John Oliver didn't necessarily speak for the rest of his late-night cohorts on Sunday night, but he did provide what might be the group's final word for the foreseeable future—as the coronavirus pandemic has upended society and forced every show into an extended hiatus. “Take care of yourself, take care of each other, and we will be back in some form, at some time in the future. Until then, stay safe,” Oliver said at the conclusion of Last Week Tonight.
Sunday's episode of Oliver's award-winning show was much different from what fans have come to expect. In addition to going forward without a live-audience—a decision late-night hosts across the industry made last week as the coronavirus spread throughout New York and California—Oliver hosted the show from an undisclosed location. His usual home, a studio inside the CBS Broadcast Center, has been closed after at least two employees there were diagnosed with coronavirus.
“This was the week that the coronavirus, for many people in the U.S., seemed to go from an abstraction to a very real threat,” Oliver said at the top of the show. As in his custom, Oliver then annotated the last week of news—in particular, President Donald Trump's multiple public missteps and confounding statements about coronavirus. But, Oliver noted, dunking on Trump at this stage in the pandemic isn't going to save lives as much as informing the general population about the importance of social distancing will.
“This is clearly both frustrating and extremely unnerving, and is actively contributing to a sense of confusion in the country at the moment. At this point, it might really be best to put the president aside,” Oliver said. “Don't worry: there is going to be ample time to be utterly furious with him later. But the fact is, even though this should not be the case, it seems we're going to be a little bit on our own here.”
Following the episode, HBO posted the entirety of Oliver's show to its YouTube page for everyone, including non-subscribers, to watch.
Last week, every major late-night show abruptly said farewell for now, leading to a number of surreal broadcasts. Stephen Colbert aired what he called his dress rehearsal for The Late Show, taped in front of staff. Seth Meyers released a segment of Late Night on YouTube rather than air a show on NBC. Jimmy Kimmel didn't even have the chance to say goodbye: his final show before this coronavirus-induced break was guest-hosted by former Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg.
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