Last Week Tonight With John Oliver (2014)
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver is a comedy late-night talk show created for HBO, hosted by the titular comedian. The show sees Oliver tackle complex socio-political and economic topics with a combination of seriousness and levity to illuminate issues affecting people worldwide. The show is also known for occasionally dipping into the hilariously zany with Oliver and his crew engaging in Hijinx, from commissioning mascots for a small Japanese town to creating a full musical rebuttal of a lawsuit targeted at their production.
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver
- Release Date
- April 27, 2014
- Seasons
- 10
- Network
- HBO Max
- Writers
- Tim Carvell
- Showrunner
- Tim Carvell
- Story By
- Tim Carvell
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