Final Week Tonight aired its Season 11 premiere final evening, however the newest video from John Oliver isn’t but obtainable on YouTube.
Replace: In an announcement to 9to5Google this afternoon, an HBO spokesperson confirmed that the community is now “delaying” when Final Week Tonight is offered on YouTube. The “hope [is that] these followers select to observe the complete present on Max.” WBD does acknowledge how YouTube helped make the present profitable by permitting for “versatile viewing for the principle story.”
When “Final Week Tonight with John Oliver” premiered on HBO, the comfort of watching on Max didn’t exist so YouTube allowed versatile viewing for the principle story in addition to promotional publicity. We at the moment are delaying that availability and hope these followers select to observe the complete present on Max.
HBO spokesperson
Based on John Oliver, new movies might be posted to YouTube on Thursday. The comic “hope[s] they alter their thoughts.”
Traditionally, Final Week Tonight publishes the principle story to YouTube after the episode finishes airing — round 11:30 p.m. — on the West Coast (PT). This isn’t the total episode, with the weekly recap at first or any ending phase after the massive subject not included.
This has been the sample for years (10 seasons) now, however as of Monday morning nothing has been posted to YouTube. The episode is totally obtainable on (HBO) Max.
Whereas the Presidents’ Day vacation within the US may very well be enjoying a job, one other risk is that Warner Bros. Discovery is altering its stance in order that extra individuals subscribe — $9.99 monthly “With Advertisements,” $15.99/month “Advert-Free,” or $19.99 for “Final Advert-Free” — to the streaming service straight.
In any case, why pay for those who can simply wait a number of hours on Sunday evening to get it on YouTube. (Personally, I’ve discovered the weekly recap on the prime value subscribing for.) If that is certainly what’s occurring, the episode might nonetheless be posted on YouTube however a number of days later as a substitute of instantaneously.
We’ve reached out to Warner Bros. Discovery for extra data.
Oliver’s movies rack up thousands and thousands of views on YouTube with 9.35M channel subscribers. There are a pair of movies with 41 million views, whereas two from final yr/season have round 10 million views. Final Week Tonight was final renewed in December and can air for 3 extra seasons till 2026. It has obtained 28 Emmys.
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