The show is the only weekly news-oriented comedy series to be presented on Sunday night. Taped in New York a few hours before it debuts on HBO, the show features a mix of Oliver’s topical commentary on the previous week’s events, pre-taped pieces and occasional guests.
In the first season of the show, which concluded last November, Oliver covered a wide range of topics, from net neutrality and Uganda’s anti-LGBT laws, to beauty pageants, climate change and civil forfeiture abuse by the police.
Hailing LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER as “2014’s best show,†the Huffington Post called it “one of the defining conversation starters in both popular culture and news media,†praising “a winning star, astute tactics and a self-awareness that’s remarkably on point.†In addition, it was named to “best of†lists for the year by the AP, the Los Angeles Times, the Hollywood Reporter, TIME, Vanity Fair, the Boston Globe, the Detroit News, Rolling Stone and the San Francisco Chronicle, among many others. Videos featuring content from the show, as well as original material designed exclusively for the web, have been viewed by millions of people.
Airing Sundays at 11:00 PM ET/PT, ‘Last Week Tonight with John Oliver’ presents a half-hour satirical look at the week in news, politics and current events. View trailer below.
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