Episode
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: 911
Overview
John Oliver on 911 Reliability: Things you never want to hear: there are no guarantees when you call 911. Emergency call centers are in desperate need of funding and new technology, so “no guarantees” is the unfortunate reality.
Details
- Series
- Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 12
- Air date
- 2016-05-15
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
911 is Episode 12 in Season 3 of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. It aired on 2016-05-15. The runtime is 30 min.
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