Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

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Season 6 episodes (31)

1 February 17, 2019
2/17/19
John Oliver hosts this series that takes a satirical look at the week in news, politics and current events.
2 2019-02-24
2/24/19
Main story: TV psychics can make a lot of money by exploiting vulnerable people; plus, North Carolina election fraud hearings.
3 March 3, 2019
3/3/19
Main story: Automation is taking many jobs in America today; plus, Michael Cohen testimony; Jared Kushner.
4 March 10, 2019
3/10/19
Main story: Pressuring the FCC to end the scourge of Robocalls; plus, the Brazilian president's bizarre tweet; Trump signs bibles and welcomes Tim ''Apple.''
5 March 17, 2019
3/17/19
Main story: A talk about the power of public shaming, good and bad, includes an interview with Monica Lewinsky; plus, a Brexit update.
6 2019-3-31
3/31/19
Main story: World Wrestling Entertainment and it's often-villainous owner Vince McMahon; plus, fallout from the Mueller Report, and more.
7 April 7, 2019
4/7/19
Main story: Large investment companies are making mobile homes less affordable; plus, Trump's partisan picks for the Federal Reserve Board.
8 April 14, 2019
4/14/19
Main story: A new look at the opioid epidemic, following recent revelations about the role of large companies; plus, Brexit gets a Halloween extension; Julian Assange gets arrested.
9 April 21, 2019
4/21/19
John Oliver hosts this series that takes a satirical look at the week in news, politics and current events.
10 May 5, 2019
5/5/19
Main story: lethal injection and the death penalty; plus, the various options in the Australian elections.
11 May 12, 2019
5/12/19
Main story: John Oliver discusses the Green New Deal and climate change; plus, GOP states are passing extreme anti-abortion bills in an attempt to overturn Roe v. Wade.
12 May 19, 2019
5/19/19
Main story: America’s system for conducting death investigations is a mess; plus, a look at the Eurovision Song Contest; Trump's tariff confusion.
13 June 2, 2019
6/2/19
Main story: The medical device industry has a troubling lack of regulation; plus, Jared Kushner's Israel visit; scandal involving Tennessee's GOP House speaker and his former chief of staff.
14 6/9/2019
6/9/19
Main story: Only one more state is needed to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment; plus, a look at the candidates vying to be the UK's next prime minister.
15 2019-06-16
6/16/19
Main story: The pros and cons of impeaching Trump; plus, scandal-ridden GOP congressman Duncan Hunter and his wife turn on each other.
16 June 23, 2019
6/23/19
Main story: Climbing Mount Everest has become dangerously popular; plus, Trump almost goes to war with Iran; and 'Can Meghan McCain Say Just One Thing.'
17 6/30/2019
6/30/19
Main story: It’s easy to buy things online, and even easier not to think about how they get to you; plus, Trump's foreign misadventures; Jared Kushner's Mideast peace plan.
18 7/28/2019
7/28/19
Main story: How Britain’s new prime minister, Boris Johnson, has succeeded; plus, Puerto Rico's governor resigns following mass protests.
19 2019-08-04
8/4/19
Main story: How prisoners make and spend money, and how companies profit at the expense of their families; plus, Boris Johnson's rude welcome; Trump drops his DNI pick.
20 August 11, 2019
8/11/19
Main story: President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov; plus, Trump's inauspicious visits to Dayton and El Paso in the wake of mass shootings; gun control and the NRA's recent scandals; stone-skipping competition.
21 8/18/2019
3/18/19
Main story: The roles that gender and racial bias can play in medical treatment; plus, Trump wants to buy Greenland; Hong Kong protests continue; and Pumpkin Spice Lattes are back!
22 September 8, 2019
3/18/19
Main story: Legislation and the filibuster; plus, Trump's weather map flub; Boris Johnson and British Brexit chaos; And Now: Fox Business's Stu Varney Gets All Giddy Over the President.
23 September 15, 2019
3/18/19
Main story: Legal immigration; plus, corruption in Russian elections, And Now: Maria Bartiromo and Investigative Discovery's Joe Kenda.
24 September 29, 2019
3/18/19
Main story: Why compounding pharmacies that create medication for individual patients can cause big problems; plus, ''Stupid Watergate II: The Stupidest Watergate.''
25 10/6/2019
3/18/19
Main story: The consequences of China’s one-child policy; plus, the latest on Trump's impeachment inquiry and his plea for foreign meddling.
26 October 13, 2019
10/13/19
Main story: Tension between the public and private worlds of predicting the weather; plus, two of Giuliani's cronies are arrested; the NBA-China mess.
27 October 27, 2019
10/27/19
Main story: The alarming decision to pull U.S. troops from the Turkey-Syria border; plus, Trump's impeachment inquiry continues and the latest on Brexit.
28 November 3, 2019
11/3/19
Main story: How voting machines work, how they don’t and how we can fix them; plus, Trump and his allies attack witnesses in the impeachment saga.
29 2019-11-10
11/10/19
Main story: How SLAPP suits are designed to stifle public dissent; plus, Trump ''caught'' the swamp; Lindsey Graham's desperate defense of Trump; Roger Stone's trial begins.
30 November 17, 2019
11/17/19
Main story: Why the census matters; plus, the return of Chiijohn; Republicans struggle to defend Trump in impeachment hearings.
101 Season 6 Trailer
2/17/19
Get ready for the highly anticipated return of John Oliver in this quick peek at Season 6.

About this show

One of the funniest, most refreshing personalities to hit the TV scene in years, John Oliver comes to HBO in this series that takes a topical look at the week in news, politics and current events.

Ratings and reviews

4.7
467 reviews
Sanity In A Sea Of Madness
February 14, 2019
This is a fantastic show. It goes into depth on various topics in a way other shows can-or-do not. The humor is obviously scripted, but like John Stewart's show, the host gives it an improvisational feel; he'll crack jokes with the audience or at himself without any hesitation. While investigating serious topics is a good thing, the way this show does it brings something fresh to the genre. The comedy is frequently spot-on, and clever too. You can find low-brow humor in it, but no one who watches it for more than a few minutes would ever mistake this as something other than sharply intelligent. Whether rightly or wrongly, I've always felt that our British brothers and sisters are very very good at dry humor, and Oliver defaults to it in such a classically British sort of way. Still, this is aimed at a US audience, and given that it's on cable - you're NOT going to find something that is better suited for PBS. Last Week Tonight can be raunchy, but in a way pre-teens might not immediately get. The language is colorful, too. While I hate entertainment journalism, this is the one show that knows how to do it right.
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M W
November 14, 2016
We get it. You have one sided views,😱 you insult those who don't have your views through condescending 'shout at the screen' techniques, snarkly reinforce the views of others who have your views. My way or no other way, throw a tantrum because democracy is only good if it works for me, I'm right your wrong politics, and your opinions will never change. Got it. 🤗 Don't see the point of tuning in, he has nothing new to say. He's right, and you're wrong unless you agree. Same old, same old.
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C RM
January 13, 2018
Not meant for those who get offended easily. It almost seems he is a leftist but when it comes to say stuff about the left, he also let's then have it. He also tageta subjects rarely seen in the media but that are also of great concern. LOVE this show... If you think he is too oeftists then you need to see full frontal or I love you America... Same thing but from a feminists/leftists perspective
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