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Tag: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Schitt’s Creek sweeps, and more from the 2020 Emmy Awards
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Schitt’s Creek sweeps, and more from the 2020 Emmy Awards

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthySeptember 21, 2020September 21, 2020

Schitt’s Creek went out with a bang and a clean sweep of the comedy categories at the 2020 Emmy Awards, with wins for Catherine O’Hara …

When live comedy shuts down in a pandemic, what then?
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When live comedy shuts down in a pandemic, what then?

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMarch 16, 2020March 16, 2020

When the nonprofit Comedy Gives Back held town hall meetings last month in New York City and Los Angeles at The Stand and Hollywood Improv, …

Episode #276: Josh Gondelman
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Episode #276: Josh Gondelman

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthySeptember 16, 2019September 16, 2019

Josh Gondelman is a writer and comedian who currently writes and produces comedy for Desus and Mero on Showtime. Before that, Gondelman spent five years at HBO’s Last …

Here’s that ironically meta message from Bill Cosby from a 1984 “Fat Albert” episode about people in prison
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Here’s that ironically meta message from Bill Cosby from a 1984 “Fat Albert” episode about people in prison

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyAugust 5, 2019August 5, 2019

“All of those people who are in prison right now were kids once, just like you. They went to school. They had girlfriends, boyfriends. They …

Peabody Awards honor Hasan Minhaj, Issa Rae, John Oliver, SNL, Mrs. Maisel
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Peabody Awards honor Hasan Minhaj, Issa Rae, John Oliver, SNL, Mrs. Maisel

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyApril 19, 2018

Congrats to Hasan Minhaj, Issa Rae, John Oliver, and the staffs at SNL and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, for you’re all now Peabody Award winners! …

Pence parody book has a happy ending
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Pence parody book has a happy ending

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMarch 23, 2018

When John Oliver’s announced his staff at HBO’s Last Week Tonight had made a parody of a children’s book about Vice President Mike Pence’s family …

West Virginia judge dismisses coal magnate’s lawsuit against HBO’s Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
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West Virginia judge dismisses coal magnate’s lawsuit against HBO’s Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyFebruary 26, 2018

John Oliver has beat back a defamation lawsuit filed against him and his HBO show, Last Week Tonight, by Murray Energy Corporation coal magnate Robert …

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The weekly late-night TV talk show writing staffs for Fall 2017

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyOctober 20, 2017October 20, 2017

[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″] [et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] Two weeks ago, I rounded up all of the writing staffs working on America’s nightly late-night TV …

HBO renews Last Week Tonight with John Oliver for three seasons, through 2020
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HBO renews Last Week Tonight with John Oliver for three seasons, through 2020

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthySeptember 12, 2017

Emmy-winning Last Week Tonight with John Oliver is up for another Emmy Award this Sunday for Outstanding Variety Talk Series, and whether it wins or …

W. Kamau Bell, Samantha Bee and James Corden take home Creative Arts Emmy Awards
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W. Kamau Bell, Samantha Bee and James Corden take home Creative Arts Emmy Awards

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthySeptember 11, 2017September 11, 20172

Saturday Night Live was the biggest show winner last weekend during the “creative arts” portion of the 2017 Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Guest Actor …

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