John Oliver often seems on TV screens late at evening, however the Final Week Tonight host has lengthy harbored a need to look on daytime TV.
Later this week, he’ll.
Oliver will seem in a “vital” three-episode visitor function on ABC’s Normal Hospital, he revealed on Sunday’s episode. His first look is scheduled to air Thursday, along with his different episodes set for Friday and Monday, July 6.
The function happened after Oliver pleaded to be forged on a daytime cleaning soap on Final Week Tonight’s March 8 episode. After noting that ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith has appeared on and off on Normal Hospital for years, Oliver mentioned, “To all of the cleaning soap operas on the market, let me say this: I’m formally providing myself to you. Write me a job, and I wll be in your set so quick, it would make your head spin.”
He additionally mentioned he didn’t need to play himself, however a personality with a “ridiculous” identify and that “I need to do one thing juicy, like homicide, or slapping, or being slapped, or being somebody’s long-lost one thing.” Watch the complete Final Week Tonight phase from March under.
A pair weeks after the reel above went stay on Instagram, Normal Hospital’s Instagram account commented, “You’re welcome in Port Charles anytime. Our DMs are open.”
Simply what Oliver’s function will likely be stays to be seen. Based mostly on the picture on the high of this story, he isn’t taking part in himself, as his hair is dyed black and he’s wearing a monochrome go well with, shit and tie that seemingly signifies his character means enterprise.
“When John Oliver publicly threw down the gauntlet and mentioned he needed to look on a cleaning soap, we didn’t hesitate for a second,” Normal Hospital government producer Frank Valentini mentioned in a press release. “He was all the pieces you’d hope he’d be: ready, skilled, humorous, and genuinely form to everybody on set. He performs an integral character within the story, and I can’t watch for followers to see who he crosses paths inside Port Charles.”
Mentioned Oliver in a press release, “Normal Hospital was all the pieces I hoped it could be. It’s a real honor to be a small stain on the historical past of this illustrious present.”
