Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

"Please hold."

2014 13 Seasons • 358 Episodes ★ 7.8 (770 votes) Returning Series

A half-hour satirical look at the week in news, politics and current events.

Rating
7.8
Episodes
358

Production

Sixteen String Jack Productions
Avalon Television Avalon Television
Partially Important Productions
Borchard Entertainment
Peyance Productions

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Audience Reviews

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Peter McGinn
★ 8/10 Apr 4, 2020

I usually, but not always, get something out of each episode of John Oliver’s show. Since he goes into great detail on a different topic each week, it depends on the topic as to whether Inenjoy the episode. Sometimes he takes matters further than just talking about issues. For example, my favorite show was when he talked about how easy it is to beget non-taxable status as a church, and to illustrate, the show started its own church. It was humorous, informative and the donations they collected went to a charity, not to buy a jet for an evangelist. The other part of the show is the opening monologue, which I find usually makes some great points and produces laughs, but he also seems to push a joke too far for my taste, like, I got it already. And of course it is HBO so sex jokes come into play. Still, it usually is worth watching, especially when he tackles topics that interest me.

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tournelhenry
★ 3/10 Dec 12, 2022

I don't know if this show was always this bad or Oliver lost his mind. A that criticises current political events should at least gets its facts straight, insane political bias aside. This show has just turned into a Chinese-communist-style propaganda arm of a particular political group (I won't mention for the sake of keeping this review neutral), but Oliver boldly tells blatant lies to his audience while completely abandoning the "comedy" aspect of a show that is supposed to be political comedy

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Dasha K
★ 1/10 May 4, 2025

I am so tired of this annoying smug British loser. He thinks he is so clever and funny and I read that the "laughter" from the audience is all fake. Total junk and I'm glad I'm not paying for HBO. Has Been Office.

Keywords

political satireglobal politicslate-night show

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