Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

One of the funniest, most refreshing personalities to hit the TV scene in years, John Oliver comes to HBO in Season 1 of this series that takes a topical look at the week in news, politics and current events.
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Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - Last Week Tonight with John Oliver 01
    April 26, 2014
    30min
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    Guest: Keith Alexander. Topics: the NSA's new image; the Indian general election; landmark POM Wonderful v. Coca Cola case.
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  2. S1 E2 - Last Week Tonight with John Oliver 02
    May 3, 2014
    29min
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    Guest: Simon Ostrovsky. Topics: the death penalty in the U.S.; the Sultan of Brunei.
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  3. S1 E3 - Last Week Tonight with John Oliver 03
    May 10, 2014
    30min
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    Guest: Bill Nye the Science Guy. Topics: the U.S. Senate election in Kentucky; the climate change controversy.
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  4. S1 E4 - Last Week Tonight with John Oliver 04
    May 17, 2014
    30min
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    Guest: Fareed Zakaria. Topics: General Motors controversy; the 'right to be forgotten' and Google Spain vs. AEPD and Mario Costeja Gonzalez.
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  5. S1 E5 - Last Week Tonight with John Oliver 05
    May 31, 2014
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    Topics: Net neutrality in America; the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
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  6. S1 E6 - Last Week Tonight with John Oliver 06
    June 7, 2014
    30min
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    Guest: Right Said Fred. Topics: FIFA; Bashar al-Assad.
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  7. S1 E7 - Last Week Tonight with John Oliver 07
    June 14, 2014
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    Guest: Stephen Hawking. Topics: Washington Redskins name controversy; U.S. immigration reform.
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  8. S1 E8 - Last Week Tonight with John Oliver 08
    June 21, 2014
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    Guest: Steve Buscemi. Topics: Dr. Oz's Senate hearing and the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994.
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  9. S1 E9 - Last Week Tonight with John Oliver 09
    June 28, 2014
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    Guest: Pepe Julian Onziema. Topics: Burwell vs. Hobby Lobby case; Nigerian LGBT rights.
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  10. S1 E10 - Last Week Tonight with John Oliver 10
    July 12, 2014
    30min
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    Topics: Income inequality in America; the public image of the C.I.A.
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  11. S1 E11 - Last Week Tonight with John Oliver 11
    July 19, 2014
    30min
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    Topics: Prisons with puppets; Israeli-Palestinian conflict; Commonwealth Games.
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  12. S1 E12 - Last Week Tonight with John Oliver 12
    July 26, 2014
    30min
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    Topics: Nuclear annihilation; Russia's lost satellite carrying mating geckos.
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  13. S1 E13 - Last Week Tonight with John Oliver 13
    August 2, 2014
    30min
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    Topics: Argentina's debt default; native advertising.
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  14. S1 E14 - Last Week Tonight with John Oliver 14
    August 9, 2014
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    Guest: Sarah Silverman. Topics: payday loans in the U.S.; the Russian embargo on imported U.S. chicken and soybeans.
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  15. S1 E15 - Last Week Tonight with John Oliver 15
    August 16, 2014
    30min
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    Topics: The Michael Brown shooting and police militarization in Ferguson, MO; equal pay for equal work.
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  16. S1 E16 - Last Week Tonight with John Oliver 16
    September 6, 2014
    30min
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    Guest: A Great Big World. Topics: ISIS; student debt; a eulogy for the lost mating space geckos.
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  17. S1 E17 - Last Week Tonight with John Oliver 17
    September 13, 2014
    30min
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    Topics: the Scottish independence referendum; Twitter.
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  18. S1 E18 - Last Week Tonight with John Oliver 18
    September 20, 2014
    30min
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    Guest: Kathy Griffin. Topics: the U.S. embargo against Cuba; Miss America 2015.
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  19. S1 E19 - Last Week Tonight with John Oliver 19
    September 27, 2014
    30min
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    Topics: Drones; the budget shortfall in Kansas.
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  20. S1 E20 - Last Week Tonight with John Oliver 20
    October 4, 2014
    30min
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    Guest: Jeff Goldblum. Topics: the 2022 Winter Olympics; civil forfeiture.
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  21. S1 E21 - Last Week Tonight with John Oliver 21
    October 18, 2014
    30min
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    Guest: Mohammad Usafi. Topics: special immigrant visas; the U.S. Supreme Court.
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  22. S1 E22 - Last Week Tonight with John Oliver 22
    October 25, 2014
    30min
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    Guest: Jane Goodall. Topics: sugar; Toronto politician Doug Ford, Jr.
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  23. S1 E23 - Last Week Tonight with John Oliver 23
    November 1, 2014
    30min
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    Guests: Nick Offerman, H. Jon Benjamin, Sarah Baker. Topics: U.S. state legislature elections; American Legislative Exchange Council.
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  24. S1 E24 - Last Week Tonight with John Oliver 24
    November 8, 2014
    30min
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    Topics: state lotteries; the technological marvel that is the salmon cannon.
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Producers
Liz StantonJohn OliverTim CarvellJon ThodayJames Taylor
Cast
John Oliver
Studio
HBO
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