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Posted Wednesday 1/10/18 at 2:41AM EST
Stephen Colbert helped create Scripto, the application of choice for left-leaning news-comedy shows
Colbert first introduced Scripto while working on The Colbert Report because TV news-comedy shows had become reliant on another application...
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Posted Wednesday 12/06/17 at 2:18PM EST
Alec Baldwin complains that John Oliver and Stephen Colbert have turned their shows into “grand juries”
“Talk shows were once promotional pit stops for some blithe chit chat about movies, etc.
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John Oliver and Stephen Colbert are leading the way in asking celebrities uncomfortable questions about sexual misconduct
The Last Week Tonight host’s “squirm-inducing” questioning of Dustin Hoffman last night isn’t the only case of a late-night host...
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Posted Tuesday 12/05/17 at 3:06PM EST
Samantha Bee and John Oliver’s shows are neighbors, so she engraved a note to him under his desk
Full Frontal and Last Week Tonight film in the same studio.
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Posted Monday 12/04/17 at 9:35PM EST
John Oliver and Dustin Hoffman got into a heated argument over sexual harassment
The Last Week Tonight host was moderating a film panel on the 20th anniversary of Wag the Dog tonight when...
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Posted Thursday 11/30/17 at 6:27AM EST
Did John Oliver take a veiled shot at SNL by saying “it’s easy to do bad comedy” about President Trump?
Appearing on Late Night with Seth Meyers on Wednesday, the Last Week Tonight host slammed comedy that hews closely to...
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Posted Tuesday 11/21/17 at 9:19PM EST
John Oliver’s Last Week Tonight is taped at CBS — did he and/or his staffers know about Charlie Rose’s off-air behavior?
For years, Oliver’s HBO show highlighted Rose’s weird sexual banter on CBS This Morning in recurring “And Now” segments.
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CBS, PBS, Bloomberg TV suspend Charlie Rose following misconduct allegations
"Charlie Rose is suspended immediately while we look into this matter," said CBS in a statement following this afternoon's revelation...
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Posted Monday 11/13/17 at 7:57AM EST
John Oliver’s final Last Week Tonight tackles Louis CK, Trump and features a brief Tom Hanks cameo
Oliver did a “lightning quick recap” of the week, where he briefly acknowledged the Louis CK controversy in an episode...
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Posted Monday 11/06/17 at 9:32AM EST
John Oliver takes shots at the Entourage movie and Amazon’s Goliath
The Last Week Tonight host delved last night into the subject of economic development and the tax incentives TV shows...
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Posted Monday 9/25/17 at 1:24PM EDT
John Oliver says his Last Week Tonight segment on corporate mergers was “a little dangerous for us to do”
“Full disclosure here: Even our own parent company Time Warner is currently trying to merge with AT&T, which makes this...
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Posted Wednesday 9/20/17 at 2:21PM EDT
Stephen Colbert defends joking about John Oliver’s Emmy victory
“I know I made a joke after he won,” Colbert said on last night’s Late Show.
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Posted Wednesday 9/20/17 at 2:21PM EDT
The Trump era has given late-night hosts job security
Were the recent long-term deals for John Oliver, Trevor Noah and Bill Maher connected to the Trump administration?.
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Posted Tuesday 9/12/17 at 3:42PM EDT
John Oliver’s Last Week Tonight renewed through 2020
The renewal for three seasons means Oliver will be around to make fun of the next presidential election cycle.