NRA TV: John Oliver Asks (And Explains) “What The F*ck Is That?”

NRA TV: John Oliver Asks (And Explains) “What The F**k Is That?”

John Oliver opened Last Week Tonight Sunday with an extended look at NRA TV to answer the question ‘What is NRA TV’? The question came up this past week as Hollywood activists launched a campaign to pressure Amazon to drop the National Rifle Association’s online video channel from its streaming service, which also is available on Apple TV and Roku. The role of NRA TV came into focus in the aftermath of the Valentine’s Day Parkland, FL high school shooting.

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“With all of the discussion this week of boycotting NRATV, we thought it might be worth answering the question, ‘What the fuck is that?’“ Oliver said. “Because the truth is you may have actually seen tiny bits of its programming without even realizing it.”

To Oliver, the channel is basically “Fox News on a much lower budget.” But he notes, NRATV does offer a wide variety of programming, including no fewer than three “Antiques Roadshow knockoffs” in which the participants “get progressively more and more aroused by the guns they’re holding.” In addition, Oliver says the NRA is making “a big push for women,” Oliver said, with series like Love at First Shot, “a kind of QVC for firearms” intended to make women more comfortable with the idea of owning and firing guns.

There’s also quite of bit of hunting-focused content, but perhaps not what one would expect. “While the visuals are predictable beauty shots of nature,” Oliver said, “the voice-over takes a different path . . . less Planet Earth and more ‘deranged letter from a serial killer.’“

You can watch Oliver’s entire segment above. Let us know what you think.