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Oliver's debut show garnered 1.11 million viewers. The number of viewers online, through websites such as YouTube showing extended clips of different segments, have steadily climbed into multiple millions. The show's YouTube channel also features Web Exclusives which are occasionally posted when the main show is taking a week off. Across the TV airings, DVR, on-demand and HBO Go, Last Week Tonight averaged 4.1 million weekly viewers in its first season. Last Week Tonight has received widespread critical acclaim. Matthew Jacobs of The Huffington Post named Oliver's program as 2014's best television show, writing "the year's most surprising contribution to television is a show that bucked…
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60 of 204 · most liked firstLast Week Tonight with John Oliver this week is a complete takedown of Bari Weiss... and it's thorough and devastating. And a bit of interesting timing, given that Weiss's new boss, David Ellison (who is talked about in the episode) is trying to buy HBO, where Oliver's show is...
positive · AI labelView post →Had a great time consulting with the “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” team over the past couple months, and they kindly gave my book a shoutout during the episode.
positive · AI labelView post →The world may be falling apart, but don’t worry. John brought tape. Season 13 of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver premieres February 15th at 11pm on HBO Max!
neutral · AI labelView post →The world needs a hero. Unfortunately, we’ve got John. Season 13 of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver premieres February 15th at 11pm on @hbomax! youtu.be/PawUmci7JuU
neutral · AI labelView post →Twitter: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) John Oliver discusses how an already flawed Twitter got worse under Elon Musk, how it continues to impact us all, and what it has to do with the 30-40 trillion cells humans are composed of. Wait, what? 😆 youtu.be/p7ZG_xWYLzI?...
neutral · AI labelView post →Here is the link to the Last Week Tonight with John Oliver about RFK, Jr, public health, and HHS (including NIH) www.youtube.com/watch?v=8H34...
neutral · AI labelView post →Last Week Tonight with John Oliver talked about the Kiwibank sheep. Streisand effect in action. If they were smart they would just let the attention die down on it's own, instead of making it funnier by going on DMCA rampage.
neutral · AI labelView post →No SNL tonight due to the Olympics; they return March 7th. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver returns for the premiere of its 13th season tomorrow evening, though
neutral · AI labelView post →Achievement unlocked, made it to Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
positive · AI labelView post →I know it’s a comedy show but Last Week Tonight with John Oliver should be listed here
positive · AI labelView post →So a clip with me on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver talking about indirect costs
neutral · AI labelView post →The most recent episode of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver featured a discussion of fetal personhood--and a cameo from my book! It's an important issue, and so I hope you get a chance to watch. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCSt...
neutral · AI labelView post →Last Week Tonight with John Oliver might also be worth a watch (it usually is), but tonight especially. 2/2
positive · AI labelView post →Hey, this week's Last Week Tonight with John Oliver is about Air Traffic Control, and I'm briefly in it. youtu.be/YeABJbvcJ_k?...
neutral · AI labelView post →AEW was featured on the premiere episode of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, following the recent Anti-ICE chants and the reaction to them.
neutral · AI labelView post →Tonight's segment of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver featuring Kiwibank's Buck the Sheep:
neutral · AI labelView post →Hohe Ehre: Bernd das Brot mit ausführlicher Vorstellung in "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver". [@[email protected]](https://discuss.tchncs.de/u/shadowtofu) hat einen freien Mitschnitt gefunden (ab 29:54): https://yewtu.be/watch?v=gZlw0gKXQAI
neutral · AI labelView post →Sinclair Broadcast Group is the largest owner of local TV stations in the country. That's alarming considering that they often inject political views into local news. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvtN...
neutral · AI labelView post →The Studio,' 'Adolescence,' 'Hacks,' 'Severance,' 'Last Week Tonight With John Oliver' and 'The Late Show With Stephen Colbert' are among the night's big winners. #Emmys
neutral · AI labelView post →Last Week Tonight with John Oliver @lastweektonight.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohPT...
neutral · AI labelView post →Fred Durst mentioned in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Season 12, Episode 20 (2025)
neutral · AI labelView post →So, I finally made it onto Last Week Tonight With John Oliver (for <5 seconds as part of a montage critical of Piers Morgan). The clip’s of me asking a Federalist Society Ghoul who helped make Project 2025 when TPS was supposed to end (he had no idea because he was full of sh*t). I’ll take it?
positive · AI labelView post →Last Week Tonight with John Oliver @lastweektonight.com
neutral · AI labelView post →AI Chatbots: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO).
neutral · AI labelView post →Viktor Orbán: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO). >John Oliver discusses the elections on the horizon for Viktor Orbán, the prime minister of Hungary and the longest serving current head of government in the EU, why conservatives in the US are so invested in him maintaining power, and what it all has to do with Rob Schneider.
neutral · AI labelView post →AI Chatbots: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver [29:42].
neutral · AI labelView post →Stephen Colbert to Host 'Strike Force Five' Reunion on 'The Late Show' on May the 11th. "First on LateNighter: In what may be the closest thing late-night TV has ever had to an Avengers-style crossover episode, Stephen Colbert is set to welcome not one, but four other late-night hosts to The Late Show in a reunion of the Strike Force Five. Though CBS has yet to confirm the booking, multiple sources tell LateNighter that Seth Meyers let slip during an audience Q&A Wednesday that he, Jimmy…
neutral · AI labelView post →“Shogun” won best drama series at the 2024 Emmy Awards while “Hacks” earned best comedy, beating “The Bear,” which still took home a handful of acting prizes. “Baby Reindeer,” “The Traitors,” “The Daily Show” and “Last Week Tonight With John Oliver” also got big wins.
neutral · AI labelView post →Last Week Tonight with John Oliver @lastweektonight.com youtu.be/xk94il8L820?...
neutral · AI labelView post →Just watched a couple of great segments regarding dishonest journalism - Last Week Tonight With John Oliver (below), and The Daily Show with John Stewart in which he held both parties to account (youtu.be/LFeUo-nOxQU?...). My mood is set to “humor through the bullshit.” youtu.be/07JQr5W3970?...
positive · AI labelView post →Last Week Tonight with John Oliver did a great episode last night highlighting the extremism and at most generous Nazi-adjacent members of the Republican Party, many of whom are up for election on November 3. Please take some time to watch it and send it to others. 💙
positive · AI labelView post →Twitter: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO). > "John Oliver discusses how an already flawed Twitter got worse under Elon Musk, how it continues to impact us all, and what it has to do with the 30-40 trillion cells humans are composed of. Or, wait, sorry, Twitter doesn’t have anything to do with the cells. It’s about our understanding of the universe. Maybe. You’ll just have to take that last part up with Elon directly."
neutral · AI labelView post →Does that ~~Late Show~~ Last Week Tonight with John Oliver have a presence in the Fediverse?
neutral · AI labelView post →AI Slop: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO).
neutral · AI labelView post →Last Week Tonight with John Oliver 2/23/26 👉 Troubles with Twitter @lastweektonight.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7ZG...
neutral · AI labelView post →Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (34mins). John Oliver discusses the Paramount Skydance merger, how they’ve named Bari Weiss the new Editor-in-Chief of CBS News, and what her editorial history and perspective mean for the future of U.S. journalism. Plus, some notable moments in the history of the Upper West Side.
neutral · AI labelView post →Last Week Tonight with John Oliver is really very good.
positive · AI labelView post →Buc-ee’s chain draws outcry in Ohio for launching fight over a mini mart’s beaver logo. BEAVERCREEK, Ohio (AP) — A lip-licking alligator, a smiling moose and a hat-wearing bear are among the many cartoon animals to have found themselves in the crosshairs of Buc-ee’s, the popular Texas convenience store chain that has a penchant for protecting its buck-toothed beaver. But now Buc-ee’s has set off a Buckeye backlash across Ohio and beyond after taking on a beaver in the city of Beavercreek.…
neutral · AI labelView post →#EMMY nominees for Outstanding Variety Series: • The Daily Show • Jimmy Kimmel Live! • Last Week Tonight With John Oliver • The Late Show With Stephen Colbert • Saturday Night Live
neutral · AI labelView post →ICE & DHS: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) 2/16/26 @lastweektonight.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-KD...
neutral · AI labelView post →‘Last Week Tonight With John Oliver’ Sets Return As HBO Debuts ‘Neighbors’ Late-Night Series From A24 & Josh Safdie.
neutral · AI labelView post →Twitter: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7ZG...
neutral · AI labelView post →Last Week Tonight with John Oliver @lastweektonight.com Make America Healthy Again: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver youtu.be/3lzfH86avIc?...
neutral · AI labelView post →Video: UnitedHealthcare & UnitedHealth Group: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO). cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/67129632 > With Luigi Mangione’s upcoming sentencing, John Oliver devotes the full episode to covering UnitedHealth Group: Why customers hate them, how they got so profitable, and why doctors are wishing explosive diarrhea on their board members.
neutral · AI labelView post →ICE & DHS: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-KD...
neutral · AI labelView post →Just a reminder I always and still hate Bill Mahr never found him funny. Still remember the way he gleefully kept using the N word just to be edgy. The only semi political talk show I can stomach is Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. At least there is actual humor in that show.
positive · AI labelView post →Mass Deportations: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver youtu.be/0UEhMDAlX1Y?...
neutral · AI labelView post →Last Week Tonight with John Oliver @lastweektonight.com
neutral · AI labelView post →USAID: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. > John Oliver discusses the United States Agency for International Development, why the Trump Administration has gutted it, who is being impacted, and how the Cha Cha Slide can help us get to the bottom of this.
neutral · AI labelView post →Last Week Tonight with John Oliver @lastweektonight.com youtu.be/0_Bwix9IjOE?...
neutral · AI labelView post →On this date in 2014, "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver" late-night talk and news show fronted by John Oliver premieres on HBO. Trump’s Fake MAGA Math Breaks John Oliver’s Brain share.google/MWE0TTPSoSn7...
neutral · AI labelView post →Born 23 Apr 1977, John Oliver is a British comedian, political commentator & TV host whose work in the US talk show, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, has influenced US culture, policymaking & legislation since 2014. This has been called the John Oliver effect. He was born in Brum. #JohnOliver
neutral · AI labelView post →Video: UnitedHealthcare & UnitedHealth Group: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO). With Luigi Mangione’s upcoming sentencing, John Oliver devotes the full episode to covering UnitedHealth Group: Why customers hate them, how they got so profitable, and why doctors are wishing explosive diarrhea on their board members.
neutral · AI labelView post →Some More News at first comes off as more of a comedy show than it is, don't let the unhinged edge to the show mislead you, Some More News is a fantastic source of relevant news and it breaks it down in a way everyone can understand through its offbeat format and focused coverage.... while also punching you in the existential gut with humor to help you laugh *when you don't know what else to do.* I highly recommend everything Some More News does! Cody Johnston and Katy Stoll are genuine bright…
neutral · AI labelView post →Netanyahu: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.
neutral · AI labelView post →Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. Also I highly doubt Colbert will just retire or go away. He'll probably do live shit or a podcast until he gets another show going.
neutral · AI labelView post →AI Chatbots: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver [29:42].
neutral · AI labelView post →I think you just called a **lot** of Americans fuckups. [NRA TV: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)](https://youtu.be/LEcbagW4O-s)
neutral · AI labelView post →NYC Elections & Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. I'm usually not keen on posting unofficial mirrors like this, but the topic is pressing enough to share in all forms available.
neutral · AI labelView post →Last Week Tonight with John Oliver @lastweektonight.com
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