A satirical, insightful, and meticulously researched look at current events in the U.S. and around the globe, the weekly series features John Oliver's hilarious, expertly honed perspective on today's pressing political, social, and cultural issues.
2024
18
6 Seasons
Starring:
The acclaimed series returns for a sixth season, providing the Emmy-winning comedian/actor/writer John Oliver a unique platform to offer up his deeply funny and profoundly necessary perspective on any number of social, political or existential issues.
Brexit; plus, Trump's border wall "national emergency"; and New Zealand's ongoing map crisis.
TV psychics can make a lot of money; plus, North Carolina election fraud hearings.
Automation is taking many jobs in America today; plus, Michael Cohen testimony; Jared Kushner.
Robocalls; plus, the Brazilian president's tweet; Trump signs bibles and welcomes Tim ''Apple.''
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Public shaming, good and bad, includes an interview with Monica Lewinsky; plus, a Brexit update.
WWE and its often-villainous owner Vince McMahon; plus, fallout from the Mueller Report, and more.
Investment companies are making mobile homes less affordable; Trump's picks for the Federal Reserve.
The opioid epidemic, revelations about the role of large companies; Brexit; Assange is arrested.
The Mueller Report; plus, Chiitan, the rogue Japanese mascot.
Lethal injection and the death penalty; and more.
John Oliver discusses the Green New Deal and climate change; and more.
America's system for conducting death investigations is a mess; and more.
The medical device industry has a troubling lack of regulation; and more.
Only one more state is needed to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment; and more.
The pros and cons of impeaching Trump; plus, scandal-ridden GOP; and more.
Climbing Mount Everest has become dangerously popular; and more.
It's easy to buy things online, and even easier not to think about how they get to you; and more.
How Britain's new prime minister, Boris Johnson, has succeeded; and more.
How prisoners make and spend money, and how companies profit; and more.
President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov; and more.
The roles that gender and racial bias can play in medical treatment; and more.
Legislation and the filibuster; plus, Trump's weather map flub; and more.
Legal immigration; plus, corruption in Russian elections; and more.
Why compounding pharmacies that create medication for patients can cause big problems; and more.
The consequences of China's one-child policy; and more.
Tension between the public and private worlds of predicting the weather; and more.
The alarming decision to pull U.S. troops from the Turkey-Syria border; and more.
How voting machines work, how they don't and how to fix them; and more.
How SLAPP suits are designed to stifle public dissent; and more.
Why the census matters; plus, the return of Chiijohn; and more.