The BEST episodes of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver season 3
Every episode of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver season 3, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver season 3!
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver is an American late-night talk and news satire television program. LWT draws its comedy and satire from recent news stories, political figures, media organizations, pop culture, and often aspects of the show itself.
#1 - Episode 62
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/28/2016
Our main story was about Donald Trump. We can't believe we're saying that either.
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#2 - Episode 73
Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 6/5/2016
John Oliver Takes On Debt Buyers: Companies that purchase debt on the cheap will aggressively collect on it. 'Last Week Tonight’ took a hands-on approach to addressing this issue.
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#3 - Episode 89
Season 3 - Episode 30 - Aired 11/13/2016
Donald Trump will be the next president of the United States. How did we get to this point? And what do we do now?
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#4 - Episode 64
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/13/2016
Strong encryption poses problems for law enforcement, is weakening it worth the risks it presents? It’s…complicated.
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#5 - Episode 81
Season 3 - Episode 22 - Aired 8/21/2016
Charter schools are privately run, publicly funded, and irregularly regulated. John Oliver explores why they aren’t at all like pizzerias.
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#6 - Episode 70
Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 5/8/2016
John Oliver on Sticking to the Facts: Media outlets often report new findings from scientific studies, but how many are true?
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#7 - Episode 83
Season 3 - Episode 24 - Aired 10/2/2016
John Oliver discusses the systems in place to investigate and hold police officers accountable for misconduct.
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#8 - Episode 80
Season 3 - Episode 21 - Aired 8/14/2016
John Oliver Takes Subprime Auto Lenders To Task: Keegan-Michael Key and Bob Balaban help show how auto lenders can steer vulnerable people into debt.
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#9 - Episode 84
Season 3 - Episode 25 - Aired 10/9/2016
John Oliver examines the legal and moral issues surrounding the military prison at Guantánamo Bay.
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#10 - Episode 74
Season 3 - Episode 15 - Aired 6/12/2016
John Oliver Covers Ins and Outs of Retirement Plans: Saving for retirement means navigating a potential minefield of high fees and bad advice - Last Week Tonight is here to help.
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#11 - Episode 82
Season 3 - Episode 23 - Aired 9/25/2016
John Oliver on Scandals: the 2016 presidential race is teeming with raisins. Sorry…scandals.
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#12 - Episode 88
Season 3 - Episode 29 - Aired 11/6/2016
Multilevel marketing companies claim to be legitimate businesses, but some seem awfully…pyramid shaped. John Oliver and Jaime Camil demonstrate how they work.
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#13 - Episode 61
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/21/2016
Abortion is theoretically legal, but some states make it practically inaccessible. And how is Hollywood whitewashing still a thing?
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#14 - Episode 67
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 4/10/2016
Credit reports play a surprisingly large role in our lives, but even more surprising is how often they contain critical mistakes. John Oliver helps credit agencies see why this is a problem.
#15 - Episode 60
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/14/2016
John talks about Scalia's love of the Letter of the Law, Chipotle's avian mascot, and how Voter ID laws should be applied to those who write them.
#16 - Episode 75
Season 3 - Episode 16 - Aired 6/19/2016
John Oliver on “Brexiting” from the EU: There might be an innate British desire to diss Europe, but Last Week Tonight lays out exactly why it’s a mistake to leave the EU.
#17 - Episode 85
Season 3 - Episode 26 - Aired 10/16/2016
John Oliver considers third party candidates seriously as potential presidents.
#18 - Episode 78
Season 3 - Episode 19 - Aired 7/31/2016
John Oliver Talks DNC vs. RNC. 'Last Week Tonight' covers the Democratic convention and has choice words regarding the Republican presidential nominee.
#19 - Episode 71
Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 5/15/2016
John Oliver on 911 Reliability: Things you never want to hear: there are no guarantees when you call 911. Emergency call centers are in desperate need of funding and new technology, so “no guarantees” is the unfortunate reality.
#20 - Episode 69
Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 4/24/2016
Puerto Rico is suffering a massive debt crisis. Lin-Manuel Miranda joins John Oliver to call for relief.
#21 - Episode 86
Season 3 - Episode 27 - Aired 10/23/2016
John Oliver discusses the extent and root of the nation’s epidemic of opioid addiction.
#22 - Episode 76
Season 3 - Episode 17 - Aired 6/26/2016
Main segment: 2016 Summer Olympics and doping in sports. Segments: Aftermath of the United Kingdom EU membership referendum.
#23 - Episode 72
Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 5/22/2016
Last Week Tonight Tackles U.S. Primaries and Caucuses: The United States selection process for presidential nominees is convoluted — to say the least. Nevertheless, John Oliver reminds Americans that the "middle of the game" is the worst possible time to change the rules.
#24 - Episode 79
Season 3 - Episode 20 - Aired 8/7/2016
Last Week Tonight on the Decline of Journalism. John Oliver has some bad news about the state of the industry that gives us our news.
#25 - Episode 77
Season 3 - Episode 18 - Aired 7/24/2016
John Oliver discusses last week's unsurprisingly surprising Republican convention. It was a four-day exercise in emphasizing feelings over facts.