Last Week Tonight with John Oliver scooped its fifth consecutive Emmy Award in the Variety category Sunday, with the Brit comedian saying the hard work of staff on all late night shows made them possible during the pandemic.
Clad in a Liverpool FC hoodie, Oliver beat The Daily Show With Trevor Noah, Full Frontal With S…
In what could be the greatest — and most hilariously friendly — feud of 2020, John Oliver has been putting the city of Danbury, Connecticut on blast for the past couple of weeks on Last Week Tonight.
During one episode while unpacking the racial disparities when it came to jury selection process in Connecticut, the…
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver wasted no time in diving right into two major stories that happened last week: the RNC and the events of Kenosha, WI.
First off, John Oliver pointed out the main theme of the RNC was “telling lies in front of flags” as it was four days of “full-throated denial of objective reality.”…
It’s become normal that John Oliver starts every episode of Last Week Tonight by saying “A lot happened this week” because it is wildly accurate. It seemed that this week he was speaking a mile-a-minute in order to try to fit in pertinent news at the top of the show.
First on the list was the Democratic National…
During the most recent episode of Last Week Tonight with John Oliverunpacked the racial disparities that come with the jury selection process in Connecticut and at one point, dragged the city of Danbury saying “If you're going to forget a town in Connecticut, why not forget Danbury? Because, and this is true, f***…
As we enter another month of the global pandemic in the United States, John Oliver is not mincing any words when it comes to the many people in this country and their blatant disregard of COVID-19. As opposed to other countries, it seems like there is an unnecessary amount of people in the U.S. who are acting like…
Sean Hannity has responded to John Oliver’s charge that the Fox News host has been exaggerating the violence of Portland’s Black Lives Matter protests: Don’t be so serious.
“His big problem is he's not funny,” Hannity says in a SiriusXM interview.
On Sunday’s Last Week Tonight, Oliver riffed on the Trump…
UPDATED with video: On Sunday night, Last Week Tonight With John Oliveraddressed one area in the country that is experiencing a deadly and alarming spike in coronavirus: prisons and jails.
Oliver shared stats from the New York Times that there have been 68,000 infected inmates and prison deaths linked to COVID-19 is…
On Sunday, John Oliver continued to report from his white void for the latest episode of Last Week Tonight which kicked off with addressing the strides and progress that have been made from the last few weeks of Black Lives Matter protests in response from the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and…
At the top of Last Week Tonight, John Oliver addressed the George Floyd protests and Donald Trump’s bible photo opp and the excessive force police officers use — specifically against the black community. That said, he spent the entire episode unpacking the problematic police system.
Oliver points out that the violence…
On the latest episode of Last Week Tonight, John Oliver touched on British Prime Minister Boris Johnson going in and out of intensive care due to coronavirus and Bernie Sanders dropping out of the presidential race. However, the real story he wanted to unpack was how the coronavirus has impacted the unemployed and…
On Sunday night, John Oliver had a stripped-down version of Last Week Tonight. Like many talk shows, he has opted to not have a studio audience during the coronavirus pandemic.
“This isn’t going to be our usual show,” he said on a stark white set, admitting that where they usually tape had confirmed cases of…
