Oliverio Promoting Oliver

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 John Oliver
 gets his
 own show
 on HBO.


 Starting tonight
 at 11PM EST:

 Last Week Tonight

  The show will be a half-hour, but a legit half-hour — no commercials. 

  That will allow for longer pieces. Mr. Oliver was still unsure whether 

  the format would routinely include a guest

“I like the idea of carving out my own space, rather than having 

  to step into some difficult shoes,” he said.

  He had the shoe experience during Jon Stewart’s sabbatical 

  from anchoring “The Daily Show,” a role that had vaulted 

  the host to the status of champion of truth-telling about

  the news and media.

  The experience turned into far more fun than Mr. Oliver anticipated, 

  though it began with exactly the level of terror he had feared. 

“There are about seven seconds when that music plays at the top 

  of the show, seven seconds for your heart to burst out of your chest,” 

  he recalled. “I sat there thinking: ‘Is this visible? Can you see a heart 

  in a chest? No, that’s a cartoon.’ ”

  Nobody noticed. Instead they saw how much wit and spirit Mr. Oliver 

  brought to the assignment. 

  Reviews bordered on rapturous.

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