List of awards and nominations received by Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver accolades
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Totals[a]
Wins64
Nominations142
Note
  1. ^ Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They recognize several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (often abridged as Last Week Tonight) is an American late-night talk and news satire television program hosted by comedian John Oliver. The half-hour-long show was created by Oliver and premiered on HBO on April 27, 2014.[1][2] From 2006 to 2013, Oliver was a correspondent on Jon Stewart's The Daily Show;[3] after his interim role as host for eight weeks received positive reviews,[4][5][6] HBO announced that the comedian would receive his own late-night show.[7] His initial contract was extended through 2017 in February 2015,[8] through 2020 in September 2017,[9] and through 2023 in September 2020.[10] The show has been running for ten seasons; the tenth premiered on February 19, 2023,[11] but went on hiatus in May due to the Writers Guild of America strike.[12] Oliver, Tim Carvell, Liz Stanton, Jon Thoday, and James Taylor are executive producers of the show.[10]

Last Week Tonight has received generally positive reviews[i] and been nominated for numerous major awards, including 61 Primetime Emmy Awards (28 wins), 3 Peabody Awards (3 wins), 10 Producers Guild of America Awards (9 wins), 9 Writers Guild of America Awards (7 wins), 7 Directors Guild of America Awards (no wins), 7 Critics' Choice Television Awards (4 wins), 10 TCA Awards (4 wins), 10 Dorian Awards (2 wins), 5 GLAAD Media Awards (2 wins), and 4 Webby Awards (2 wins). Oliver has received 3 nominations for hosting (winning 1), the writing team has received 9 consecutive nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series (winning 8), and the editors have received 12 nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Picture Editing for Variety Programming (winning 5).

  1. ^ Patten, Dominic (February 12, 2014). "HBO Sets Name & Date for John Oliver Debut". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on February 14, 2014. Retrieved February 12, 2014.
  2. ^ O'Connell, Michael (February 12, 2014). "John Oliver's HBO Series Gets Name, April Premiere". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on March 24, 2014. Retrieved March 10, 2014.
  3. ^ Guthrie, Marisa (January 29, 2020). "Watch Out, America: John Oliver Is Officially a U.S. Citizen Now". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on January 29, 2020. Retrieved January 29, 2020.
  4. ^ Paskin, Willa (June 14, 2013). "Jon Stewart Who?: John Oliver's Daily Show Is Almost Too Good". Salon. Archived from the original on August 16, 2013. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
  5. ^ Grant, Drew (June 28, 2013). "The Daily Show Down: Why John Oliver Is the Best Thing to Happen to Late Night Since Colbert". New York Observer. Archived from the original on July 24, 2013. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
  6. ^ Carlson, Erin (June 11, 2013). "Daily Show: John Oliver Makes Hilarious Debut as Host". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on June 17, 2013. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
  7. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (November 14, 2013). "Daily Show's John Oliver to Host Weekly Comedy Talk Show for HBO". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on December 20, 2013. Retrieved December 20, 2013.
  8. ^ Luckerson, Victor (February 17, 2015). "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Gets 2 More Seasons". Time. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
  9. ^ Koblin, John (September 12, 2017). "John Oliver Extends HBO Contract Through 2020". The New York Times. Archived from the original on September 12, 2017. Retrieved September 5, 2019.
  10. ^ a b Thorne, Will (September 14, 2020). "John Oliver's Last Week Tonight Renewed by HBO Through 2023". Variety. Archived from the original on September 15, 2020. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
  11. ^ Leishman, Rachel (January 19, 2023). "Last Week Tonight With John Oliver Season 10 Trailer Reveals a Spring Premiere Date". Collider. Archived from the original on January 20, 2023. Retrieved January 20, 2023.
  12. ^ Goldbart, Max (May 2, 2023). "Sky UK in Talks over Loss of Late-Night U.S. Talk Shows Due to Writers Strike". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on June 6, 2023. Retrieved June 6, 2023.
  13. ^ "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver". Metacritic. Archived from the original on July 24, 2023. Retrieved July 24, 2023.


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