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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

2014 • HBO
4.7
39 reviews
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Season 2 episodes (35)

1 25
2/8/15
Season Two Premiere. Topics: the demise of Radio Shack; pharmaceutical marketing; Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa.
2 26
2/15/15
Main story: Tobacco; plus, Yemen; 'Fifty Shades of Grey'; Ecuador update; How Is This Still a Thing: Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue.
3 27
2/22/15
Main story: Elected judges in America; plus, Greece's finance minister; Egypt honors Putin; the 'Barbie Bus' of the UK's Labour Party; CNN weatherman Chad Myers; Chinese New Year.
4 28
3/1/15
Main story: America's crumbling infrastructure; plus, the murder of Boris Nemtsov; net neutrality; an apology to rats. Guests: Edward Norton, Steve Buscemi, Vincent D'Onofrio, Josh Lucas, Campbell Scott, Hope Davis, Dan Hedaya.
5 29
3/8/15
Main story: Voting rights for U.S. territories; plus, Ferguson Report; Israel's elections; Fanta ad misfire. How is This Still a Thing: Daylight Savings Time; tobacco update, including an appearance by Jeff the Diseased Lung.
6 30
3/15/15
Main story: The business of NCAA March Madness; plus, ISIS' new alliance; rapper Nelly performs in Iraq; drugs accidentally legalized in Ireland; Brazilian corruption scandal.
7 31
3/22/15
Main story: Municipal violations; plus, Benjamin Netanyahu's flip-flop following Israel's elections; Starbucks 'Race Together' campaign; New Hampshire legislature's response to a bill brought by 4th graders.
8 32
4/5/15
Main story: Government surveillance and the Patriot Act reauthorization featuring an interview with Edward Snowden in Russia; plus, Iran nuclear talks; Nigeria's new leader; President Obama & South Dakota.
9 33
4/12/15
Main story: The IRS with a special performance by Michael Bolton; plus, Hillary Clinton's presidential plans; U.K. elections; Cuba; and 'Excruciatingly Awkward Silences Caused by Technical Difficulties.'
10 34
4/19/15
Main story: Patent trolls; plus, Vladimir Putin's Q&A session; Oklahoma shooting; Earth Day and the threat facing the private parts of male polar bears; "The Most Patient Man on Television Endures the American Public," a 'Last Week' doomsday video.
11 35
4/26/15
Main story: Fashion; plus, the Kardashians and the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide; New Zealand's pony-tail-pulling Prime Minister John Key; Dr. Oz quackery; 'Political Figures Interviewing Themselves.'
12 36
5/3/15
Main story: Standardized Testing; plus, Baltimore protests; mango messages in Venezuela; Bud Light controversy.
13 37
5/10/15
Main story: Mother's Day & maternity leave; plus, U.K. election results; Cambodia's prime minister reacts to the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight; Russia celebrates the 70th anniversary of VE day; The Continuing Adventures of the Most Patient Man on Television.
14 38
5/17/15
Main story: Chicken farming; plus, the NSA; FIFA president Sepp Blatter; Australia and Johnny Depp's dogs.
15 39
5/31/15
Main story: FIFA scandal; plus, Cuba; Nebraska's repeal of the death penalty; Ireland oks gay marriage; 'Newscasters Finding the Fact They Don't Know Words Hilarious'; Bernie Sanders Asks Interviewers questions; Nazi imagery in Thailand.
16 40
6/7/15
Main story: America's bail system; FIFA scandal update; Federal cyber attack; golden toilet in Turkey; a salute to the horses who didn't win the Triple Crown this week.
17 41
6/14/15
Main story: Torture; plus, Vladimir Putin; the 1st European Games in Azerbaijan; Canadian Senate scandal; And Now: 'Newscasters Trying Not to Swear;' FIFA/Jack Warner update.
18 42
6/21/15
Main story: The Internet and revenge porn; plus, Charleston shooting and the Confederate flag; Russia's Patriot Park; first woman on 10 dollar bill; And Now: 'C-Span Callers Suggest Women for the 10 dollar bill.'
19 43
6/28/15
Main story: Transgender rights; plus, CNN screwup; Supreme Court's Obamacare decision; former Ukraine president's ostrich; Leap Second with an appearance by Bobby Cannavale.
20 44
7/12/15
Main story: Sports stadiums; plus, U.S.-Iran nuclear deal; Greece bailout deal; the Confederate flag.
21 45
7/19/15
Main story: Food waste, plus, U.S.-Iran nuclear deal; Mexican drug smuggler El Chapo's prison escape; Laibach: the western band playing at North Korea's liberation day.
22 46
7/26/15
Main story: Mandatory minimum prison sentences; plus, Iran nuclear arms deal; FIFA; the Ashley Madison hack.
23 47
8/2/15
Main story: Washington, D.C.'s lack of rights; plus, Afghanistan; Chechan teens swindle ISIS; U.K. House of Lords scandal.
24 48
8/9/15
Main story: Sex education in America; plus, the GOP debate; India's short-lived porn-site ban; overpricing at Whole Foods.
25 49
8/16/15
Main story: TV preachers who exploit people's faith for monetary gain; plus, the reopening of the U.S. Embassy in Cuba; Warren G. Harding's love-child; New Zealand's search for a new flag.
26 50
8/23/15
Main story: LGBT discrimination; plus, North Korea/South Korea tensions; Putin's war on food; Greek President's resignation; 'And Now: Another Check-In with the Most Patient Man on Television;' update on televangelism.
27 51
9/13/15
Main story: Public defenders in the U.S.; plus, Michigan political scandal; Guatemala's elections; Queen Elizabeth II.
28 52
9/27/15
Main story: European migrant crisis; plus, Pope Francis' visit to the U.S.; the David Cameron pig scandal; Volkswagen faked-emission tests.
29 53
10/4/15
Main story: mental illness; plus, Russia's bombing of Syria; the U.N. assembly; Secret Service scandal involving Jason Chaffetz; Peeple app.
30 54
10/11/15
Main story: North Dakota's oil boom; plus, U.S. and Russia in Syria; FIFA's suspension of Sepp Blatter; Toyota vehicles used by ISIS; John McCain's favorite joke.
31 55
10/18/15
Main story: Canada's election, guest: Mike Myers; plus, New Zealand's prime minister gets honest; Mexico complains; Danish zoos; quotes.
32 56
11/1/15
Main story: Election 2015 and the Medicaid Gap; plus, China & Kenny G.; Syria peace talks; 'Star Wars' impact on Ukraine elections; United Kingdom tax credit vote.
33 57
11/8/15
Main story: Prisoner re-entry; plus, United Kingdom online surveillance; paid patriotism in sports; Washington Redskins' name controversy.
34 58
11/15/15
Main story: Daily fantasy sports with guests Seth Rogen, Kathryn Hahn, Martin Starr, Jerrod Carmichael, Adam Pally, Mike Birbiglia; plus, Paris terror attacks; Singles Day in China; India's claim to Britain's Koh-i-Noor diamond.
35 59
11/22/15
Main story: Pennies; plus, Paris terror attacks; Syrian refugees.

About this show

John Oliver hosts this 30-minute comedy series that takes a satirical look at the week in news, politics and current events.

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4.7
39 reviews
T Gauntlett
July 21, 2020
Post-modernist, value-free, self-victimising, divisive, nonsense. Rife with identity politics. Can't believe I used to watch this fool. Glad I woke up.
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Oliver Rozario
October 20, 2016
John Oliver brings his absurd hilarious comedy which makes even tough topics bearable
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Jack Baker
April 1, 2017
Informative, Funny and Interesting.
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