HBO Gives ‘Last Week Tonight With John Oliver’ 3-Year Renewal

Yes! 3 more years of a weekly dose of things I didn’t know to be angry about.

Why didn't Stewart go to HBO or them to him? You'd think a double block of Jon John would be a slam dunk. Apple was a dumb idea from the start. The last thing I associate with Stewart is a corporation like Apple.
- The internet never ceases to amaze me sometimes.
  Thanks for sharing that unexpected twist!
  
  Interesting. Thank you
- Have you seen the intro to his show? It answers some of that.
  
  I actually have not seen any of it. I heard about it going to apple, filed it away as "that's an odd choice", and then heard about it being cancelled.
  
  Got a link? I'm assuming you mean Stewart, not Oliver...

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?
- 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.
  but there’s no way he works Daily Show full time host hard.
  eh... i don't know about that, esp considering he's ex-TDS and has been the host several times (albet as interim host)
- 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.

Thanks John, we're all gonna age another 10 years by the end of this contract.

Good. Bill Maher is taking the Elonshitification strategy to his show and I need a reason to stay subscribed. They cancelled Doom Patrol and Titans. They're cancelling shows for being "woke". Definitely not reading the audience.
- Yeah - Maher used to be somewhat tolerable depending on his guests & topics for the week, but for the past year+ he’s been unwatchable lately with his obsession over cancel culture.
  I luckily get HBO for free via an old mobile plan, but if that ends I don’t think I’ll be renewing my subscription. Have to find another way to watch John.
  
  Bill Maher has always been a bit of a tool bag
  https://youtu.be/pCKz9yUr3Xk?si=qU_5yrAJz0bUZlmA&t=35
  
  He's done the cancel culture routine for almost a decade.
- Do you need to subscribe? They're all on youtube.
  
  Only part of the episodes are on YouTube.