One of the minor but undeniable rewards of watching Last Week Tonight is the weekly spectacle of seeing John Oliver…

“And I’m gonna warn you—you’re about to hear the ‘N-word,’ a lot.” That’s John Oliver during his main Sunday story on…

“I know there is a lot to worry about right now,” is the mandatory “Don’t change the channel!” preamble to any story…

John Oliver dedicated last night’s Last Week Tonight to addressing COVID-19 misinformation and the “gentle” ways in…

He does, actually. After a few weeks off to regroup, read the newspapers, and wearily decide which ongoing health,…

Like all great comedic essayists, John Oliver traditionally ends his Last Week Tonight main stories with a kicker.…

“I know this might put you in the uncomfortable situation of having to argue on behalf of people who you might not…

“This show is, and has always been, anti-atrocity,” is a disclaimer one would hope applies to every TV show.…

“You probably know what, and you probably know why.” That’s how John Oliver introduced the subject of Sunday’s Last…

John Oliver knew he was playing catchup on Sunday, tweeting this hours before airtime:

It’d be heartening to say that John Oliver finally saw that there was something other than the ongoing COVID-19…

With the exasperated, fraying patience of a guy who’s been single-handedly attempting to blow back the foully…

If you’re stuck at home watching TV, you’ve no doubt been lulled into a state of carefully engineered patriotic…

Unlike his other late-night cohorts, John Oliver brought the second of his socially distanced Last Week Tonight…

“Well, well, well, this is weird, isn’t it?,” is how John Oliver kicked off a unique and somber Last Week Tonight on…

On Sunday’s Last Week Tonight, John Oliver continued his mission to pick up America by the heels and see what comes…

Ah, the coronavirus. Or, as it’s known to its creepy friends, COVID-19, the particularly virulent and insidious new…

Okay, maybe that comparison of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Donald Trump isn’t totally fair. For example,…

Last Week Tonight returned this week, and Sunday’s show saw John Oliver back at it, somehow making a 20-minute…

You’d think that, for a guy who’s spent the last several years hilariously breaking down the most absurd elements of…