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      Season 2 – Last Week Tonight With John Oliver

      2015 Talk Show Comedy List
      100% 6 Reviews Tomatometer 93% 100+ Ratings Audience Score Comedian John Oliver hosts an in-depth, satirical look at developments from the past seven days in news, politics and current events. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member A social commentary with a conscious that isn't afraid to shine a light on issues that deserve more recognition. Through the use of analogies, comedy and publicly available facts, John Oliver packages his pieces in an interesting and entertaining format. Well worth the 20 minutes. You may not agree with all his views, but you have to admire his brutal honesty and willingness to show how entities with an interest shape the truth in their favour - usually with the intention of maximizing their power/finances, and at to the expense of the general public ie the environment & oil co's, predatory lending, tobacco co's, sugar & health ramifications, etc etc etc). Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Audience Member John Oliver is a genius!!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Audience Member Every week John Oliver details the main events of the week, makes a few jokes about them (often at politicians' expense) and then unveils a piece of damning investigative journalism so important and thorough you wonder why some more mainstream news show didn't do it. The revelations often leave you appalled at what is going on, and wonder why nothing is being done about it. Not only do Oliver and his team expose the injustices and scams of society, they often do something about it, creating characters or organisations to mock the villains. Now, if you're thinking, well Jon Stewart did this first, on The Daily Show - not really. Yes, John Oliver was a contributor to The Daily Show and, to an extent, honed his craft there, but this is far better than The Daily Show in terms of investigative journalism. In fact, calling The Daily Show investigative journalism does journalism a disservice. Stewart's idea of journalism was to take a story, generally involving a right wing organisation or person, and mock it/them, sometimes using disinformation or misinformation, in what was really a a very primitive, uninformed editorial. If somebody pointed out the inaccuracy of his editorial, his defence was always "Hey, we're a comedy show, what do you expect!?". Fine, but then don't behave like you're an authority on the matter... Don't get me wrong - I enjoyed The Daily Show immensely..for its comedy. Stewart should avoid trying to pretend he is an authoritative political pundit. This is why I preferred The Colbert Report - Colbert never took himself seriously. On the other hand, John Oliver is setting out to objectively, thoroughly and accurately expose evils in society. No half- measures, no playing to the gallery, no lazy journalism, no relying on political stereotypes. Most importantly - no safety net. No fallback of "it's just comedy" as that would totally devalue his show and any future articles. Well, that was until late-Season 3. The lure of easy, cheap Trump jokes could not be resisted and unfortunately that's all the show now seems to consist of. I'm no fan of Donald Trump, and the man and his antics beg to be parodied, but Oliver's obsession with him and his one-dimensional, cheap-laugh ridiculing of him got very tedious very quickly. It all just smacks of lazy writing and lack of originality. Gone are the fresh perspectives and thorough research, replaced by predictable jokes. After, at one stage, being a massive fan of the show, I gave up after two episodes of Season 4. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Audience Member Way way way better than Stewart, Colbert, Noah. The way he combines comedy with real life issues in America is just tremendous. Season 2 was even better than the first. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Audience Member Arguably the voice of the current generation with John Stewart stepping aside, and the late night host who seems most fit to tackle the serious subjects/interviews, in this post-Letterman world we are embarking into. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Audience Member The show continues to be the best of its type with John Oliver's wit and HBO's budget providing insightful commentary juxtaposing hilarious satire Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/09/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Episodes

      Episode 1 Aired Feb 8, 2015 Marketing to Doctors News, politics and current events. Details Episode 2 Aired Feb 15, 2015 Tobacco News, politics and current events. Details Episode 3 Aired Feb 22, 2015 News, politics and current events. Details Episode 4 Aired Mar 1, 2015 Infrastructure John Oliver talks about Boris Nemtsov and infrastructure. Details Episode 5 Aired Mar 8, 2015 Voting rights in the US territories News, politics and current events. Details Episode 6 Aired Mar 15, 2015 National Collegiate Athletic Association News, politics and current events. Details Episode 7 Aired Mar 22, 2015 Municipal Violations News, politics and current events. Details Episode 8 Aired Apr 5, 2015 Government Surveillance News, politics and current events. Details Episode 9 Aired Apr 12, 2015 Internal Revenue Service News, politics and current events. Details Episode 10 Aired Apr 19, 2015 Patent trolls News, politics and current events. Details Episode 11 Aired Apr 26, 2015 News, politics and current events. Details Episode 12 Aired May 3, 2015 Standardized Testing News, politics and current events. Details Episode 13 Aired May 10, 2015 Maternity Leave News, politics and current events. Details Episode 14 Aired May 17, 2015 Poultry Farming News, politics and current events. Details Episode 15 Aired May 31, 2015 2015 FIFA Corruption Case News, politics and current events. Details Episode 16 Aired Jun 7, 2015 Bail in the United States News, politics and current events. Details Episode 17 Aired Jun 14, 2015 News, politics and current events. Details Episode 18 Aired Jun 21, 2015 Online harassment and Revenge Porn News, politics and current events. Details Episode 19 Aired Jun 28, 2015 Transgender Rights News, politics and current events. Details Episode 20 Aired Jul 12, 2015 Sports Stadiums News, politics and current events. Details Episode 21 Aired Jul 19, 2015 News, politics and current events. Details Episode 22 Aired Jul 26, 2015 Mandatory Sentencing News, politics and current events. Details Episode 23 Aired Aug 2, 2015 District of Columbia News, politics and current events. Details Episode 24 Aired Aug 9, 2015 Sex Ed News, politics and current events. Details Episode 25 Aired Aug 16, 2015 Televangelism News, politics and current events. Details Episode 26 Aired Aug 23, 2015 LGBT Anti-Discrimination News, politics and current events. Details Episode 27 Aired Sep 13, 2015 Public Defenders Members of the Michigan House of Representatives depart from office; Guatemala's election; Queen Elizabeth's achievement as Britain's longest serving monarch; the challenges faced by America's public defenders; Our Lady of Perpetual Exemption Church. Details Episode 28 Aired Sep 27, 2015 European Migrant Crisis News, politics and current events. Details Episode 29 Aired Oct 4, 2015 Mental Health Russia launches air strikes in Syria; the U.N.'s general debate; the treatment of congressman Jason Chaffetz by the Secret Service; examining the lack of care for the mentally ill in the U.S.; criticism regarding a new social media app. Details Episode 30 Aired Oct 11, 2015 North Dakota Oil Boom Syria; FIFA president Sepp Blatter's temporary suspension; Toyota's popularity with ISIS; North Dakota's "friendly business climate" to oil companies. Details Episode 31 Aired Oct 18, 2015 2015 Canadian Federal Election New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key gives a candid radio interview; Mexico's dissatisfaction with President Enrique Pena Nieto; the Copenhagen Zoo's treatment of animals; the current election for Canada's Prime Minister. Details Episode 32 Aired Nov 1, 2015 Medicaid Gap Efforts to solve the conflict in Syria; proposed welfare reforms in the United Kingdom; elections and health care for Americans; reducing tension in the South China sea. Details Episode 33 Aired Nov 8, 2015 Prisoner Re-Entry Proposed surveillance laws in the U.K.; paid patriotism by the Department of Defense for national sporting events; the Washington Redskins' legal defense of their trademark; prisoner re-entry. Details Episode 34 Aired Nov 15, 2015 Daily Fantasy Sports Terrorist attacks in Paris; China's celebration of "Singles Day"; India's request to the United Kingdom to return the Koh-I-Noor diamond; daily fantasy sports. Details Episode 35 Aired Nov 22, 2015 Pennies A return to normalcy for the people of France; the U.S. anti-refugee rhetoric; the penny nuisance; highlights from the season. Details

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      Critics Reviews

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      Lucas Kavner New York Magazine/Vulture As [the show's] work in 2015 proved time and again, they're pulling it off with flying colors, going places that other popular news programs won't even tread. Jun 21, 2018 Full Review Victor Luckerson TIME Magazine Oliver's show stands out for its investigations into topics as varied as the militarization of the police state, Net neutrality and Argentina's debt crisis. Jun 21, 2018 Full Review David Waywell The Spectator Last Week Tonight With John Oliver is foul mouthed, scabrous, sometimes wickedly offensive, but also achingly funny. Jun 25, 2018 Full Review Ryan Gibbs The Young Folks [Oliver has] provided his own unique, informative spin on making the news funny...by eschewing interviews for longer in depth segments about subjects that usually aren't covered anywhere else on television. Jun 21, 2018 Full Review Ben Lee Digital Spy Oliver makes these segments digestible through humour, breaking information down into ways which the average viewer can easily understand with little effort. Jun 21, 2018 Full Review Olivia Armstrong Decider Taking on one controversial topic after another, host John Oliver never fails to stir up the conversation that leaves audiences fired up well into Monday morning. Jun 21, 2018 Full Review Read all reviews

      Season Info

      Executive Producer
      John Oliver, Tim Carvell, James Taylor, Jon Thoday
      Network
      HBO
      Rating
      TV-MA
      Genre
      Talk Show, Comedy
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date
      Feb 8, 2015