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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Coronavirus III

TV Flash files “Coronavirus III” as hour 185 of 371 in the TV Flash guide — Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2014–present) on HBO, season 7, episode 6, aired 2020-03-29, 30 min.

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This leaf is S07E06: listed hour 185 of 371 in the Last Week Tonight with John Oliver guide, hour 6 of 30 in season 7. It aired 2020-03-29 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Coronavirus II” (S07E05). Next is “OAN” (S07E07).

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver — Coronavirus III (S07E06)

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In the first show from his makeshift home studio, John covers the horrible way COVID-19 pandemic is going and how Trump is mishandling it, how TV hosts are practicing social distancing, and how profoundly gleeful 90s erotic rat art can be.

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Where does Coronavirus III sit in the Last Week Tonight with John Oliver guide?

S07E06 is listed hour 185 of 371 — hour 6 of 30 in season 7, season 7 episode 6.

When did Last Week Tonight with John Oliver S07E06 air?

Coronavirus III aired 2020-03-29 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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