John Oliver Is Repeatedly Interrupted by News Alerts During the Season 5 Promo for ‘Last Week Tonight’

Lori Dorn
January 23, 2018

During the promotional trailer for the fifth season of the sublime HBO commentary series Last Week Tonight, a harried John Oliver and the narrator were repeatedly interrupted by ridiculous, but sadly believable, news alerts on Oliver’s phone. It all came to an end when the last alert ordered him to do just one thing.

We're nearly back! @LastWeekTonight returns Feb 18th at 11pm. Doesn't feel like there's much to catch up on…https://t.co/VFhQRkdHvB

— John Oliver (@iamjohnoliver) January 22, 2018

Lori Dorn

Lori is a Laughing Squid Contributing Editor based in New York City who has been writing blog posts for over a decade. She also enjoys making jewelry, playing guitar, taking photos and mixing craft cocktails.