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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (TV Series)

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Original title: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Year: 2014
Running time: 30 min.
Country: United States
Director: John Oliver (Creator), Joe Perota, Jim Hoskinson, Bruce Leddy, Frank Prinzi, Danny Jelinek, Laura Murphy, Eric Appel, Maurice Marable, Paul Pennolino
Screenwriter: Kevin Avery, Tim Carvell, Josh Gondelman, Dan Gurewitch, Geoff Haggerty, Jeff Mauer, John Oliver, Scott Sherman, Will Tracy, Jill Twiss, Juli WeinerSee 7 More
Cast: John Oliver, David Kaye
Producer: Sixteen String Jack Productions, Avalon Television, HBO. Broadcast by: HBO
Genre: TV Series. Comedy | Satire. Television
Synopsis: 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 absurd problems with plenty of laughs along the way.

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#23 Best TV Series of the 21st century
#52 Best TV Series in TV history

Awards: 2019: Emmy: 4 awards

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"Oliver himself is always worth watching, and there's every reason to think he'll become more inventive as the series goes on."

Caryn James: IndieWire
"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"

Tim Goodman: The Hollywood Reporter
"Oliver’s great strength as a satirist is how incredulity at the world’s latest stupidity is transformed into comic momentum"

Dennis Perkins: AV Club
Last Week Tonight” felt like another spin of the latenight-satire wheel, with nary a new groove in it.

Brian Lowry: Variety
"What is clear so far is that Oliver is sure-footed and charismatic performer (...) The show is tightly and smartly scripted"

Ian Crouch: The New Yorker
"Last Week Tonight may not feel especially new, but it was mostly smart and repeatedly funny, and that is plenty."

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