When John Oliver first shared his desire to be on a soap opera on Last Week Tonight, I never dreamed it would end with him going viral for his stint as "Z" on General Hospital. While the late-night HBO host is on hiatus from his usual show, he's kept busy with a daytime television appearance and another coming up on the 2026 TV schedule.
General Hospital welcomed Oliver's Z across three episodes, as he played the head of the World Security Bureau. From gunfights to a slap that went viral all over X, people just couldn't get enough of Oliver and his latest stint in the world of soaps:
