All episodes Season 10 S10E05 2023-03-19 30 min 2010s HBO

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Timeshares

TV Flash files “Timeshares” as hour 274 of 371 in the TV Flash guide — Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2014–present) on HBO, season 10, episode 5, aired 2023-03-19, 30 min.

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This leaf is S10E05: listed hour 274 of 371 in the Last Week Tonight with John Oliver guide, hour 5 of 21 in season 10. It aired 2023-03-19 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “TANF” (S10E04). Next is “Solitary Confinement” (S10E06).

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver — Timeshares (S10E05)

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John Oliver discusses timeshares, how people get into them, why it's so difficult to get out, and one exciting new business venture.

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

S10E05 is listed hour 274 of 371 — hour 5 of 21 in season 10, season 10 episode 5.

When did Last Week Tonight with John Oliver S10E05 air?

Timeshares aired 2023-03-19 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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