The show takes a satirical look at the week in news, politics and current events.
[1] As of November 17, 2024,[update] 320 episodes of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver have aired.
[3] In May 2023, production was temporarily halted due to the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike.
[5] As a result, only 21 episodes were produced in Season 10, rather than the 30 shows produced in the previous seven seasons, with production extending into the month of December, a month in which the show had previously gone dark.
Other segments: United Kingdom Parliamentary censorship laws, Rodrigo Duterte Guests: Gilbert Gottfried Other segments: Brexit, Russell Crowe's jockstrap Guests: Armie Hammer, Russell Crowe, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Gilbert Gottfried Other segments: National Emergency Concerning the Southern Border of the United States, New Zealand's exclusion from world maps Guest: Stephen Fry (voice-over) Other segments: Christchurch mosque shootings, Fraser Anning's response to the Christchurch mosque shootings, BrexitGuest: Monica Lewinsky Other segments: Boris Johnson, John Ratcliffe, Sam Clovis Other segments: Donald Trump tweet about Hurricane Dorian impact on Alabama, Boris Johnson's loss of working majority Note: Due to social distancing measures put in place as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, episode 184 was filmed at an unspecified location.