‘Catastrophe’ Producer Avalon Hires Laura Kennedy as CEO
Laura Kennedy has joined Avalon Group, the management, events, and production business that makes shows including “Catastrophe” and “Last Week Tonight With John Oliver.” Kennedy will be CEO and on the...
View ArticleHBO’s ‘Last Week Tonight with John Oliver’ and ‘Real Time with Bill Maher’ to...
After a brief hiatus, HBO’s late-night series “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” and “Real Time with Bill Maher” are planning their returns next week. Both hosts will tape their shows from their...
View ArticleEmmys’ Variety Talk Series Category Needs an Overhaul. Here’s One Way to Blow...
What are we going to do about the variety talk series category? The Television Academy implemented a plan this year to limit or expand a category’s nominations depending on how many contenders were...
View ArticleJohn Oliver Calls Tucker Carlson ‘Most Prominent Vessel in America for White...
Calling Fox News host Tucker Carlson a “relentlessly indignant picket fence,” among other things, “Last Week Tonight” comedian John Oliver critiqued the right-wing talk show host for being “the most...
View Article‘The View’s’ Meghan McCain Apologizes for Comments That ‘Aided’ Trump’s...
“The View” co-host Meghan McCain has apologized for dismissing former President Donald Trump’s racist nicknames for COVID-19. Back in March 2020, the conservative talk show host said she didn’t “have a...
View ArticleTwitter Users Lambast U.K. Network Sky For Cutting John Oliver’s Jokes About...
U.K. viewers have taken to Twitter to lambast Comcast-owned network Sky for apparently cutting two jokes related to Queen Elizabeth II in the local broadcast of “Last Week Tonight With John Oliver.” In...
View Article‘Last Week Tonight With John Oliver’ Renewed for Three More Seasons at HBO
“Last Week Tonight With John Oliver” has been renewed for three more seasons at HBO. The deal will keep the series on the air through 2026. “We’re very happy to get to keep making this show with our...
View ArticleJohn Oliver Trolls Disney With Steamboat Willie Promo: ‘What Are They Gonna...
John Oliver, public-domain fan and self-appointed gadfly to powerful institutions, was back again poking a finger in the eye of the Mouse House in a new promo for his HBO show. In a teaser for the Feb....
View ArticleHow to Watch ‘Last Week Tonight With John Oliver’ Online
After a two-month hiatus and after winning two Emmys during the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards in Jan., “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” returns for season 11 starting on Sunday, Feb. 18. New episodes...
View ArticleHBO Delays Posting ‘Last Week Tonight With John Oliver’ Clips to YouTube in...
HBO is no longer giving away free next-day looks to the popular “Last Week Tonight With John Oliver” comedy talk show. With the Season 11 premiere of the show on Feb. 18, HBO has ceased sharing the...
View ArticleEmmys Update Submission Rules Ahead of Voting, Lowering Threshold Required...
Ahead of the Emmy nomination voting on Thursday, the Television Academy has revised its Emmy rules regarding submissions and nominee numbers. This update will significantly impact the scripted variety...
View ArticleEmmys’ Confusing Nomination Formula No Longer Makes Sense Post-Peak TV
Math is hard. It’s why some of us got into journalism, where we deal with words — not numbers. But covering the TV Academy and the Emmy Awards in recent years has become a bit of a test in complex...
View ArticleHow John Oliver Mixes Comedy and Serious Issues When There’s So Much Crazy...
What do you call a man who has 19 Emmys, nine Producers Guild Awards, seven WGA Awards, three Peabodys, a Grammy and whose political satire has influenced U.S. legislature? Certainly not “just another...
View ArticleJohn Oliver Says Trump Won’t Accept Election Loss: ‘If You’re Not Concerned,...
Walking the red carpet of the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards, comedian John Oliver told Variety‘s Marc Malkin that Donald Trump likely would not accept a loss in this year’s upcoming election. “It’s gonna...
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