{
  "id": 1816545,
  "title": "‘Days of Our Lives’ EP on Bringing John Oliver’s Dream Soap Opera Role to Life: ‘He Wanted to Be Slapped’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/days-of-our-lives-ep-on-bringing-john-olivers-dream-soap-opera-role",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-18T22:09:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/john-oliver-wanted-to-be-slapped-days-of-our-lives-1236837667/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Ken Corday, the executive producer of “Days of Our Lives,” knew John Oliver needed to make an appearance on his series. The host of the Emmy-winning HBO series “Last Week Tonight” publicly declared his desire to star in a soap opera during a March episode of his talk show, and Corday immediately got to work. […]",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}