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A fact from Last Week Tonight with John Oliver season 4 appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 8 July 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that some critics described the fourth season of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as comic relief from the activities of the Trump administration?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2024/July. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Last Week Tonight with John Oliver season 4.

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 07:03, 2 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Title card of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

... that late-night satirical news show Last Week Tonight with John Oliver received a rare second Peabody Award for its fourth season?

Source: http://www.peabodyawards.com/award-profile/last-week-tonight-with-john-oliver1

ALT1: ... that critics described the fourth season of late-night satirical news show Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as comic relief from the activities of the Trump administration? Source: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/last_week_tonight_with_john_oliver/s04/reviews (some text from the individual reviews within)
Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Justin J. Pearson

Moved to mainspace by MyCatIsAChonk (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 21 past nominations.

MyCatIsAChonk (talk) (not me) (also not me) (still no) 19:58, 9 June 2024 (UTC).[reply]

Article is long and new enough as well as well written and copyvio-free. However, I would prefer that you cite another reliable, independent source for the critical reception instead of using Rotten Tomatoes, which, while reliable on its own, is not an arbiter of critical consensus; you can still report on the RT scores, though. Hooks are cited both in this page and article, but I prefer ALT1 (that is, with another independent source as I've said) for obvious reasons but with some minor alterations:

ALT1a: ... that some critics described the fourth season of the late-night satirical news show Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as comic relief from the activities of the Trump administration? Source: The AV club, Bustle

ALT0 seems dull and reliant on readers' knowledge of award-giving bodies. Title card image, which is freely-licensed, seems more decorative than encyclopedic within the context of this DYK, so I seriously doubt it's gonna make it to the main page. Since QPQ has been given, this should be good to go once the issues are addressed. Nineteen Ninety-Four guy (talk) 07:09, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Nineteen Ninety-Four guy, thanks for the review: better sources for ALT1 are The AV club and Bustle. ALT1a looks good! MyCatIsAChonk (talk) (not me) (also not me) (still no) 11:28, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Just clump those sources in the article while also rewriting the sentence into, Some critics described the show as necessary comic relief from the activities of the Trump administration., and then remove The fourth season was generally well received from Critical reception and leave the Rotten Tomatoes bit as a standalone sentence. Nineteen Ninety-Four guy (talk) 12:22, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Nineteen Ninety-Four guy: done, thank you! MyCatIsAChonk (talk) (not me) (also not me) (still no) 12:24, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Approving ALT1a. Nineteen Ninety-Four guy (talk) 12:30, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]