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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Election 2020

TV Flash files “Election 2020” as hour 204 of 371 in the TV Flash guide — Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2014–present) on HBO, season 7, episode 25, aired 2020-10-04, 30 min.

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This leaf is S07E25: listed hour 204 of 371 in the Last Week Tonight with John Oliver guide, hour 25 of 30 in season 7. It aired 2020-10-04 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “The Supreme Court” (S07E24). Next is “The World Health Organization” (S07E26).

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver — Election 2020 (S07E25)

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Weeks out from the 2020 presidential election, John Oliver takes a look at various efforts to destabilize the vote, how to ensure your ballot is properly counted, and why we may need to prepare not just for an election night, but for an election month.

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Where does Election 2020 sit in the Last Week Tonight with John Oliver guide?

S07E25 is listed hour 204 of 371 — hour 25 of 30 in season 7, season 7 episode 25.

When did Last Week Tonight with John Oliver S07E25 air?

Election 2020 aired 2020-10-04 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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