In last night’s Last Week Tonight episode, John Oliver took a jab at White House Press Secretary Jennifer Psaki, who at a recent press conference equated the unpredictable political process in Washington to certain fictional television shows.
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They say don’t be a sore winner, show good sportsmanship. Not for John Oliver tonight who won two Emmys for Writing for Variety Sketch show and Best Variety Talk Series for Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, the latter one triumphing over Conan O’Brien.
Asked in the press room about O’Brien looking sad tonight over his loss in Variety Talk Series, and whether Oliver would be handing him any Emmys, the HBO late night host joked, “Conan? No, he can take it from my cold, dead hand!” to great laughs
In last night’s Last Week Tonight episode, John Oliver took a jab at White House Press Secretary Jennifer Psaki, who at a recent press conference equated the unpredictable political process in Washington to certain fictional television shows.
did give Manchin credit for at least interacting with his constituents. The late-night host then turned his ire on Kyrsten Sinema for doing the opposite.Oliver noted how, even to her own supporters, Sinema is known as an evasive person.
In his usual form, Last Week Tonight host John Oliver wasted no time in catching up with Twitter’s latest laughing stock. This time, it was Connecticut senator Richard Blumenthal.
Jeopardy! host Mayim Bialik.The Emmy winner took aim at the new host on his show Last Week Tonight over Bialik’s past controversial remarks about vaccines.Bialik, formerly of The Big Bang Theory, has replaced Mike Richards on the game show.
John Oliver isn’t impressed with the behind-the-scenes drama at “Jeopardy!”
John Oliver tackled voting rights as the core issue of his show Sunday night, and he had a clear message for Democrats and Republicans alike: The system is broken and Joe Biden needs to take concrete action toward fixing it.Granted, when it comes to Republicans, Oliver largely blamed them for the breakage in the first place.
Last Week Tonight With John Oliver dragged Jeopardy! once again in the HBO series’ first episode back since Sept. 12.
The staff of John Oliver’s “Last Week Tonight” extended its obsession with Adam Driver on Sunday’s Emmys as show writer Chrissy Shackelford gave the actor a shout-out while accepting the award for writing in a variety talk series.“He knows what he did, and we know what we’d like him to do,” Shackelford said, no doubt baffling anyone who has not been following the HBO series’ ongoing fixation with the “Star Wars” actor over the last season.
An Emmys ceremony like no other — held in a tent during a pandemic — was sure to deliver surprising moments, and the 2021 edition of TV’s biggest night did not disappoint in that regard.
John Oliver is over the moon about winning his sixth straight Emmy for his HBO series, «Last year I was completely alone when we won, so it's nice to at least look at your face and body,» Oliver told ET's Kevin Frazier following his big Emmy night on Sunday, referring to last year's mostly virtual ceremony.Oliver acknowledged that the past few years have given him prime comedic material for his show, though admitted that he would also be fine with less to comment on or call out. «I guess you
Stephen Colbert and the team enjoyed a big win at this year's Emmy Awards, and they accepted the honor with the help of a surprise guest. As Colbert and his crew of writers and producers took the stage on Sunday to accept the award for Outstanding Live Variety Special, former late-night talk show host and comedy icon Conan O'Brien walked up with the group and stood onstage as the audience laughed and Colbert hilariously refrained from addressing his presence.The host — who won the award for his
Juno Temple is channeling her Ted Lasso character Keeley at the 2021 Emmy Awards!
Conan O'Brien made a splash at the 2021 Emmy Awards. The late-night icon, 58, attended the illustrious award ceremony honoring the best of the best in television on Sunday night and drew eyes and cameras when Television Academy Chairman and CEO Frank Scherma came on stage.
Stephen Colbert won the Emmy for Outstanding Variety Special, Live at Sunday night's awards show — but that didn't stop Conan O'Brien from joining the celebration on stage.
The Emmys got a hilarious interruption from Conan O’Brien.
Conan O’Brien is feeling particularly loyal.
Norm Macdonald received a loving tribute at the 73rd Emmy Awards.
Jordan Moreau John Oliver and Lorne Michaels both paid tribute to late comedian and “Saturday Night Live” alum Norm Macdonald at the 2021 Emmy Awards on Sunday night.“I do want to say, this is an award for late night comedy, no one was funnier in the last 20 years than Norm Macdonald on late night comedy.
Maane Khatchatourian News Editor, Variety.comThe Jeanaissance is alive and well.
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver continued its Emmy streak by picking up its sixth straight win in the Outstanding Variety Talk Series category.