'Last Week Tonight': John Oliver on the Presidential Debate and Why Trump Being on His "Best Behavior" Isn't High Praise

President Trump said Saturday that his campaign plans to appeal a Pennsylvania judge's decision to dismiss a lawsuit aimed at keeping the state from certifying its election results next week in favor of President-elect Joe Biden.  U.S.

President Trump's reelection campaign said Thursday that it is dropping a lawsuit challenging voting results in Michigan, which show Democrat Joe Biden narrowly carrying the battleground state.

Alexandra Del Rosario Associate Editor/Nights & WeekendsFor better or worse, Today show co-host Savannah Guthrie turned heads in October when she faced President Donald Trump during NBC’s Town Hall.During the telecast, which notoriously aired the same time as Joe Biden’s town hall on ABC, Guthrie turned the town hall into an interview with the president, peppering him with questions about his COVID-19 strategy, his tweets and more.

Saturday Night Live has scored the show’s highest ratings in three years.Last Saturday (November 7), Dave Chappelle hosted the long-running NBC sketch show to 9.064 million total viewers.The episode scored a 2.62 rating in Live+Same Day adult 18-49 rating, according to official national ratings from Nielsen.

John Oliver wasted no time getting to his main segment on Sunday's Last Week Tonight: the 2020 election. "This was clearly a very long, very tense week, although thankfully, it all felt worth it due to how it ended," Oliver said, before cutting to a CNN clip wherein Wolf Blitzer announced that Joe Biden had been projected to win the presidency over incumbent Donald Trump.

Joe Biden‘s Presidential election victory and said Donald Trump‘s “bullshit did not work this time”.Speaking on his programme Last Week Tonight, which aired yesterday (November 8), he spent much of it explaining why the current President lost.“This was clearly a very long, very tense week, although thankfully, it all felt worth it due to how it ended,” Oliver said, before cutting to a CNN clip featuring Wolf Blitzer announcing that Joe Biden had been projected to win the presidency over

regular deep dives into the major cultural and institutional problems that plague the United States. But this week’s episode was an exception, as Oliver allowed himself most of his half-hour to celebrate Joe Biden’s election victory and laugh at everyone involved in Trump’s failed reelection bid.“Yeah, that definitely happened.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/Reporter“Trump isn’t going to be president anymore,” said John Oliver at the top of Sunday night’s episode of Last Week Tonight.It was clear that Oliver was elated as he showed footage of people all around the country celebrating Donald Trump’s loss to Joe Biden.

The final presidential debate between President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden will take place on Thursday, moderated by NBC journalist and White House correspondent Kristen Welker. Held at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, the 90-minute debate will include topics relevant to the 2020 election such as fighting COVID-19, American families, race in America, climate change, national security and leadership.

Alexandra Del Rosario Associate Editor/Nights & WeekendsThe Commission on Presidential Debates revealed Monday that it will use mute buttons during the upcoming presidential debates to ensure both Donald Trump and Joe Biden both say their piece in the provided two minutes.

2020 presidential debates is just about here. After a chaotic first matchup between Donald Trump and Joe Biden, a more subdued (but still buzzy) vice presidential debate between Mike Pence and Kamala Harris, and dueling Trump-Biden town hall events in lieu of a second debate, the whole process has felt long and, at times, extremely disorderly.

Donald Trump and Joe Biden are set to meet one last time before the election. After the originally scheduled second presidential debate was canceled due to Trump refusing to participate in a virtual format — a change that was made after the president tested positive for COVID-19 — the would-be third debate between the candidates is set to take place on Thursday, Oct.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterThe Commission on Presidential Debates announced new rules on Monday intended to allow the candidates to speak uninterrupted at the final debate on Thursday.Under the new rules, each candidate will have two minutes to address each of six topics.

Alexandra Del Rosario Associate Editor/Nights & WeekendsSaturday Night Live took on the competing ABC Joe Biden and NBC Donald Trump town halls during its latest episode.  The show kicked off with a cold opening that saw Alex Baldwin reprise his role as 45 and Jim Carrey transform into the Democratic presidential nominee and former vice president.The jokes about the conflicting town halls found its way into the latest “Weekend Update” installation.

Ted Johnson The opener of Saturday Night Live was a skewering of the competing town halls between Joe Biden and Donald Trump.It was an easy target: There was an outcry earlier this week when NBC scheduled a town hall with Trump against one already planned on ABC with Biden. But Savannah Guthrie, moderating the NBC News event, earned widespread praise for pressing Trump with questions and followups.Kate McKinnon, playing Guthrie, opened by saying, “Good evening America.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVThursday’s presidential town halls took the spotlight during “Saturday Night Live’s” third episode of its 46th Season.Alec Baldwin was back in his guest role as President Donald Trump, while Jim Carrey portrayed former vice president and current democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden for the third week in a row. Mikey Day portrayed George Stephanopoulos, Kate McKinnon portrayed “bad ass” Savannah Guthrie, and Maya Rudolph returned as Sen.

Jimmy Kimmel joined the chorus of Hollywood entertainers calling out NBC and its decision to air a “dueling” town hall for Trump directly against Joe Biden’s previously scheduled ABC event. With many of his fellow hosts on break, including NBC’s Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers, the face of ABC late night took solo shots at the Peacock network during his opening monologue Thursday.

Joe Biden and Donald Trump had town halls at the exact same time on Thursday (October 15) (despite petitions and protests from Hollywood stars to stagger the time slots), and Biden easily won in the ratings department.

During President Donald Trump's town hall on Thursday, current and former showrunners, producers and stars — including a handful of current and former NBC talent — who signed aletter of protest against the event continued to criticize the network for its decision and how the event played out. More than 100 top figures in the industry had criticized the network on Wednesday for choosing to air the town hall during the same day and time as ABC'stown hall with former vice president Joe Biden.

President Trump said his position on wearing masks has not changed since he contracted COVID-19during his town hall on NBC on Thursday, timed to compete with presidential contender rival Joe Biden's on ABC. When moderator Savannah Guthrie asked whether Trump's feelings on masks altered after he fell ill, he responded,"No, because I was okay with the masks.