John Oliver and David Letterman Make TV Great Again

by Erik Henriksen
John Oliver returned to HBO last Sunday. It was the first episode of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver since November, and somehow, it felt like he'd been gone a very long time.
Sunday's episode was pretty standard stuff, at least for Last Week Tonight: Oliver kicked things off with a rundown of America's latest school shooting, wisely keeping his anger in check and focusing instead on the words and actions of Parkland's surviving students. After a far-ranging examination of T