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The list was promoted by Giants2008 via FACBot (talk) 00:25, 25 September 2023 (UTC) [1].

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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (season 2)

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Nominator(s): MyCatIsAChonk (talk) (not me) (also not me) (still no) 13:29, 5 September 2023 (UTC)

First season has three supports, so I'll go ahead with the second! Like last season, this one also influenced current events; the president of FIFA resigned two days after an episode aired on the 212015 corruption scandal, and in another instance, New York's bail policy was changed after a LWT episode aired on the topic. Excited for comments! MyCatIsAChonk (talk) (not me) (also not me) (still no) 13:29, 5 September 2023 (UTC)

Hey man im josh

• Image review: Passed
  • Image isrelevant
  • Image is appropriately licensed
  • Image has alt text

• Source review: Passed
  • Reliable enough for the information being cited
  • Consistent date formatting
  • Consistent publisher formatting
  • Appropriate wikilinks where applicable
  • Link checker not currently working, so I can't check with that

Looks good! Support -- Hey man im josh (talk) 14:33, 5 September 2023 (UTC)

Pseud 14

• On the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes -- on the review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes
• than Trevor Noah-hosted The Daily Show. -- than the Trevor Noah-hosted The Daily Show
• I would link the first instance of The Daily Show, and suggest including the network Comedy Central to precede it.
• That's all I got. Great work. Pseud 14 (talk) 19:40, 5 September 2023 (UTC)

  @Pseud 14, all done, thank you so much for the prompt review! MyCatIsAChonk (talk) (not me) (also not me) (still no) 21:11, 5 September 2023 (UTC)

• Support. Pseud 14 (talk) 22:18, 5 September 2023 (UTC)

Comments

• "The show continued to release the main stories of each episode on their" => "The show continued to release the main stories of each episode on its" (show is singular)
• "They also highlighted" - who is "they"?
• "on the teams selection process" => "on the team's selection process"
• "Oliver worked as the British Correspondent" - no need for capital on correspondent
• "David Waywell writing in The Spectator opined that the first seasons of Last Week Tonight" => "David Waywell writing in The Spectator opined that the first seasons of Last Week Tonight" Do you mean simply the first (in which case "seasons" should be singular) or the first few (in which case I would suggest changing "first" to "early" for total clarity)
• "The premiere broadcast of season two received 720,000 viewers [....] for the night, the episode garnered 846,000 viewers" - I have to confess I don't understand this. How did it receive both amounts of viewers?
• "had average 1.396 million total viewers per episode," => "had an average 1.396 million total viewers per episode," or "averaged 1.396 million total viewers per episode,"
• "a system that Oliver accused of disproportionately affected" => "a system that Oliver accused of disproportionately affecting"
• "the mayor of New York City Bill de Blasio announced the city" => "the mayor of New York City Bill de Blasio announced that the city"
• "though, Oliver later denied influencing the decision, stating" => "Oliver later denied influencing the decision, however, stating"
• That's what I got :-) -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 07:05, 8 September 2023 (UTC)

  @ChrisTheDude all fixed, thank you so much! MyCatIsAChonk (talk) (not me) (also not me) (still no) 11:10, 8 September 2023 (UTC)

• Support -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 11:34, 8 September 2023 (UTC)

Comments by Epicgenius

Staking a claim here. – Epicgenius (talk) 16:49, 8 September 2023 (UTC)

Thought I would review this, since I love LWT (quite coincidentally, the LWT studio is within a stone's throw of my workplace).

Quick comments:

• Lead, paragraph 1: "The season was produced by Avalon Television, the executive producers were host John Oliver, Tim Carvell, and Liz Stanton" - The comma after "Television" should be a semicolon, otherwise you have a run-on sentence like this.
• Lead, paragraph 2: "The show continued to release the main stories of each episode on its YouTube channel after airing." - I'd rephrase the last part of this sentence slightly, e.g. "after each episode aired".
• Production, paragraph 1: "Tim Carvell, John Oliver, and Liz Stanton were the executive producers on the season, with Diane Fitzgerald as producer. Writers include Oliver, Carvell, Kevin Avery, Josh Gondelman, Dan Gurewitch, Geoff Haggerty, Jeff Maurer, Scott Sherman, Will Tracy, Jill Twiss, and Juli Weiner. Paul Pennolino directed the season." - Is there a reason that this paragraph goes from past to present to past tense?
• Production, paragraph 2: "The material also highlighted the Last Week Tonight YouTube channel, where the main stories of each episode were released after airing." - Out of curiosity, was the previous season not on YouTube?
• Production, paragraph 2: "the size of the research team at Last Week Tonight was increased from one researcher to four" - I'd just say "the research team at Last Week Tonight was expanded from one researcher to four".

More later. – Epicgenius (talk) 16:55, 8 September 2023 (UTC)

@Epicgenius, the previous season was definitely on YouTube after the Scottish Independence Referendum episode- this is mentioned in the season one article. I'm not sure if the others were (looking at the channel itself, it seems like some segments were posted along with various ads, but they don't seem to be in order or broadcast). Got everything else (can't believe I caught those typos)- thank you! MyCatIsAChonk (talk) (not me) (also not me) (still no) 21:32, 8 September 2023 (UTC)

Additional comments:

• Critical reception: "Lucas Kavner writing in Vulture called it, "easily the most enjoyable way to relive some of this year’s most infuriating news."" - I would remove the comma after "called it". (Conversely, I'd optionally put commas before and after "writing in Vulture", but it's not necessary, and you'd have to change "David Waywell writing in The Spectator" and ""Government Surveillance" was rated the best episode of the season by Matthew Strauss writing in Inverse".)
• Ratings: "after replays, the episode garnered 846,000 viewers." - Does this include both the premiere broadcasts and reruns. but not YouTube views?
• Influence: "Episode fifteen of season two covered the 2015 FIFA corruption case, being the second time Last Week Tonight covered FIFA." - I'd reword this, as you pretty much say "covered FIFA" twice.
• Influence: "A month after the episode aired, the mayor of New York City Bill de Blasio announced that the city would lower bail requirements for people accused of misdemeanors and nonviolent crimes;[18][26] Oliver later denied influencing the decision, however, stating that the requirements were already in the process of being changed when the episode aired.[27]" - Do we need to say "however"? If not, could these just be two separate sentences?

I don't see any other issues with this list. Once these issues are resolved, I think I can support this FLC. – Epicgenius (talk) 15:49, 11 September 2023 (UTC)

@Epicgenius, I didn't include the "writing in __" so it conforms with the other season articles, but I definitely see how it could be helpful. For "after replays", I double checked the source and realized it was talking about the end of s1... my bad, thanks for bringing that up. Fixed everything else accordingly- thank you so much for the review on this and s3! MyCatIsAChonk (talk) (not me) (also not me) (still no) 21:21, 11 September 2023 (UTC)

You're welcome. I am happy to support as it looks good to me. – Epicgenius (talk) 21:25, 11 September 2023 (UTC)

Accessibility review (MOS:DTAB)

• Tables need captions, which allow screen reader software to jump straight to named tables without having to read out all of the text before it each time. For the {{Episode table}} template, you add them by adding a |caption= parameter, e.g. |caption=caption_text. It defaults to not being visible, so if you want to change that, add |show_caption=y as well. Note that I think I missed this on the Season 1 list, so please add it there as well.
• Please see MOS:DTAB for example table code if this isn't clear. I don't return to these reviews until the nomination is ready to close, so ping me if you have any questions. --PresN 21:29, 13 September 2023 (UTC)

  @PresN, added thank you! MyCatIsAChonk (talk) (not me) (also not me) (still no) 21:40, 13 September 2023 (UTC)

• Closing note: This candidate has been promoted, but there may be a delay in bot processing of the close. Please see WP:FLC/ar, and leave the {{featured list candidates}} template in place on the talk page until the bot goes through. Giants2008 (Talk) 21:13, 24 September 2023 (UTC)

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