John Oliver is officially taking on Saturday Night Live in the Emmys’ recently rebranded Outstanding Scripted Variety Series category.
Last Week Tonight with compete against the long-running NBC show as well as fellow HBO series A Black Lady Sketch Show. Oliver’s show scored four noms total.
The category shift sees Oliver move out of competition against the likes of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as well as new entry The Problem with Jon Stewart. It means that one of Last Week Tonight and SNL will have its consecutive winning streak broken at the awards.
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