Danbury Will Name Sewage Plant After John Oliver After All, and Throws in a Porta-Potty (Video)

Peter White Television EditorThe entire Saturday Night Live catalogue is finally heading to Peacock.The streamer is set to launch all 45 seasons of the veteran sketch comedy series beginning October 1. This marks one of the first times that every season of the NBC show will be available in one place to watch.Peacock currently airs a handful of episodes of SNL but it is largely best-of performances from the likes of John Belushi, Chris Farley, Adam Sandler and Will Ferrell.

Peter White Television EditorLast Week Tonight with John Oliver scooped its fifth consecutive Emmy Award in the Variety category Sunday, with the Brit comedian saying the hard work of staff on all late night shows made them possible during the pandemic.Clad in a Liverpool FC hoodie, Oliver beat The Daily Show With Trevor Noah, Full Frontal With Samantha Bee, Jimmy Kimmel Live! and The Late Show With Stephen Colbert in the Outstanding Variety Talk Series category.In fact, Oliver has won every

The Real Housewives of Atlanta is going to be a lot less dramatic with OG star NeNe Leakes announcing she won’t be back for season 13. The 52-year-old confirmed she’s leaving RHOA via her Youtube Channel on Sept. 17. But while some Atlanta peaches might be glad to have their feuding frenemy gone, Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Garcelle Beauvais would love it if NeNe joined her cast. With the recent departure of Denise Richards, 49, who quit after two seasons, there is an open spot!

Peter White Television EditorLast Week Tonight with John Oliver continued its dominance in the Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series category.The HBO comedy show beat TBS’ Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, NBC’s Late Night With Seth Meyers, CBS’ Late Show with Stephen Colbert to win the award for the fifth year in a row.The British comedian accepted the award on behalf of his team using one of his son’s “creepy” toys in lieu of an actual Emmy.“I’d like to thank my writers, obviously, who work

Will Thorne Staff WriterJohn Oliver will be bringing his biting satire to HBO for at least three more years.The premium cabler has announced it has renewed “Last Week Tonight With John Oliver” for three more seasons, taking the British comedian’s run through 10 seasons and through the year 2023.News of the pickup comes around two weeks after Oliver aired his last episode on the Republican National Convention and the protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin over the police shooting of Jacob Blake.

British perfume brand Jo Malone has apologised to black actor John Boyega after cutting him out of the Chinese version of an aftershave commercial he helped create.

The war of words between Last Week Tonight host John Oliver and Danbury, Connecticut MayorMark Boughton may finally be coming to a close. On Saturday,Boughton saidhe would accept Oliver’s challenge to name the city’s sewage plant after the HBO host following Oliver's offer to donate $55,000 to local charities.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterIn what could be the greatest — and most hilariously friendly — feud of 2020, John Oliver has been putting the city of Danbury, Connecticut on blast for the past couple of weeks on Last Week Tonight. During one episode while unpacking the racial disparities when it came to jury selection process in Connecticut, the host said “If you’re going to forget a town in Connecticut, why not forget Danbury? Because, and this is true, f*** Danbury!” There was really

Alexandra Del Rosario Associate Editor/Nights & WeekendsFacebook announced Monday that it plans to stop publishers and people from sharing both local and international news on the social media platform.

John Oliver on Sunday used the entirety ofLast Week Tonight to discuss the incendiary rhetoric from Donald Trump and others during the Republican National Convention, which the host tied to the deadly shooting during protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin last week.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterLast Week Tonight With John Oliver wasted no time in diving right into two major stories that happened last week: the RNC and the events of Kenosha, Wisconsin.First off, John Oliver pointed out the main theme of the RNC was “telling lies in front of flags” as it was four days of “full-throated denial of objective reality.”  RNC speakers painted a misleading portrait of Biden saying that he would be controlled by environmental extremists and that there

John Oliver, as the star insulted the town in a rant on his U.S. late-night show.Danbury’s Mayor Mark Boughton announced the dubious accolade in a video posted on his Facebook page on Sunday (August 23, 2020), responding to a bizarre rant Oliver embarked on about the town on his HBO show, Last Week Tonight.“We are going to rename it the John Oliver Memorial Sewer Plant,” the Republican mayor said of the City of Danbury Sewer Plant.

Local officials in Danbury, Connecticut have named a sewage plant after comedian John Oliver, as the star insulted the town in a rant on his U.S.

It was supposed to be the Democratic Convention – so why were so many “Never Trump” Republicans participating? That’s what comedian John Oliver wanted to know during Sunday’s edition of “Last Week Tonight.” The host questioned the Democratic National Committee’s strategy of inviting Republican critics of President Trump -- such as John Kasich, Meg Whitman and Colin Powell -- to address voters during the party’s four-night nominating event last week.