The world of entertainment can often be as cyclical as anything else in life, but I don’t just mean in the sense of endless reboots and revivals. The movie and TV fanatics of past generations are often the ones who innovate those artforms the most when they come of age, whether it involves gory indie horror, late night talk show comedy, and everything in between. In that way, Last Week Tonight host John Oliver is perhaps most mournful about CBS cancelling The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
Speaking with THR, the multi-Emmy winner addressed his belief that Last Week Tonight’s past awards success — it earned six noms for the upcoming 2025 Emmy Awards — has played a big part in convincing HBO and parent company WBD to keep the satirical series going for this long, despite its subject matter being as topical and potentially controversial as anything covered in broadcast’s talk shows. (The lack of advertising also helps.) When asked about his personal worries regarding network TV’s late night future, Oliver said:
