John Oliver is back and he's mad as hell

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A news recap from Last Week Tonight's first show back really puts the length of the strike into perspective

didn’t get to talk about any of it, and now he wants audiences—and, more importantly, studio execs—to know that he’s “furious” about being so late to the punch.—the show’s first since the writers strike officially concluded September 26—by making up for lost time.

Our writers, the people who wrote those jokes, were forced to strike for a fair contract for the last five months. And it was an immensely difficult time, not just for them but for everyone else working on this show and many others who could no longer do their jobs. And to be clear, this strike happened for good reasons. Our industry has seen its work severely squeezed in recent years.

Still, Oliver hopes the strike encourages other industries, from baristas to auto workers to healthcare providers, to “find power in each other” and “take what the writers achieved and leverage it to win fair contracts for themselves too.” And, in case you were worried, the studiosat least allow the strike to end in time for Oliver to comment on one of the most sacred American traditions of all:

 

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