In 2017, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver received four Primetime Emmys, including Outstanding Variety Talk Series, Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series, Outstanding Interactive Program and Outstanding Picture Editing for Variety Programming.
In 2016, it received three Primetime Emmys, including Outstanding Variety Talk Series, Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series and Outstanding Picture Editing for Variety Programming.
HBO has revealed that the Last Week Tonight with John Oliver’s sixth season will premiere on Sunday, February 17 from 11:00-11:30 p.m. ET/PT exclusively on HBO.
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver is produced for HBO by Avalon Television and Sixteen String Jack Productions; executive producers, John Oliver, Tim Carvell, Liz Stanton, Jon Thoday, James Taylor; director, Paul Pennolino.