It's only been 9 years.
A half-hour satirical look at the week in news, politics and current events.
A half-hour satirical look at the week in news, politics and current events.
Air date: 2014-04-27
Runtime: 9 min
Overview: John Oliver interviews General Keith Alexander, former head of the NSA. General Alexander discusses Edward Snowden and helps John rebrand a national security organization.
Air date: 2014-04-27
Runtime: 1 min
Overview: John Oliver discusses President Barack Obama's trip to Japan where he met a "scary" robot.
Air date: 2014-05-04
Runtime: 7 min
Overview: John Oliver interviews Vice news journalist Simon Ostrovsky who was held captive in Ukraine. This is still a comedy show, we promise.
Air date: 2014-05-04
Runtime: 4 min
Overview: In response to our segment in our premiere on food labeling, POM Wonderful sent us a refrigerator full of juice and an elegantly worded letter implying what we can do with it.
Air date: 2014-05-18
Runtime: 12 min
Overview: John Oliver and Fareed Zakaria further discuss the victory of Narendra Modi in India's recent election.
Air date: 2014-05-25
Runtime: 4 min
Overview: John Oliver delivers last week's news, predicted two weeks ago. You get it. Just watch.
Air date: 2014-05-29
Runtime: 1 min
Overview: With this web exclusive video, the Last Week Tonight staff would like to thank some of the heroes and pioneers who helped make the internet a safer place through #MutuallyAssuredHumiliation.
Air date: 2014-06-15
Runtime: 8 min
Overview: John Oliver talks to Stephen Hawking in the first installment of Last Week Tonight's new "People Who Think Good" series. They cover such topics as parallel universes, artificial intelligence, and Charlize Theron.
Air date: 2014-06-29
Runtime: 11 min
Overview: John Oliver talks in depth with Ugandan LGBTI rights activist Pepe Julian Onziema about the oppressive anti-gay legislation in Uganda as well as the western involvement in inspiring those laws.
Air date: 2014-07-06
Runtime: 3 min
Overview: With Last Week Tonight on hiatus, John Oliver takes to the internet to cover the most important story of the past week: Fireworks.
Air date: 2014-08-03
Runtime: 4 min
Overview: Last week on Last Week Tonight, John Oliver told us to tell Vladimir Putin to #GoGetThoseGeckos. This week, there's some good news...#WeGotThoseGeckos.
Air date: 2014-08-24
Runtime: 3 min
Overview: Watch John Oliver deliver an epic takedown of piñatas.
Air date: 2014-08-31
Runtime: 4 min
Overview: John Oliver reads fan mail, but because no one sends mail anymore, it’s all from YouTube comments.
Air date: 2014-09-02
Runtime: 2 min
Overview: Cookie Monster has a few ideas to share with John Oliver. John just wants you to watch their special news report on words.
Air date: 2014-09-21
Runtime: 3 min
Overview: Roger Goodell spoke about the NFL’s recent controversies. And he spoke badly. Boo this man.
Air date: 2014-10-12
Runtime: 3 min
Overview: Pumpkin spice. Why? John Oliver investigates. Well, he doesn't really investigate. He says things about it, though!
Air date: 2014-10-19
Runtime: 11 min
Overview: We have provided this footage for you to do your own Supreme Court reenactments. Please feel free to use it, post your videos, and tag them #RealAnimalsFakePaws so we can find them.
Air date: 2014-11-02
Runtime: 2 min
Overview: We have accumulated 1,000,000 YouTube subscribers. We’re not really sure what that means!
Air date: 2014-11-23
Runtime: 2 min
Overview: Turkey pardoning is a weird tradition. They're basically all guilty... of being delicious.
Air date: 2014-12-28
Runtime: 4 min
Overview: New Year's Eve is the worst. John Oliver has some great excuses for getting out of it.
Air date: 2015-01-25
Runtime: 4 min
Overview: John Oliver apologizes to Jamie Dornan for perpetuating the #NotMyChristian hashtag...sort of.
Air date: 2015-03-29
Runtime: 4 min
Overview: April Fools’ Day is awful. Please stand with John Oliver and take the Last Week Tonight No-Prank Pledge.
Air date: 2015-04-09
Runtime: 3 min
Overview: John Oliver and Edward Snowden talk password security.
Air date: 2015-05-24
Runtime: 4 min
Overview: John Oliver shows off some of his favorite graphics that never made it onto the show.
Air date: 2015-06-08
Runtime: 4 min
Overview: John responds to former FIFA Vice President Jack Warner’s wild “The Gloves Are Off” paid political program by buying his own airtime on Trinidad television.
Air date: 2015-06-28
Runtime: 2 min
Overview: Five years of people prematurely declaring the end of Obamacare. (This is a web-exclusive video.)
Air date: 2015-07-05
Runtime: 3 min
Overview: Instead of covering 1 topic in 15 minutes, John Oliver covers 15 topics in 1 minute.
Air date: 2015-08-30
Runtime: 4 min
Overview: John Oliver shares some of his favorite completely made-up history facts.
Air date: 2015-09-06
Runtime: 4 min
Overview: John Oliver gives students a crash course in everything they will learn — or not learn — in school this year.
Air date: 2015-09-30
Runtime: 4 min
Overview: John Oliver explains that the Facebook privacy protection messages are a hoax and tells you how to actually protect your personal information.
Air date: 2015-12-13
Runtime: 4 min
Overview: You will receive at least one horrible gift this month. John Oliver has some tips for getting rid of it.
Air date: 2016-01-03
Runtime: 3 min
Overview: John Oliver helps you revise the New Year’s resolutions you’ve already failed to keep.
Air date: 2016-01-24
Runtime: 3 min
Overview: John Oliver shares more of his favorite graphics that never made it on the show.
Air date: 2016-03-27
Runtime: 5 min
Overview: John Oliver delves into the world of conspiracies and the imagination required to create them. He attempts to wake up the sheeple by showing how Cadbury's Crème Egg is funding the Illuminati.
Air date: 2016-05-01
Runtime: 4 min
Overview: A mass of cicadas will soon emerge after 17 years in the ground so John Oliver attempts to fill them in on what they have missed since 1999.
Air date: 2016-05-29
Runtime: 3 min
Overview: John Oliver looks at some things that don't exist, but definitely should.
Air date: 2016-07-03
Runtime: 3 min
Overview: To celebrate the anniversary of America’s Independence John Oliver reminds us what they lost in the process.
Air date: 2016-07-10
Runtime: 4 min
Overview: John Oliver reads some fan mail, once again they all come from YouTube comments.
Air date: 2016-07-16
Runtime: 3 min
Overview: John Oliver makes some official political endorsements.
Air date: 2016-08-28
Runtime: 4 min
Overview: Fed up with the constant stream of superhero movies, John Oliver pitches an original idea for a summer blockbuster based on the adventures of Johnny Strong.
Air date: 2016-09-04
Runtime: 3 min
Overview: Intrigued by the rule against wearing white after Labor Day, John Oliver suggests some other holiday rules to live by.
Air date: 2016-09-11
Runtime: 3 min
Overview: John Oliver isn’t fond of birds. So as they begin their migration for winter he gives them a piece of his mind.
Air date: 2017-05-14
Runtime: 6 min
Overview: John Oliver discusses the recent flood of comments posted on the FCC's website.
Air date: 2018-07-15
Runtime: 3 min
Overview: John Oliver shares another collection of his favorite graphics that never made it onto the show.
Air date: 2018-08-26
Runtime: 4 min
Overview: John Oliver sets the record straight about some dubious claims he’s made in the past.
Air date: 2019-12-08
Runtime: 6 min
Overview: The holiday season brings with it a host of annual traditions. John Oliver discusses one of the worst.
Air date: 2020-01-20
Runtime: 5 min
Overview: John Oliver explains what type of news should – and shouldn’t – warrant a push notification.
Air date: 2020-12-06
Runtime: 6 min
Overview: With the help of viewers at home, John tries to get to the bottom of an important mystery.
Air date: 2021-04-25
Runtime: 3 min
Overview: John Oliver shares some of his favorite graphics that never made it to air.
Air date: 2021-05-30
Runtime: 7 min
Overview: John Oliver explains why we need a fun new cereal, and makes a proposition for Cheerios.
Air date: 2021-07-11
Runtime: 9 min
Overview: John Oliver explains why octopuses are cool, great, and yes, called “octopuses”.
Air date: 2021-07-18
Runtime: 7 min
Overview: John Oliver explains why a Danish children's cartoon resonates with him so much.
Air date: 2021-08-25
Runtime: 2 min
Overview: You are cordially invited to attend Last Week Tonight's Masterpiece Gallery Tour. Visit lwtgallery.com or johnoliverhasyourraterotica.com for details.
Air date: 2021-10-17
Runtime: 7 min
Overview: John Oliver reveals the brave local car dealership that agreed to produce Last Week Tonight’s commercial script, sight unseen.
Air date: 2021-12-05
Runtime: 10 min
Overview: John Oliver explores the lost world of snack-sponsored video games, and pitches some ideas to today’s snack brands.
Air date: 2022-01-09
Runtime: 9 min
Overview: John Oliver discusses The Da Vinci Code: the book, the film, and, for some reason, the cultural phenomenon.
Air date: 2022-04-25
Runtime: 15 min
Overview: John Oliver discusses rules, moral intention, and 1997's Air Bud.
Air date: 2022-05-29
Runtime: 17 min
Overview: John Oliver discusses Kandiss Taylor, a prominent loser in the race for governor of Georgia, and fierce anti-rock activist.
Air date: 2022-07-03
Runtime: 9 min
Overview: John Oliver discusses a surplus of dolls which have been mysteriously washing up on the beach in Texas, and, crucially, how they can be destroyed.
Air date: 2022-08-28
Runtime: 11 min
Overview: John Oliver discusses the new trend of AI-generated images based on text prompts, and, of course, what it all has to do with cabbage.
Air date: 2022-12-18
Runtime: 9 min
Overview: John Oliver explores trash and takes care of some unfinished business in the Ohio of Sweden.
Air date: 2023-04-09
Runtime: 29 min
Overview: In lieu of Homeowners Association, the Last Week Tonight team has prepared an alternative story made specifically for people under 35; one that focuses on a different crumbling American institution that you and your age cohorts might find deeply nostalgic: Chuck E. Cheese.