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  1. ‘Last Week Tonight with John Oliver’ Returns February 8thThe wait for more John Oliver is almost over, and HBO released a brand new Last Week Tonight promo today in which Oliver promises an all-new […]
    By Megh Wright
  2. promos
    Watch a Promo for Season Two of Last Week Tonight With John OliverHe’s back. 
    By Lindsey Weber
  3. candy
    John Oliver Will Help You Avoid New Year’s Eve“Do you really want to sit on your friend’s sofa and watch hummus turn brown all night?”
    By Nate Jones
  4. candy
    John Oliver Takes on Turkey Pardoning and TurkeysDelicious, delicious turkeys.
    By Jesse David Fox
  5. John Oliver on Confusing ‘Last Week Tonight’ with Journalism: ‘The Correct […]“We are making jokes about the news and sometimes we need to research things deeply to understand them, but it’s always in service of a joke. […]
    By Megh Wright
  6. John Oliver Took Over ‘The Daily Show’ Again Last NightLast night’s Daily Show guests were all involved with Jon Stewart’s new movie Rosewater, so to keep the interviews from getting weird (and so […]
    By Megh Wright
  7. last night on late night
    John Oliver Hosts Rosewater-Themed Daily ShowJon summoned him using a Queen Elizabeth II teapot.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  8. John Oliver Is Outdoing The Daily Show and ColbertWhen I watch John Oliver, I feel as if some sort of progress is being made.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  9. sesame street
    John Oliver Breaks Cookie Monster’s Brain by Calling Him ‘Biscuit Monster’Britishisms!
    By E. Alex Jung
  10. John Oliver Has a Word for Pumpkin Spice LoversBefore you head to your local Starbucks to buy a pumpkin spice latte, watch this clip from Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, in which Oliver […]
    By Megh Wright
  11. ‘Last Week Tonight’ Covers America’s Mysterious Drone ProgramHere’s a clip from last night’s Last Week Tonight, in which John Oliver breaks down American drone strikes, the US’s definition of an “imminent […]
    By Megh Wright
  12. last week tonight with john oliver
    Watch Cookie Monster and John Oliver Do the (Fake) Local News(It might be a pardoy.)
    By Lindsey Weber
  13. John Oliver, Kate McKinnon, and Nick Offerman Join Cookie Monster for a […]In fake shows that should be real shows news, Mashable recently made the above episode of a fake kids news show called W-ORD Channel 7 News […]
    By Megh Wright
  14. John Oliver Covers the Militarization of Ferguson Police and BeyondConsidering both The Daily Show and The Colbert Report were off the air last week, John Oliver’s Last Week Tonight segment on the tragic […]
    By Megh Wright
  15. ‘The Atlantic’ Says ‘Last Week Tonight’ Is ‘Making a Difference in the […]“This is the magic of John Oliver. It’s been only 14 episodes so far (the show is slated for 19 this season) but the Last Week Tonight team has […]
    By Megh Wright
  16. John Oliver Reveals How Embarrassingly Bad the US Is at Storing Nuclear […]While most Americans might worry about the possibility of getting annihilated by another country’s nuclear warheads, last night’s Last Week […]
    By Megh Wright
  17. Thailand’s Military Government Is Not a Fan of ‘Last Week Tonight with […]Thailand’s military government apparently caught wind of a segment Last Week Tonight with John Oliver did on their Crown Prince last month, and […]
    By Megh Wright
  18. Listen to John Oliver and Howard Stern Have a Chat Here’s Howard Stern’s interview with John Oliver from earlier today in its entirety, in which the duo discuss Oliver’s difficult early days in […]
    By Bradford Evans
  19. John Oliver Recaps Every 4th of July Fireworks Display That Happened Last […]Last Week Tonight was off the air last night due to the holiday, but that didn’t stop John Oliver from releasing a comprehensive guide to every […]
    By Megh Wright
  20. John Oliver Breaks Down the Dark Side of Dietary Supplements with Steve […]Dr. Oz recently got in some trouble for hawking some very questionably safe dietary and nutritional supplements on his medical talk show, so […]
    By Megh Wright
  21. John Oliver Attempts to Distinguish Real from Fake Soccer Player NamesGQ recently sat down with John Oliver and presented him with a list of ridiculous World Cup player names to see whether he could pick out the […]
    By Megh Wright
  22. John Oliver and Stephen Hawking Talk Artificial Intelligence, Parallel […]Last Week Tonight premiered its new segment “People Who Think Good” last night featuring renowned physicist Stephen Hawking, and he explained […]
    By Megh Wright
  23. Stephen Hawking Will Be a Guest on Sunday’s ‘Last Week Tonight with John […]Physicist Stephen Hawking is set to be the guest on this Sunday’s episode of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. Hawking will be interviewed by […]
    By Bradford Evans
  24. John Oliver and Seth Meyers Chat About Their New Jobs on ‘Late Night’Here’s a clip from John Oliver’s visit to the Late Night desk last night, where he and Meyers talked about swapping their daily/weekly-style […]
    By Megh Wright
  25. HBO Is Being Good About Putting ‘Last Week Tonight with John Oliver’ […]It’s only been six weeks since the premiere of John Oliver’s satirical HBO late night show Last Week Tonight, but so far, HBO has been acting […]
    By Bradford Evans
  26. John Oliver Reacts to Accusations of Crashing the FCC Website On his new show Last Week Tonight this week, John Oliver encouraged fans to head to the FCC website to complain about cable companies […]
    By Bradford Evans
  27. John Oliver’s Net Neutrality Segment Crashed the FCC’s Comments SystemOn Sunday’s episode of his new show Last Week Tonight, John Oliver called for creepy internet commenters to complain directly to the FCC about […]
    By Bradford Evans
  28. John Oliver Attempts to Predict the Memorial Day Weekend NewsHere’s a clip John Oliver and his Last Week Tonight crew put together last week in an attempt to predict the news that would break during their […]
    By Megh Wright
  29. John Oliver Nails GM with Fake Ad Here’s a clip from the latest episode of John Oliver’s new HBO late night series Last Week Tonight, in which Oliver discusses a super absurd […]
    By Bradford Evans
  30. tv review
    TV Review: Last Week Tonight With John OliverSunday’s premiere had an unmistakable Daily Show vibe, but only at the start.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  31. Inside John Oliver’s Other Weekly Satirical News Show, ‘The Bugle’John Oliver’s new late night show, Last Week Tonight, premiered yesterday on HBO. It’s obviously a big step for the British expat, formerly of […]
    By Robert Schoon
  32. Watch the First Episode of ‘Last Week Tonight with John Oliver’John Oliver’s Last Week Tonight premiered last night on HBO, and while the network hasn’t uploaded the episode in full like they have with the […]
    By Megh Wright
  33. resume
    The Best of John Oliver on The Daily ShowFrom the 2008 presidential debate to Carlos Danger.
    By Jesse David Fox
  34. John Oliver Makes a Surprise ‘Daily Show’ AppearanceNot to be outdone by Stephen Colbert’s recent Daily Show appearance, former correspondent and new HBO show host John Oliver paid a visit to his […]
    By Megh Wright
  35. last night on late night
    Watch Oliver Tell Stewart How Much Better HBO IsIt’s obviously a joke, but obviously it’s totally not.
    By Jesse David Fox
  36. encounter
    Playing Monopoly and Talking Last Week Tonight With John Oliver“Everything is different in American Monopoly. Why do you have a wheelbarrow?”
    By Molly Young
  37. Jimmy Fallon Makes John Oliver Relive His Last ‘Daily Show’ EpisodeAhead of the premiere of his new HBO show this Sunday, John Oliver dropped by Tonight Show only to be forced to rewatch his very emotional […]
    By Megh Wright
  38. last night on late night
    Watch John Oliver Tell Jimmy Fallon About How Jon Stewart Made Him CryLike in a cute way, not a mean way.
    By Jesse David Fox
  39. John Oliver and Matt Lauer Talk ‘Last Week Tonight’Here’s a Today Show clip where John Oliver – whose HBO show Last Week Tonight with John Oliver premieres this Sunday – talks with Matt Lauer […]
    By Megh Wright
  40. Jon Stewart on John Oliver: ‘My preference would have been that I have him […]“Obviously, look, my preference would have been that I have him forever. But I also know that’s not how it works here. We get these really […]
    By Megh Wright
  41. late shifting
    6 Questions About Stephen Colbert’s DepartureAlso, will a non-white, non-male ever get a network late-night gig?
    By Josef Adalian
  42. CBS Offered John Oliver a Late Night Show Before He Went to HBOIt hasn’t even been 24 hours since David Letterman announced his retirement from late night, but there’s already an interesting update that […]
    By Megh Wright
  43. late night tv
    Turns Out CBS Offered John Oliver a Late-Night SpotBefore he had his HBO show.
    By Halle Kiefer
  44. John Oliver Calls Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert the ‘High-Water Mark for […]“One of the laziest stereotypes that British people have of Americans is that they don’t get irony. And that has never been true and it’s […]
    By Megh Wright
  45. promos
    Watch a Promo for John Oliver’s New HBO ShowLast Week Tonight premieres on April 27. 
    By Jesse David Fox
  46. Here’s a Trailer for HBO’s ‘Last Week Tonight with John Oliver’ In December, longtime correspondent John Oliver left The Daily Show to host his own political late night show for HBO. Called Last Week […]
    By Bradford Evans
  47. scheduling
    John Oliver’s HBO Show Gets Title, Premiere DateLast Week Tonight With John Oliver starts in April.
    By Margaret Lyons
  48. ‘Last Week Tonight with John Oliver’ Premieres on HBO April 27thIn a press release today, HBO confirmed that John Oliver’s new talk show, titled Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, is set to debut on Sunday, […]
    By Megh Wright
  49. John Oliver Rips On the High-Functioning Nerds at the Crunchies Awards Apparently TechCrunch gives out tech industry awards every year called Crunchies, and not even two-time Crunchies Awards host John Oliver […]
    By Megh Wright
  50. Watch John Oliver’s Heartfelt ‘Daily Show’ Goodbye After seven and a half years and tons of British jokes at his expense, John Oliver appeared in his final episode of The Daily Show last night, […]
    By Megh Wright
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