{"id":2377768,"date":"2024-12-08T19:37:02","date_gmt":"2024-12-09T00:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/john-oliver-winning-streak-finished-his-shows-pulled-from-award-consideration\/"},"modified":"2024-12-08T19:38:36","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T00:38:36","slug":"john-oliver-winning-streak-finished-his-shows-pulled-from-award-consideration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/john-oliver-winning-streak-finished-his-shows-pulled-from-award-consideration\/","title":{"rendered":"John Oliver Winning Streak Finished: His Show&#8217;s Pulled from Award Consideration"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjohn-oliver-winning-streak-finished-his-shows-pulled-from-award-consideration%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2377768&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>John Oliver and his show &#8220;Last Week\u2062 Tonight&#8221; will not contend for\u2064 a Critics\u2064 Choice Award this year, \u2063ending their four<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidenomics-sp-500-down-nearly-20-in-2022-in-worst-year-since-2008\/\" title=\"Bidenomics: S&amp;P 500 in 2022 down almost 20%, worst year since 2008\">-year winning streak<\/a>. \u200bThis \u2063decision stems from new rules implemented by the\u200b Critics Choice Association, \u2062wich now specifies\u2063 that\u200d a &#8220;talk show&#8221; must involve conversation, a standard\u2063 that Oliver&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">predominantly monologue-style show<\/a> does\u2064 not \u200cmeet. Consequently, the show was reclassified as \u200da comedy, placing it in a more competitive category against\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harry-and-meghan-will-take-proper-time-off-after-baby-plan-real-quality-time-away\/\" title=\"Harry And Meghan Will Take \u2018Proper Time Off\u2019 After Baby, Plan \u2018Real Quality Time\u2019 Away\">scripted shows<\/a>. Faced with these changes, the\u2063 team behind &#8220;Last Week Tonight&#8221; decided to withdraw from\u2063 the awards altogether. This progress coincides \u2062with\u200b a challenging\u2063 month for Oliver, notably after the recent political events surrounding Donald Trump&#8217;s re-election, which he openly criticized during his show.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>There&rsquo;s going to be a new champion of talk shows when it comes to the Critics Choice Awards.<\/p>\n<p>And that&rsquo;s because British comedian and HBO parody-news pundit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/john-oliver-attempts-bribe-clarence-thomas-leave-supreme-court-sparking-calls-arrest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Oliver<\/a> and his show, &ldquo;Last Week Tonight,&rdquo; won&rsquo;t be winning the title this year &mdash; bringing an end to four straight wins in the category.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/10-year-old-israeli-girl-gives-john-oliver-wake-call-smug-host-talks-imbalance-holy-land-conflict\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">agonizingly for Oliver<\/a> and his staff, the streak appears to be based on a small technicality.<\/p>\n<p>The Critics Choice Awards, run by the Critics Choice Association, recently underwent some rule changes for its nominations that directly affected Oliver and &ldquo;Last Week Tonight.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-news\/last-week-tonight-withdrawn-critics-choice-awards-consideration-controversy-1236077505\/?taid=675179bf3b87090001c85b58&amp;utm_campaign=trueanthem&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hollywood Reporter<\/a> pointed out, the CCA recently updated its award verbiage so that a &ldquo;talk show&rdquo; must &ldquo;involve conversation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Oliver&rsquo;s show generally features the eponymous host monologuing through most of the show before finishing with some sort of bit that may or may not involve a conversation.<\/p>\n<p>The long-running format clearly didn&rsquo;t meet the CCA&rsquo;s new standards, so the organization rebranded Oliver&rsquo;s show as a comedy.<\/p>\n<p>That means the show would&rsquo;ve had to compete with scripted comedy shows &mdash; which has a much deeper and competitive pool of candidates than talk shows, including another HBO show.<\/p>\n<p>Faced with those prospects, the decision-makers at &ldquo;Last Week Tonight&rdquo; chose to pull out of the award show altogether, per the Reporter.<\/p>\n<p>As Oliver&rsquo;s dominance atop the Critics Choice Awards comes to an end, it caps off a rough month for the British funnyman.<\/p>\n<p>Oliver, who has never hidden his leftist ideology nor his disdain for conservatism, started off November with President-elect Donald Trump&rsquo;s big victory over failed presidential candidate Kamala Harris.<\/p>\n<p>Of note, neither Oliver nor Trump are fans of each other.<\/p>\n<p>Oliver reinforced that fact with his first show after the Nov. 5 election:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>WARNING: The following video contains vulgar language that some viewers may find offensive.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LU2atCWyAos?si=5KGp2wvd-RQEUrQu\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;Yeah, it is crazy [Trump won re-election],&rdquo; a bewildered Oliver said.<\/p>\n<p>He added: &ldquo;It&rsquo;s really f***ing crazy.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Coincidentally, if you actually viewed that video in its entirety, you would&rsquo;ve noticed that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/flashback-hbos-john-oliver-called-electronic-voting-machines-completely-insane-2019\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oliver<\/a> does not, in fact, engage in a single conversation.<\/p>\n<p>Given his show&rsquo;s own murky category issues and the fact that Trump will be inaugurated on Jan. 20, it appears the British funnyman doesn&rsquo;t have a whole lot to laugh about these days.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; 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This change is largely due to recent rule modifications by the Critics Choice Association that now require a &#8220;talk show&#8221; to include actual conversation. Oliver&#8217;s format primarily features him monologuing, which no longer fits the updated criteria. Consequently, his show has been reclassified as a comedy and must compete against scripted shows in a more competitive category. As a result, Oliver&#8217;s team decided to withdraw from the awards entirely. This marks a challenging month for Oliver, who began November reacting to Donald Trump&#8217;s election victory\u2014an outcome he found shocking and expressed disdain for during his first post-election episode<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2377769,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/John-Oliver.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[46382,37184,46380,35248,46381],"class_list":["post-2377768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-award-consideration","tag-entertainment-industry","tag-john-oliver","tag-tv-news","tag-winning-streak"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/John-Oliver.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2377768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2377768"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2377768\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2377772,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2377768\/revisions\/2377772"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2377769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2377768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2377768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2377768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}