Episode
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Scandals
Overview
Taking a walk down memory lane, 'Last Week Tonight' assesses Donald Trump's vs. Hillary Clinton's scandals.
Details
- Series
- Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 23
- Air date
- 2016-09-25
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
Scandals is Episode 23 in Season 3 of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. It aired on 2016-09-25. The runtime is 30 min.
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