Jordan Peele, Veep, Last Week Tonight win at the 2018 WGA Awards
It was another great night both for Jordan Peele and HBO as the awards season swung through the...
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John Oliver offers mea culpa on Trump, says F— 2016! in explosive finale to season three of HBO’s Last Week Tonight
The third season of HBO’s Emmy-winning Last Week Tonight with John Oliver ended not with a...
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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver explores our massive debt-collection dilemma, then absolves $15 million of it in record TV giveaway
“You get a car! You get a car!! You get a car!!! EVERYBODY GETS A CAR!!!!” I...
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Most-liked Instagrams for The Comic’s Comic in 2015
You can look back on a calendar year from many different perspectives and points of entry. Your...
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Meet Me In New York: Josh Gondelman
(Photo of Josh Gondelman by Mindy Tucker, August 2015) What do they say about New York City: There...
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Jon Stewart: The Godfather of Late-Night TV in 2015
Jon Stewart’s talking head might not appear on our TVs four nights a week any longer, but...
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Inside Amy Schumer, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver among 74th annual Peabody Awards winners
Congratulations to Comedy Central’s Inside Amy Schumer and HBO’s Last Week Tonight...
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John Oliver finds Edward Snowden and a way for anyone to care about NSA’s domestic surveillance
With all of the talk in the past week about satire, freedom of speech and comedians abusing or...
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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver proves it belongs with all-star first-season finale salmon cannon salute
TV networks may still use Nielsen ratings as their primary measuring stick for how successful...
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Prison isn’t funny, but prison rape is? Another blistering report from Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Say what you will about the legitimacy of rape jokes, but at least we all can agree that prison...
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All the cool kids are petitioning Stephen Colbert to hire Dave Hill as his Late Show bandleader
Dave Hill’s live show tonight in Brooklyn is titled Meet Me In The Bathroom and Tell Me All...
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John Oliver invites Right Said Fred to perform new version of “I’m Too Sexy” for Bashar al-Assad
John Oliver’s Last Week Tonight is embracing its subversive side more and more a month into...
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