Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Abortion Ruling / Philippines Election
TV Flash files “Abortion Ruling / Philippines Election” as hour 249 of 371 in the TV Flash guide — Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2014–present) on HBO, season 9, episode 10, aired 2022-05-08, 42 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S09E10: listed hour 249 of 371 in the Last Week Tonight with John Oliver guide, hour 10 of 30 in season 9. It aired 2022-05-08 (42 min). The listed hour before it is “Environmental Racism” (S09E09). Next is “Utilities” (S09E11).
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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
John Oliver discusses the leaked draft opinion that looks set to overturn Roe v. Wade, how we got to this point, and where we may be headed. John Oliver discusses the current presidential election in The Philippines and why Bongbong Marcos is – albeit in a very limited and unflattering way – sort of like Ant-Man.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Abortion Ruling / Philippines Election sit in the Last Week Tonight with John Oliver guide?
S09E10 is listed hour 249 of 371 — hour 10 of 30 in season 9, season 9 episode 10.
When did Last Week Tonight with John Oliver S09E10 air?
Abortion Ruling / Philippines Election aired 2022-05-08 and is listed at 42 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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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…