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HBO renewed Last Week Tonight With John Oliver for three more seasons, securing the satirical news show through 2023. Casey Bloys, chief content officer for both the network and its on-demand streaming service HBO Max, detailed the new deal on Monday, Variety reports. Oliver, who launched the show in April …

John Oliver recruited Breaking Bad star Bryan Cranston to go “full Walter White” on Sunday’s Last Week Tonight — tapping into the drug lord’s stone-faced menace for the role of Richard Sackler, the former president and chairman of Oxycontin developer Purdue Pharma. Michael Keaton, Michael K. Williams (The Wire) and …