Last month, John Oliver said that the latest season of his HBO show, “Last Week Tonight” wasn’t going to cover the election the way other late night shows would. He said he wasn’t that interested in providing in-depth looks at the candidates. Each week, Mr. Oliver dedicates about 20 minutes of his half-hour show to what he calls the “main story,” but he blanched when I asked him if he would ever spend 20 minutes on Donald J. Trump.

“We’re definitely not doing that,” he said.

Well, about that. Eight days after Mr. Oliver’s wildly popular segment on Mr. Trump, the YouTube views keep coming. To date, the video has been viewed 19 million times on YouTube, more than any segment that Mr. Oliver’s show has produced. (His segment on FIFA is the next closest, with 12.4 million views, and that’s been online for 14 months).