.S. Census is of crucial importance for the country and how the Trump administration is trying to influence its results in their favor. Also, Chiitan and Chiijohn make their return.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Census sit in the Last Week Tonight with John Oliver guide?
S06E30 is listed hour 179 of 371 — last listed hour of season 6, season 6 episode 30.
When did Last Week Tonight with John Oliver S06E30 air?
The Census aired 2019-11-17 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.
In the series
Why this series still plays
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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- John Oliver as Host
John Oliver’s correspondent weather on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart made a fake newscast feel like a civic classroom, then Last Week Tonight turned the same research into twenty-minute deep dives — 2000s catalog Stewart era, 2010s…