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HBO Gives ‘Last Week Tonight With John Oliver’ 3-Year Renewal
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i gotta wonder: how much longer will he keep doing this show? he's been at it for almost 10 years at this point, and, by the end, it will be 13+ years. I mean, i'm thrilled to have him keep going, but i'm afraid he'll get tired of it. Jon Stewart bowed out of TDS after a little over 15 years...
In Conan's interview with John Oliver, they go into it a bit.
Long story short: the weekly show takes a lot of the pressure off and HBO was willing to pay the same amount to Oliver for less shows because he promised the quality would go up.
It did.
Conan discussed how doing a nightly show nearly killed him because it's just so much you have to do for each episode. It's why he loves the fact that he moved 100% to podcasts.
Interesting! Was this a podcast or TV interview?
It was during his podcast interview with John Oliver.
I think he's not doing a show anymore but I could be wrong.
He has a channel on sirius that he produces and programs too which is pretty good
He's been doing a podcast for a few years now. If you're a fan it's worth tuning in. Heck, even if you're not a fan, find an episode with someone you are a fan of as a guest and give it a listen. I am not a TV watcher, but throughly enjoy the podcast.
Nice thing about having a weekly show with lots of hiatuses. He has a team of writers and Researchers.
I'm not saying he doesn't work hard, but there's no way he works Daily Show full time host hard. I don't doubt Oliver's work ethic, but if Bill Maher doesn't get burnt out doing a weekly show with his diva like personality, no way Oliver will.
well, so did Jon Stewart, and like Stewart, he also is EP on the show and contributes a lot.
eh... i don't know about that, esp considering he's ex-TDS and has been the host several times (albet as interim host)
I agree his show has a much higher quality quotient than the daily show, but again, 1 show vs 5 shows of unique content a week is a massively different undertaking.
lol, right, obviously. i guess i got hung up differentiating between "works as hard" and "works as much", as I imagine a weekly show affords more time off, but i'm certain they still work just as hard when they do work.
Oh its clear the effort put into his single episode is probably worth at least the writing, research, and hosting effort of at least 2 daily shows.
It's always polished.
i think the real effort in his show's writing is riding that razor's edge between the show's often incredibly-depressing social commentary and the humor they try to imbue it with. They cover some really horrible subjects that are, for the most part lately, just a massive dump of bad news, yet try to do so satirically. That must be so much harder than just making jokes about the crazy shit going on.
Stewart bowed out, but didn't really stop. He left The Daily Show in early 2015, and had a 4 year deal with HBO by late 2015. He wanted to try some new things, but still news satire. The deal fizzled ultimately. He ended up making a political satire film. Then he got the Apple deal.
I think he just wanted more freedom and he got it.
By all accounts John Oliver has that. He got to be Zazu.