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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Election Subversion 2024

TV Flash files “Election Subversion 2024” as hour 316 of 371 in the TV Flash guide — Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2014–present) on HBO, season 11, episode 26, aired 2024-10-13, 30 min.

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This leaf is S11E26: listed hour 316 of 371 in the Last Week Tonight with John Oliver guide, hour 26 of 30 in season 11. It aired 2024-10-13 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Traffic Stops” (S11E25). Next is “Mass Deportation/Lee Greenwood” (S11E27).

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver — Election Subversion 2024 (S11E26)

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This week's main story is about the attempts made by Donald Trump and his supporters to undermine the upcoming election, why those attempts might seem valid to someone you know, love or are related to – all different – and what we can expect after election night.

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Where does Election Subversion 2024 sit in the Last Week Tonight with John Oliver guide?

S11E26 is listed hour 316 of 371 — hour 26 of 30 in season 11, season 11 episode 26.

When did Last Week Tonight with John Oliver S11E26 air?

Election Subversion 2024 aired 2024-10-13 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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