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John Oliver called for Mayor Catherine Pugh to resign on "Last Week Tonight" after mocking her Healthy Holly scandal.

Four years ago with Jon Stewart signing off the nightly airwaves and Stephen Colbert leaving the relative freedom of Comedy Central for the more tightly regulated network world, I worried about the future of political satire on TV. But as of last weekend, I am officially worried no more.

In a more genteel time, with segregation, the threat of nuclear annihilation, and politicians in both major parties making headlines, you really could satirize the news. But that was then. It’s much harder today to lampoon the top news stories.

Comedian John Oliver visited Hersh's restaurant in South Baltimore just after midnight on New Year's Day.

The top A&E events in Baltimore for the week of Dec. 31, 2017-Jan. 6, 2018.

President Trump's tweets about the mainstream press are troublesome. But that's just the onstage story. Backstage, in less than a year, his operatives have put the pieces in place for a massive right-wing media messaging machine while stripping away most regulatory controls.

In May, when Sinclair announced its purchase of Tribune, the deal looked like slam dunk to make the Hunt-Valley-based company the largest broadcaster in the country. But not today.

Baltimore-based Sinclair Broadcast Group is finding out how harsh the national spotlight can be as it gets ripped for what's seen as a conservative bias.

John Oliver took on the Sinclair Broadcast Group Sunday night on his HBO show.

Isn't it awfully late to be decrying the normalization of Mr. Trump when you were an early adopter of normalization because you thought the horrible Democratic nominee would have an easier time beating him?

Martin O'Malley was on the receiving end of a John Oliver jab Sunday night during an LGBT discrimination-centered "Last Week Tonight" episode.

HBO's John Oliver, on 'Last Week Tonight,' blasts media's inability to tell one black man from another

HBO host attempts to put an ungrateful Afghan leader in his place by airing negative reviews of his brother's restaurant

John Oliver, who was so impressive as guest host of 'The Daily Show,' is leaving Comedy Central for HBO where he will have his own weekly comedy series, the premium channel announced Thursday.