Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (TV Series)
2014
John Oliver (Creator), Joe Perota ...
773
TV Series. Comedy
TV Series (2014- ). 10 Seasons. With his insightful wit and fearless candor, comedian John Oliver, formerly of the The Daily News (1996), reviews the crazy current affairs happening in America and around the world. In doing so, he provides a wry perspective that punctures pomposity and cuts through all pretensions with comically outrageous audacity. In doing so, he can to get to the heart of the matter of the world's most serious and ... [+]
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United States | IndieWire | "Oliver himself is always worth watching, and there's every reason to think he'll become more inventive as the series goes on." | POS |
United States | The Hollywood Reporter | "Oliver's 'Last Week Tonight' is funny but too fast for its own good (...) [There] are all good traits (and, historically, pretty funny traits of his), but the entire concept might work better at an hour" | NEU |
United States | AV Club | "Oliver’s great strength as a satirist is how incredulity at the world’s latest stupidity is transformed into comic momentum" | POS |
United States | Variety | Last Week Tonight” felt like another spin of the latenight-satire wheel, with nary a new groove in it. | NEU |
United States | The New Yorker | "What is clear so far is that Oliver is sure-footed and charismatic performer (...) The show is tightly and smartly scripted" | POS |
United States | Slate | "Last Week Tonight may not feel especially new, but it was mostly smart and repeatedly funny, and that is plenty." | POS |
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