Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Qatar World Cup
TV Flash files “Qatar World Cup” as the last listed hour of season 9 — Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2014–present) on HBO, season 9, episode 30, aired 2022-11-20, 30 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S09E30: listed hour 269 of 371 in the Last Week Tonight with John Oliver guide, last listed hour of season 9. It aired 2022-11-20 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “The Monarchy” (S09E29). Next is “Psychedelic Assisted Therapy” (S10E01).
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John Oliver discusses the Qatar World Cup, the human-rights violations happening in the sporting event's host country, and what perfection really means to David Beckham.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Qatar World Cup sit in the Last Week Tonight with John Oliver guide?
S09E30 is listed hour 269 of 371 — last listed hour of season 9, season 9 episode 30.
When did Last Week Tonight with John Oliver S09E30 air?
Qatar World Cup aired 2022-11-20 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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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…