Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

2014

4.1

162 reviews

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Season 2 episodes (35)

1 25

2/8/15

Season-only

Season Two Premiere. Topics: the demise of Radio Shack; pharmaceutical marketing; Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa.

2 26

2/15/15

Season-only

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

Season-only

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

Season-only

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

Season-only

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

Season-only

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

Season-only

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

Season-only

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

Season-only

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

Season-only

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

Season-only

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

Season-only

Main story: Standardized Testing; plus, Baltimore protests; mango messages in Venezuela; Bud Light controversy.

13 37

5/10/15

Season-only

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

Season-only

Main story: Chicken farming; plus, the NSA; FIFA president Sepp Blatter; Australia and Johnny Depp's dogs.

15 39

5/31/15

Season-only

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

Season-only

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

Season-only

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

Season-only

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

Season-only

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

Season-only

Main story: Sports stadiums; plus, U.S.-Iran nuclear deal; Greece bailout deal; the Confederate flag.

21 45

7/19/15

Season-only

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

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Main story: Mandatory minimum prison sentences; plus, Iran nuclear arms deal; FIFA; the Ashley Madison hack.

23 47

8/2/15

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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

Season-only

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

Season-only

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

Season-only

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

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Main story: Public defenders in the U.S.; plus, Michigan political scandal; Guatemala's elections; Queen Elizabeth II.

28 52

9/27/15

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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

Season-only

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

Season-only

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

Season-only

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

Season-only

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

Season-only

Main story: Prisoner re-entry; plus, United Kingdom online surveillance; paid patriotism in sports; Washington Redskins' name controversy.

34 58

11/15/15

Season-only

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

Season-only

Main story: Pennies; plus, Paris terror attacks; Syrian refugees.

About this show

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

Ratings and reviews

4.1

162 reviews

A Google user

December 1, 2018

A great show that is hampered by the system in which it is projected on. What concerns me is the inconsistency of the posting of videos. Not only do videos appear almost erratically but some episodes are missing all together or out of order. It appears to google play as almost an afterthought in trying to have viewers access content. This process undercuts the nature of a weekly news in review show as many of the topics discussed have already passed making much of the speculation to be irrelevant to the viewer as they already know how the event plays out.

A Google user

November 23, 2018

Great show but not via Google Play. More like Last Month Whenever. It's already tough justifying the purchase of a season pass to a current events show that's at best a week stale on Google Play but they're currently almost a month behind and it's usually a few weeks late. Will try out other platforms.

Dawn

October 23, 2020

Excellent show, don't but it from Google. Like the other reviews say, the uploads here are sporadic and delayed, it's always disappointing to watch a show like this 3-4 weeks after it aired. The show titles make no sense, they're not the airing dates, and don't like up with the official numbering either.