Nov 16
Save
Save
Addressing the fact that he and his HBO skeleton crew have remained in responsible studio lockdown since the…
Nov 9
Save
Save
“Yeah. That definitely happened.”
Nov 2
Save
Save
John Oliver and his Last Week Tonight team, sensing the all-or-nothing stakes of Tuesday’s election, went big on…
Oct 26
Save
Save
As Last Week Tonight host and sewage plant namesake John Oliver put it in his report on the asylum process in Donald…
Oct 19
Save
Save
Yes, literally. John Oliver started out his Sunday main story by playing a clip of Donald Trump calling the World…
Sep 28
Save
For seven seasons now on Last Week Tonight (and The Daily Show and The Bugle before then), John Oliver has channeled…
Aug 17
Save
Save
One of the minor but undeniable rewards of watching Last Week Tonight is the weekly spectacle of seeing John Oliver…
Aug 3
Save
“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…
Jul 27
Save
Save
“I know there is a lot to worry about right now,” is the mandatory “Don’t change the channel!” preamble to any story…
Jul 20
Save
John Oliver dedicated last night’s Last Week Tonight to addressing COVID-19 misinformation and the “gentle” ways in…
Jul 20
Save
Save
He does, actually. After a few weeks off to regroup, read the newspapers, and wearily decide which ongoing health,…
Jun 29
Save
Save
Like all great comedic essayists, John Oliver traditionally ends his Last Week Tonight main stories with a kicker.…
Jun 22
Save
Save
“I know this might put you in the uncomfortable situation of having to argue on behalf of people who you might not…
Jun 15
Save
Save
“This show is, and has always been, anti-atrocity,” is a disclaimer one would hope applies to every TV show.…
Jun 8
Save
“You probably know what, and you probably know why.” That’s how John Oliver introduced the subject of Sunday’s Last…
Jun 1
Save
Save
John Oliver knew he was playing catchup on Sunday, tweeting this hours before airtime:
May 11
Save
Save
It’d be heartening to say that John Oliver finally saw that there was something other than the ongoing COVID-19…
Apr 20
Save
Save
With the exasperated, fraying patience of a guy who’s been single-handedly attempting to blow back the foully…
Apr 13
Save
Save
If you’re stuck at home watching TV, you’ve no doubt been lulled into a state of carefully engineered patriotic…
Mar 30
Save
Save
Unlike his other late-night cohorts, John Oliver brought the second of his socially distanced Last Week Tonight…