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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

  • TV Series
  • 2014– 2014–
  • TV-MATV-MA
  • 30m
IMDb RATING
8.9/10
87K
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POPULARITY
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John Oliver in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2014)
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Former Daily Show host and correspondent John Oliver brings his persona to this weekly news satire program.Former Daily Show host and correspondent John Oliver brings his persona to this weekly news satire program.Former Daily Show host and correspondent John Oliver brings his persona to this weekly news satire program.
IMDb RATING
8.9/10
87K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
921
240
  • Stars
    • John Oliver
    • David Kaye
    • Ryan Barger
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  • Stars
    • John Oliver
    • David Kaye
    • Ryan Barger
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 129User reviews
    • 12Critic reviews
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  • Top rated TV #47
    • Won 23 Primetime Emmys
      • 72 wins & 83 nominations total

    Episodes305

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    Highlights From the 2020 Primetime Emmy Awards
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    Highlights From the 2020 Primetime Emmy Awards
    Last Week Tonight With John Oliver: Season 3
    Trailer 0:59
    Last Week Tonight With John Oliver: Season 3
    Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
    Trailer 0:56
    Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
    Last Week Tonight With John Oliver: Season 4
    Trailer 1:23
    Last Week Tonight With John Oliver: Season 4
    Last Week Tonight With John Oliver: Season 5
    Trailer 1:01
    Last Week Tonight With John Oliver: Season 5
    Last Week Tonight With John Oliver: Season 2
    Trailer 1:30
    Last Week Tonight With John Oliver: Season 2
    Season 3 Promo
    Promo 1:01
    Season 3 Promo
    John Oliver Discusses the Trickiness of Emmy Competition
    Video 1:56
    John Oliver Discusses the Trickiness of Emmy Competition
    John Oliver Wants Jon Snow as Co-Host
    Video 1:43
    John Oliver Wants Jon Snow as Co-Host

    Photos610

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    John Oliver
    John Oliver
    • Self - Host…
    293 episodes293 eps • 2014–2022
    David Kaye
    David Kaye
    • Voice Over…
    165 episodes165 eps • 2014–2022
    Ryan Barger
    Ryan Barger
    • Voice over…
    31 episodes31 eps • 2014–2022
    Noel MacNeal
    Noel MacNeal
    • Puppeteer…
    19 episodes19 eps • 2014–2021
    Alberto Bonilla
    Alberto Bonilla
    • Al (Amazon Employee)…
    10 episodes10 eps • 2014–2021
    H. Jon Benjamin
    H. Jon Benjamin
    • Blank Void…
    8 episodes8 eps • 2014–2021
    James Wojtal
    • Puppeteer…
    6 episodes6 eps • 2014–2019
    Gilbert Gottfried
    Gilbert Gottfried
    • Jared Kushner…
    4 episodes4 eps • 2017–2019
    Kyle Ploof
    Kyle Ploof
    • Dancing Zebra…
    6 episodes6 eps • 2014–2022
    Susan Evans
    • Voice Over…
    4 episodes4 eps • 2019–2022
    Paul McGinnis
    Paul McGinnis
    • Cat Puppeteer…
    5 episodes5 eps • 2014–2016
    Rachel Dratch
    Rachel Dratch
    • Wanda Jo…
    6 episodes6 eps • 2015–2021
    Michael Torpey
    Michael Torpey
    • Lenny…
    3 episodes3 eps • 2015–2022
    George Clooney
    George Clooney
    • Self…
    5 episodes5 eps • 2021
    Moujan Zolfaghari
    Moujan Zolfaghari
    • Cypto Currency Investor…
    5 episodes5 eps • 2016–2021
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    Alex Webb
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    5 episodes5 eps • 2014–2020
    Thomas Kopache
    Thomas Kopache
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    5 episodes5 eps • 2017–2018
    Stephanie D'Abruzzo
    Stephanie D'Abruzzo
    • Puppeteer…
    3 episodes3 eps • 2014–2015
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    • Trivia
      After hosting The Daily Show (1996) for eight weeks, John Oliver's reviews were so overwhelmingly positive that he was offered a job by HBO to do a weekly talk show, which they were not planning to do until they saw Oliver host.
    • Quotes

      [repeated line]

      John Oliver - Host: The point is.

    • Alternate versions
      It is illegal in Great Britain to use video footage of Parliament for comedic purposes. Initially when episodes featuring such footage aired there the screen cut to black without explanation. For later episodes producers would substitute bizarre footage including for example comedian Gilbert Gottfried reading three-star Yelp reviews for restaurants in Boise, Idaho.
    • Connections
      Featured in Lost in Adaptation: I, Robot (2015)
    • Soundtracks
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      Performed by Valley Lodge

    User reviews129

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    Top review
    9/10
    Love the "I used to like it, but..." reviews.
    Especially because most of those reviews, conveniently mostly post-2016, will say things like 'He used to be balanced but now it's leftist/woke/agenda-driven. I've watched every episode of this show and it's ALWAYS been left-leaning. Social justice, pro-healthcare, anti-gun... That's what the US needs to hear specifically because the US is none of those things at the moment. Don't pretend that people like John Oliver used to represent everyone equally and then suddenly went Left. That's like suggesting that Tucker Carlson used to be more Centre and then suddenly, out of nowhere, he's become Right, when he's always been Right.

    In saying that, I love that he provokes conversation and forces audiences to think beyond just the acceptable alternatives. Rather than increase funding in this, why not scrap it entirely and go with that instead? Sure, some will watch it and think, "Nup, that's going too far" or "That's so un-American" or even "He's pandering to this group or that ideal", but sometimes Americans need to hear those extreme views, especially when their own leaders are happy to implement even more extreme measures (like locking up kids because of their skin colour, building a wall much like the Berlin Wall, and labelling all Mexicans as "rapists and murders...and some, I assume, are good people").

    I, for one, love that John is willing to push his views so far that it'll piss many people off, because, if nothing else, it starts a conversation. Since the US has seen absolutely no major social, political or financial reform in the last 50 years, the country needs to be shoved out of its racist, elitist apathy and shaken vigorously until actual change becomes part of the conversation.
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    • Jan 4, 2022

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    • Release date
      • April 27, 2014 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • HBO (United States)
      • Official Blog
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Події минулого тижня з Джоном Олівером
    • Filming locations
      • CBS Broadcast Center, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • Sixteen String Jack Productions
      • Avalon Television
      • Home Box Office (HBO)
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    • Runtime
      30 minutes
    • Color
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 16:9 HD

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