On Sunday, John Oliver returned to “Last Week Tonight” on HBO, becoming the latest late night host to begin a new show after the writers’ strike ended.

Oliver joked following a 15-minute recap of everything his show missed since going off air in April that it would take a whole new version of Billy Joel’s ‘We Didn’t Start the Fire’ to cover everything the show missed.

“I wish I could have told you these jokes at the time, but I couldn’t since our writers were on strike for a fair contract for the last five months, which was incredibly difficult,” he said. “Not just for them, but for everyone working on this show and for many others who were no longer able to work.”

After being “severely squeezed in recent years,” Oliver said, the writers “thankfully won” after being “severely squeezed in recent years,” referencing reports that some writers don’t earn enough to afford health insurance.

“So the writers’ guild went on strike and thankfully won, but it took a lot of sacrifices from a lot of people to achieve that, and though I am happy that they finally got a deal, and I am proud of what our union accomplished, I am furious that it took the studios 148 days to reach a deal that they could have offered on day one.”

His hope is that the success of the writers’ strike will inspire others, such as auto workers and Starbucks employees, to “find power in each other.” He added that actors, who are also currently on strike, can leverage what the writers achieved in order to win fair contracts, since film and TV takes the work of many people, all of whom deserve their share of the revenue.”

I think it’s imperative that the actors’ guild returns to work as soon as possible, especially since we’ve seen what happens when non-professionals are trusted with writing.”