‘Last Week Tonight With John Oliver’ Pulled From Critics Choice Awards Due To Category Changes
deadline.comLate-night awards controversy continues. HBO’s Last Week Tonight with John Oliver was pulled from consideration for the Critics Choice Awards as a result of a category change.
The organization changed the rules, stating that only shows that “involve conversation” should be nominated for Best Talk Show at the event.
Oliver obviously rarely talks to anyone else on his weekly HBO show, unlike his late-night peers. The news emerged after Hot Ones, The Daily Show, The Graham Norton Show, John Mulaney Presents: Everybody’s in L.A., The Kelly Clarkson Show and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert were nominated in the category.
Instead, organizers wanted the Avalon-produced show to go into Best Comedy Series, where it would have competed with Abbott Elementary, English Teacher, Hacks, Nobody Wants This, Only Murders in the Building, Somebody Somewhere, St.
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