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4 hours ago
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John Oliver Sounds Alarm On Air Traffic Control With 'Truly Honest Recruitment Video'
'Last Week Tonight' host John Oliver took a turbulent deep dive on Sunday into the mounting issues plaguing America's air traffic control system. It was anything but a smooth ride. Air traffic controllers, whom Oliver praised as the 'unsung heroes of the skies,' are responsible for the safety of around 2 million passengers each day, he noted. But behind the scenes, he warned, the system is 'under extreme strain.' Oliver highlighted a long list of problems threatening the safety of the industry - from severe staffing shortages to crumbling facilities and aging technology to outdated equipment. He ended the segment with what he called a 'truly honest recruitment video.' Watch here: New England Patriots Prompt Right-Wing Freak Out With Pride Post Lindsey Graham's 'Deranged' Post About Greta Thunberg Is Condemned Online Maggie Haberman Reveals Why Trump World Was Secretly Glad To See Musk Go
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5 hours ago
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John Oliver Sounds Alarm On Air Traffic Control With 'Truly Honest Recruitment Video'
'Last Week Tonight' host John Oliver took a turbulent deep dive on Sunday into the mounting issues plaguing America's air traffic control system. It was anything but a smooth ride. Air traffic controllers, whom Oliver praised as the 'unsung heroes of the skies,' are responsible for the safety of around 2 million passengers each day, he noted. But behind the scenes, he warned, the system is 'under extreme strain.' Oliver highlighted a long list of problems threatening the safety of the industry - from severe staffing shortages to crumbling facilities and aging technology to outdated equipment. He ended the segment with what he called a 'truly honest recruitment video.' Watch here: New England Patriots Prompt Right-Wing Freak Out With Pride Post Lindsey Graham's 'Deranged' Post About Greta Thunberg Is Condemned Online Maggie Haberman Reveals Why Trump World Was Secretly Glad To See Musk Go
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10 hours ago
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John Oliver Calls Attention To Air Traffic Control Crisis With FAA Ad Spoof Featuring Lil Rel Howery, Keyla Monterroso Mejia & H. Jon Benjamin
Back after the Memorial Day weekend break, John Oliver wasted no time soaring through a topic needing urgent attention: the air traffic control crisis that has been looming and ongoing for years due to lack of investment. Beginning Last Week Tonight, the host made a quip about a 2023 headline concerning a FedEx plane that nearly crashed into a Southwest airliner in Austin. More from Deadline Nathan Fielder Calls FAA "Very Dumb" Over Response To 'The Rehearsal' John Oliver Delivers The "Hot Take" WBD Was Expecting On HBO Max's Rebrand, Comparing It To Gulf Name Change: "F-- You, Don't Tell Me What To Do" Keyla Monterroso Mejia, Comedic Standout On Everything From 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' To 'The Studio', Signs With Artists First 'Well, that is terrifying! Planes should definitely not be landing on top of each other and I say that knowing that there is a nonzero chance Tom Cruise will hear me and immediately greenlight a new Mission: Impossible to do exactly that himself,' Oliver said. 'I am not saying that he is trying to die on camera, I'm just saying the only way Tom Cruise passes away peacefully in his bed is if the bed is being dropped into an active volcano to somehow save the 'live moviegoing experience.'' Throughout the episode, Oliver outlined how the U.S. history of aviation has led to the problem, saying, 'as with so many things on this show, at least some of the blame lies with Ronald Reagan,' pointing to the 11,000 air traffic controllers the late president fired amid a massive union strike — a number that was never quite recuperated. From the Federal Aviation Administration's designation as discretionary spending and not mandatory to low success and recruitment rates, Oliver remarked that the challenging nature of the role itself — and the lack of funding the field receives — is 'like Squid Game if the prize of Squid Game was to just keeping doing Squid Game as a job.' Thus the segment culminated in an ad spoofing a real FAA spot played earlier in the evening, featuring actors H. Jon Benjamin (Bob's Burgers), Lauren Adams (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt), Lil Rel Howery (Get Out) and Keyla Monterroso Mejia (The Studio) as beleaguered workers. What begins as a seemingly normal advert quickly descends into chaos as the staff deals with bats, bees and broken elevators (all real problems reported by air traffic controllers). 'My father was an air traffic controller, and I feel a real connection with him here at this job, especially because this is the exact same computer he used,' Benjamin's character remarks as he points to a sticker that reads 'Dukakis for President '88.' 'He had to retire because the doctor said he had more ulcer than stomach. What are you gonna do?' Meanwhile, in a moment parodying the real technology lag in control towers, Mejia's young worker is shown confused when faced with a floppy disk, opting to put it into the toaster. 'It's a lot like a video game, except we can never hit pause, there are no extra lives and instead of NPCs, it's you and your loved ones,' her character says. As the filming of the parody gets interrupted by power outages ('Dave, one flush, we talked about this!' Benjamin yells out to Howery's character), Mejia's plea to her colleagues to return from a photo op — 'I'm juggling like seven f—ing flights' — ends the sketch. Best of Deadline Sean 'Diddy' Combs Sex-Trafficking Trial Updates: Cassie Ventura's Testimony, $10M Hotel Settlement, Drugs, Violence, & The Feds 'Poker Face' Season 2 Guest Stars: From Katie Holmes To Simon Hellberg 2025-26 Awards Season Calendar: Dates For Tonys, Emmys, Oscars & More
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10 hours ago
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John Oliver Calls Attention To Air Traffic Control Crisis With FAA Ad Spoof Featuring Lil Rel Howery, Keyla Monterroso Mejia & H. Jon Benjamin
Back after the Memorial Day weekend break, John Oliver wasted no time soaring through a topic needing urgent attention: the air traffic control crisis that has been looming and ongoing for years due to lack of investment. Beginning Last Week Tonight, the host made a quip about a 2023 headline concerning a FedEx plane that nearly crashed into a Southwest airliner in Austin. More from Deadline Nathan Fielder Calls FAA "Very Dumb" Over Response To 'The Rehearsal' John Oliver Delivers The "Hot Take" WBD Was Expecting On HBO Max's Rebrand, Comparing It To Gulf Name Change: "F-- You, Don't Tell Me What To Do" Keyla Monterroso Mejia, Comedic Standout On Everything From 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' To 'The Studio', Signs With Artists First 'Well, that is terrifying! Planes should definitely not be landing on top of each other and I say that knowing that there is a nonzero chance Tom Cruise will hear me and immediately greenlight a new Mission: Impossible to do exactly that himself,' Oliver said. 'I am not saying that he is trying to die on camera, I'm just saying the only way Tom Cruise passes away peacefully in his bed is if the bed is being dropped into an active volcano to somehow save the 'live moviegoing experience.'' Throughout the episode, Oliver outlined how the U.S. history of aviation has led to the problem, saying, 'as with so many things on this show, at least some of the blame lies with Ronald Reagan,' pointing to the 11,000 air traffic controllers the late president fired amid a massive union strike — a number that was never quite recuperated. From the Federal Aviation Administration's designation as discretionary spending and not mandatory to low success and recruitment rates, Oliver remarked that the challenging nature of the role itself — and the lack of funding the field receives — is 'like Squid Game if the prize of Squid Game was to just keeping doing Squid Game as a job.' Thus the segment culminated in an ad spoofing a real FAA spot played earlier in the evening, featuring actors H. Jon Benjamin (Bob's Burgers), Lauren Adams (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt), Lil Rel Howery (Get Out) and Keyla Monterroso Mejia (The Studio) as beleaguered workers. What begins as a seemingly normal advert quickly descends into chaos as the staff deals with bats, bees and broken elevators (all real problems reported by air traffic controllers). 'My father was an air traffic controller, and I feel a real connection with him here at this job, especially because this is the exact same computer he used,' Benjamin's character remarks as he points to a sticker that reads 'Dukakis for President '88.' 'He had to retire because the doctor said he had more ulcer than stomach. What are you gonna do?' Meanwhile, in a moment parodying the real technology lag in control towers, Mejia's young worker is shown confused when faced with a floppy disk, opting to put it into the toaster. 'It's a lot like a video game, except we can never hit pause, there are no extra lives and instead of NPCs, it's you and your loved ones,' her character says. As the filming of the parody gets interrupted by power outages ('Dave, one flush, we talked about this!' Benjamin yells out to Howery's character), Mejia's plea to her colleagues to return from a photo op — 'I'm juggling like seven f—ing flights' — ends the sketch. Best of Deadline Sean 'Diddy' Combs Sex-Trafficking Trial Updates: Cassie Ventura's Testimony, $10M Hotel Settlement, Drugs, Violence, & The Feds 'Poker Face' Season 2 Guest Stars: From Katie Holmes To Simon Hellberg 2025-26 Awards Season Calendar: Dates For Tonys, Emmys, Oscars & More
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5 days ago
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As Doctor Odyssey's Fate Hangs in the Balance, Joshua Jackson Thanks John Oliver for Viral Season 2 Renewal Plea
Doctor Hot Boat has seen John Oliver's Doctor Odyssey renewal plea — and yes, he loved it, too. The Hollywood Reporter caught up with Joshua Jackson on the red carpet for his new film Karate Kid: Legends Tuesday, and asked the star for his reaction to the viral Last Week Tonight segment wherein Oliver pleaded with ABC to renew Ryan Murphy's seafaring soap for Season 2. More from TVLine Yep, Doctor Odyssey's Fate Is Still TBD — ABC Boss Explains Hold-Up Did Doctor Odyssey Just Air Its Series Finale? Grade It! Suits Alum Sarah Rafferty: My TV Goal Now Is to 'Not Do the Moms Dirty' 'If I was more proficient at Instagram, I would have plastered that everywhere,' Jackson said. 'I should probably still do that because thank you, John Oliver. Whether they pick us up or not, I kind of feel like my career can end now because I got a shout out… like I've made it now that I made it on the John Oliver show.' Joshua Jackson responds to John Oliver's request for a second season of #DoctorOdyssey — The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) May 27, 2025 In the aforementioned segment, which originally aired May 18, Oliver railed against ABC for dragging its feet on a Season 2 pickup for Jackson's primetime soap. 'I actually agree [with President Donald Trump] that ABC should be embarrassed — not for that entirely legitimate question [about accepting a luxury Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet from the royal family of Qatar], but for the fact that, as of this taping, they still haven't renewed Doctor Odyssey for Season 2,' Oliver pointed out. 'What the f–k are you doing, ABC? It's sexy ER on a boat! It's The Pitt with sharks! It's got — and I'm not even going to try and beat their tagline on this — 'big deck energy.'' After showing his studio audience a clip from the Doctor Odyssey pilot, wherein the series' central throuple rush to the room of a cruiser with a broken penis, Oliver asked, 'How is ABC renewing shows called The Rookie and Will Trent — whose premise is apparently just, 'despite being dyslexic, he's become a Special Agent in the Georgia Bureau of Investigation' — but they haven't renewed the only show brave enough to answer the question, 'What if sick, but boat?' 'I shouldn't complain about the other shows,' Oliver continued, as he attempted to keep his composure. 'I shouldn't care that a show called and about a rookie is returning for its premise-defying eighth season, and I don't begrudge any audience members for sticking around to find out if their favorite characters will or won't Trent. All I'm saying is, ABC's The View has been on since 1997, and Doctor Hot Boat is still in limbo. 'You're a disgrace, ABC!' the HBO comedian exclaimed. 'Your network is a disaster!' View this post on Instagram A post shared by TVLine (@tvline) Ahead of the series' freshman finale, TVLine asked Disney Television Group president Craig Erwich where things stand with the network's renewal/cancellation decision, and when fans might expect one. As seen with the unveiling of ABC's fall schedule, 'Doctor Odyssey is not on our schedule currently,' he answered. 'We're in talks with [series creator] Ryan [Murphy], and we really look to him about what the next chapter might be.' Alas, as of press time, a decision still has not been made. TV's Current Medical Dramas, Ranked View List Best of TVLine Yellowjackets Mysteries: An Up-to-Date List of the Series' Biggest Questions (and Answers?) The Emmys' Most Memorable Moments: Laughter, Tears, Historical Wins, 'The Big One' and More 'Missing' Shows, Found! The Latest on Severance, Holey Moley, Poker Face, YOU, Primo, Transplant and 25+ Others
