Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

2014
★★★★☆ 7.8/10
📺 12 Seasons
🎬 350 Episodes
📅 Returning Series
🌐 EN
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A half-hour satirical look at the week in news, politics and current events.

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Seasons

Season 1
2014 • 24 Episodes
John talks about the Indian election, Pom Wonderful and talks with the former NSA Director General Keith Alexander.
Season 2
2015 • 35 Episodes
John Oliver discusses the growing issues of pharmaceutical companies marketing directly to and through doctors. Also, since RadioShack has filed for bankruptcy, John has created a farewell message for them. Plus, the online sessions by Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa to address the public aren't going too well.
Season 3
2016 • 30 Episodes
John talks about the late Antonin Scalia's love of the Letter of the Law, Chipotle's food safety problems, how Voter IDs laws should be applied to those who write them, and New Zealand's economic development minister Steven Joyce.
Season 4
2017 • 30 Episodes
Donald Trump spreads a lot of false information thanks to his daily consumption of morning cable news. If only we could sneak some facts into the president’s media diet.
Season 5
2018 • 30 Episodes
America's reputation is being damaged by its own president. John Oliver, several dinosaurs, and the NYC Gay Men's Chorus remind the world that our country is...complicated.
Season 6
2019 • 30 Episodes
The UK could officially leave the European Union next month, which would be a huge change with hugely damaging consequences.
Season 7
2020 • 30 Episodes
Main story: The pros and cons of Medicare for All; plus, Bill Barr does Trump's personal bidding; and Flyers mascot Gritty is exonerated!
Season 8
2021 • 30 Episodes
Main story: What could cause the next pandemic, what we can do to avoid it, and why you shouldn’t kiss pigs; plus, Impeachment Part 2.
Season 9
2022 • 30 Episodes
John Oliver explains what critical race theory is, what it isn't, and why we can expect to hear more about it in the coming months. Plus, the Canadian trucker protests.
Season 10
2023 • 21 Episodes
John Oliver discusses psychedelic assisted therapy: its history, its potential, and what it has to do with A$AP Rocky’s relationship to rainbows. Plus, the Fox News lawsuit and the Ohio train derailment.
Season 11
2024 • 30 Episodes
John Oliver discusses the Supreme Court, the ethically questionable gifts some of the justices receive, and an offer for Clarence Thomas that could ruin John's life. Genuinely. You'll see.
Season 12
2025 • 30 Episodes
John Oliver discusses the first four weeks of Donald Trump's second term as president, the strategy behind some of the choices his administration has made, and why it is indeed f**k time. You heard us: It's f**k time.

User Reviews

Dasha K
★ 1/10
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.
May 4, 2025
tournelhenry
★ 3/10
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
December 12, 2022
Peter McGinn
★ 8/10
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.
April 4, 2020

Crew

Writer/Creator
John Oliver
Producer
John Oliver

Network

HBO

Production

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

Keywords

political satireglobal politicslate-night show