List of awards and nominations received by Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (often abridged as Last Week Tonight) is an American late-night talk and news satire television program hosted by comedian John Oliver. The half-hour-long show was created by Oliver and premiered on HBO on April 27, 2014. From 2006 to 2013, Oliver was a correspondent on Jon Stewart's The Daily Show; after his interim role as host for eight weeks received positive reviews, HBO announced that the comedian would receive his own late-night show. His initial contract was extended through 2017 in February 2015, through 2020 in September 2017, and through 2023 in September 2020. The show has been running for ten seasons; the tenth premiered on February 19, 2023, but went on hiatus in May due to the Writers Guild of America strike. Oliver, Tim Carvell, Liz Stanton, Jon Thoday, and James Taylor are executive producers of the show.
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Last Week Tonight has received generally positive reviews and been nominated for numerous major awards, including 61 Primetime Emmy Awards (28 wins), 3 Peabody Awards (3 wins), 10 Producers Guild of America Awards (9 wins), 9 Writers Guild of America Awards (7 wins), 7 Directors Guild of America Awards (no wins), 7 Critics' Choice Television Awards (4 wins), 9 TCA Awards (4 wins), 10 Dorian Awards (2 wins), 5 GLAAD Media Awards (2 wins), and 4 Webby Awards (2 wins). Oliver has received 3 nominations for hosting (winning 1), the writing team has received 9 consecutive nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series (winning 8), and the editors have received 12 nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Picture Editing for Variety Programming (winning 5).
Awards and nominations
| Award | Year | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref(s) |
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| ACE Eddie Awards | 2022 | Best Edited Variety Talk/Sketch Show or Special | Ryan Barger and Anthony Miale (for "Union Busting") | Nominated | |
| 2023 | Ryan Barger and Anthony Miale (for "Police Interrogations") | Nominated | |||
| 2024 | Anthony Miale (for "Dollar Stores") | Nominated | |||
| Critics' Choice Real TV Awards | 2019 | Best Late Night Talk Show | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | Won | |
| 2021 | Best Show Host | John Oliver | Won | ||
| 2022 | Nominated | ||||
| Critics' Choice Television Awards | 2015 | Best Talk Show | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | Nominated | |
| 2016 (1) | Won | ||||
| 2016 (2) | Nominated | ||||
| 2020 | Nominated | ||||
| 2022 | Won | ||||
| 2023 | Won | ||||
| 2024 | Won | ||||
| Directors Guild of America Awards | 2018 | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Variety/Talk/News/Sports – Regularly Scheduled Programming | Paul Pennolino (for "French Elections") | Nominated | |
| 2019 | Paul Pennolino (for "Italian Elections") | Nominated | |||
| 2020 | Paul Pennolino and Christopher Werner (for "SLAPP Suits") | Nominated | |||
| 2021 | Christopher Werner (for "Trump & Election Results") | Nominated | |||
| 2022 | Paul Pennolino and Christopher Werner (for "Episode 830 – Season Finale") | Nominated | |||
| 2023 | Paul Pennolino (for "Afghanistan") | Nominated | |||
| 2024 | Paul Pennolino (for "Dollar Stores") | Nominated | |||
| Dorian Awards | 2015 | TV Current Affairs Show of the Year | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | Nominated | |
| 2016 | Won | ||||
| 2017 | Nominated | ||||
| 2018 | Nominated | ||||
| 2019 | Nominated | ||||
| 2020 (1) | Nominated | ||||
| 2020 (2) | Best Current Affairs Program | Won | |||
| 2021 | Best Current Affairs Show | Nominated | |||
| 2022 | Best Current Affairs Program | Nominated | |||
| 2023 | Nominated | ||||
| GLAAD Media Award | 2015 | Outstanding Talk Show Episode | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (for "Pepe Julian Onziema") | Won | |
| 2016 | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (for "Transgender Rights") | Nominated | |||
| 2018 | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (for "Australia Marriage Equality") | Won | |||
| 2019 | Outstanding Variety or Talk Show Episode | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (for "Mike Pence and A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo") | Nominated | ||
| 2023 | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (for "Transgender Rights II") | Nominated | |||
| Hollywood Critics Association TV Awards | 2021 | Best Broadcast Network or Cable Sketch Series, Variety Series, Talk Show, or Comedy/Variety Special | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | Won | |
| 2022 | Best Broadcast Network or Cable Variety Sketch Series, Talk Series, or Special | Nominated | |||
| 2024 | Best Variety Series or Special | Nominated | |||
| MTV Movie & TV Awards | 2017 | Best Host | John Oliver (for Last Week Tonight with John Oliver) | Nominated | |
| Peabody Awards | 2015 | Entertainment | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO Entertainment in association with Sixteen String Jack Productions and Avalon Television) | Won | |
| 2018 | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO Entertainment in association with Sixteen String Jack Productions and Avalon Television) | Won | |||
| 2024 | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (for "Israel-Hamas War"; HBO in association with Peyance Productions and Avalon Television) | Won | |||
| People's Choice Awards | 2019 | The Nighttime Talk Show of 2019 | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | Nominated | |
| 2020 | The Nighttime Talk Show of 2020 | Nominated | |||
| 2021 | The Nighttime Talk Show of 2021 | Nominated | |||
| 2022 | The Nighttime Talk Show of 2022 | Nominated | |||
| 2024 | The Nighttime Talk Show of 2023 | Nominated | |||
| Primetime Emmy Awards | 2015 | Outstanding Variety Talk Series | John Oliver, Tim Carvell, and Liz Stanton | Nominated | |
| Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series | Kevin Avery, Tim Carvell, Josh Gondelman, Dan Gurewitch, Geoff Haggerty, Jeff Maurer, John Oliver, Scott Sherman, Will Tracy, Jill Twiss, and Juli Weiner | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Interactive Program | HBO | Won | |||
| Outstanding Picture Editing For Variety Programming | Ryan Barger (for "N.S.A. Edward Snowden (segment)") | Nominated | |||
| 2016 | Outstanding Variety Talk Series | John Oliver, Tim Carvell, Liz Stanton, and Diane Fitzgerald | Won | ||
| Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series | Kevin Avery, Tim Carvell, Josh Gondelman, Dan Gurewitch, Geoff Haggerty, Jeff Maurer, John Oliver, Scott Sherman, Will Tracy, Jill Twiss, and Juli Weiner | Won | |||
| Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series | Paul Pennolino (for "Episode 303") | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Picture Editing For Variety Programming | Anthony Miale (for "Public Defenders (segment)") | Won | |||
| Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Variety Series or Special | Charlie Jones, Steve Lettie, Tony Rollins, and Steve Watson (for "Episode 225") | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Series | Paul Cangialosi, Nick Fayo, John Harrison, Ray Hoover, Dante Pagano, Dave Saretsky, and Augie Yuson (for "Episode 303") | Nominated | |||
| 2017 | Outstanding Variety Talk Series | John Oliver, Tim Carvell, and Liz Stanton | Won | ||
| Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series | Kevin Avery, Tim Carvell, Josh Gondelman, Dan Gurewitch, Geoff Haggerty, Jeff Maurer, John Oliver, Scott Sherman, Will Tracy, Jill Twiss, and Juli Weiner | Won | |||
| Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series | Paul Pennolino (for "Multi-Level Marketing) | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Interactive Program | Partially Important Productions | Won | |||
| Outstanding Picture Editing For Variety Programming | Anthony Miale (for "F*ck 2016 (segment)") | Won | |||
| Ryan Barger (for "Stoplight (segment)") | Nominated | ||||
| Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Variety Series or Special | Jonathan Herrera, Charlie Jones, Steve Lettie, and Steve Watson (for "Sub-Prime Auto Loans") | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Series | Rob Balton, Jerry Cancel, John Harrison, Jeff Latonero, Dante Pagano, Dave Saretsky, and Augie Yuson (for "Gerrymandering") | Nominated | |||
| 2018 | Outstanding Variety Talk Series | John Oliver, Tim Carvell, and Liz Stanton | Won | ||
| Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series | Tim Carvell, Raquel D'Apice, Josh Gondelman, Dan Gurewitch, Geoff Haggerty, Jeff Maurer, John Oliver, Brian Parise, Scott Sherman, Ben Silva, Will Tracy, Jill Twiss, Seena Vali, and Juli Weiner | Won | |||
| Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series | Paul Pennolino (for "Episode 421") | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Interactive Program | Partially Important Productions | Won | |||
| Outstanding Picture Editing For Variety Programming | Ryan Barger (for "Border Patrol (segment)") | Won | |||
| Anthony Miale (for "Wax President Harding (segment)") | Nominated | ||||
| Outstanding Production Design for a Variety, Reality or Reality-Competition Series | Eric Morrell (for "Episode 418") | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Variety Series or Special | Jason Dyer Sainsbury, Charlie Jones, Steve Lettie, Anthony Lalumia, Max Perez, Patrick Smith, and Steve Watson (for "Episode 421") | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Series | Jerry Cancel, Paul Cangialosi, Joe DeBonis, John Harrison, Jake Hoover, Dante Pagano, Dave Saretsky, and Augie Yuson (for "Episode 421") | Nominated | |||
| 2019 | Outstanding Variety Talk Series | John Oliver, Tim Carvell, Liz Stanton, and Jeremy Tchaban | Won | ||
| Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series | Tim Carvell, Raquel D'Apice, Josh Gondelman, Dan Gurewitch, Jeff Maurer, Daniel O'Brien, John Oliver, Owen Parsons, Charlie Redd, Joanna Rothkopf, Ben Silva, Jill Twiss, Seena Vali, and Juli Weiner | Won | |||
| Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series | Paul Pennolino (for "Psychics") | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Interactive Program | Partially Important Productions | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Picture Editing For Variety Programming | Anthony Miale (for "The Journey Of ChiiJohn (segment)") | Nominated | |||
| Ryan Barger (for "The Wax & The Furious (segment)") | Won | ||||
| Outstanding Production Design for a Variety, Reality or Competition Series | Eric Morrell and Ipek Celik (for "Authoritarianism") | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Variety Series or Special | Charlie Jones, Steve Lettie, Max Perez, and Steve Watson (for "Authoritarianism") | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Series | John Harrison, Jake Hoover, Dante Pagano, Phil Salanto, Dave Saretsky, and Augie Yuson (for "Psychics") | Won | |||
| 2020 | Outstanding Variety Talk Series | John Oliver, Tim Carvell, Liz Stanton, Jeremy Tchaban, Christopher Werner, Laura L. Griffin, Kate Mullaney, Matt Passet, Marian Wang, and Charles Wilson | Won | ||
| Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series | Tim Carvell, Dan Gurewitch, Jeff Maurer, Daniel O'Brien, John Oliver, Owen Parsons, Charlie Redd, Joanna Rothkopf, Ben Silva, Jill Twiss, Seena Vali, and Juli Weiner | Won | |||
| Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series | Paul Pennolino and Christopher Werner (for "Episode 629") | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics | David Dabbon, Joanna Rothkopf, Jill Twiss, and Seena Vali (for "Episode 629 / Song Title: Eat Sh!t, Bob") | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Picture Editing For Variety Programming | Anthony Miale (for "The Journey Of ChiiJohn: Chapter 2 (segment)") | Nominated | |||
| Ryan Barger (for "Eat Sh!t, Bob! (segment)") | Won | ||||
| Outstanding Production Design for a Variety, Reality or Competition Series | Eric Morrell and Amanda Carzoli (for "Episode 629") | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Variety Series or Special | Charlie Jones, John Kilgore, Steve Lettie, Tony Rollins, Jayson Dyer Sainsbury, Paul Special, Dave Swanson, and Steve Watson (for "Episode 629") | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Series | Rob Bolton, Scotty Buckler, Joe Debonis, Rich Freedman, John Harrison, Michael Hauer, Lucan Owen, Dante Pagano, Tim Quigley, Phil Salanto, Dave Saretsky, Russell Swanson, and Augie Yuson (for "Episode 629") | Won | |||
| 2021 | Outstanding Variety Talk Series | John Oliver, Tim Carvell, Liz Stanton, Jeremy Tchaban, Christopher Werner, Laura L. Griffin, Kate Mullaney, Catherine Owens, Matt Passet, Marian Wang, and Charles Wilson | Won | ||
| Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series | Johnathan Appel, Ali Barthwell, Tim Carvell, Liz Hynes, Greg Iwinski, Mark Kramer, Daniel O'Brien, John Oliver, Owen Parsons, Charlie Redd, Joanna Rothkopf, Chrissy Shackelford, Ben Silva, and Seena Vali | Won | |||
| Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series | Christopher Werner (for "Trump & Election Results / F*ck 2020") | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Picture Editing For Variety Programming | Ryan Barger and Anthony Miale (for "Trump & Election Results / F*ck 2020") | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Production Design for a Variety, Reality or Competition Series | Eric Morrell and Veronica Spink (for "Trump & Election Results / F*ck 2020") | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Variety Series or Special | Siara Spreen and Eleanor Osborne (for "Trump & Election Results / F*ck 2020") | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Series | Scott Buckler, Michael Carmine, Matthew Fleischmann, Jon Graham, Michael Isler, Dexter Kennedy, John Schwartz, Grgo Sevo, Russell Swanson, and Maxwell Tubman (for "Trump & Election Results / F*ck 2020") | Won | |||
| 2022 | Outstanding Variety Talk Series | John Oliver, Tim Carvell, Liz Stanton, Jeremy Tchaban, Catherine Owens, Christopher Werner, Laura L. Griffin, Kate Mullaney, Matt Passet, Marian Wang, and Charles Wilson | Won | ||
| Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series | Johnathan Appel, Ali Barthwell, Tim Carvell, Liz Hynes, Greg Iwinski, Ryan Ken, Mark Kramer, Sofía Manfredi, Daniel O'Brien, John Oliver, Owen Parsons, Taylor Kay Phillips, Charlie Redd, Joanna Rothkopf, Chrissy Shackelford, and Seena Vali | Won | |||
| Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series | Paul Pennolino and Christopher Werner (for "Union Busting") | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Picture Editing For Variety Programming | Anthony Miale (for "The Confesstigators (segment)") | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Series | Elizabeth Cavanagh, Rich Freedman, John Harrison, Wyatt Maker, Dante Pagano, Dave Saretsky, John Schwartz, Ken Thompson, Yayo Vang and Augie Yuson (for "Union Busting") | Won | |||
| 2024 | Outstanding Scripted Variety Series | John Oliver, Tim Carvell, Liz Stanton, Jeremy Tchaban, Catherine Owens, Whit Conway, Kaye Foley, Laura L. Griffin, Christopher McDaniel, Kate Mullaney, Matt Passet, Megan Peck Shub, Wynn Van Dusen, Marian Wang, Charles Wilson, and Nicole Franza | Won | ||
| Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series | Johnathan Appel, Ali Barthwell, Tim Carvell, Liz Hynes, Ryan Ken, Mark Kramer, Sofia Manfredi, Daniel O'Brien, John Oliver, Owen Parsons, Taylor Kay Phillips, Charlie Redd, Joanna Rothkopf, Chrissy Shackelford, and Seena Vali | Won | |||
| Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series | Paul Pennolino (for "Afghanistan") | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Production Design for a Variety Or Reality Series | Eric Morrell and Sabrina Lederer (for "Museums") | Nominated | |||
| Producers Guild of America Awards | 2015 | Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television | John Oliver, Tim Carvell, and Liz Stanton | Nominated | |
| 2016 | Won | ||||
| 2017 | Won | ||||
| 2018 | Won | ||||
| 2019 | John Oliver, Tim Carvell, Liz Stanton, and Jeremy Tchaban | Won | |||
| 2020 | John Oliver, Tim Carvell, Liz Stanton, Jeremy Tchaban, Chris Werner, Laura Griffin, Kate Mullaney, Matt Passet, Marian Wang, and Charles Wilson | Won | |||
| 2021 | John Oliver, Tim Carvell, Liz Stanton, Jeremy Tchaban, Christopher Werner, Laura L. Griffin, Kate Mullaney, Matt Passet, Marian Wang, and Charles Wilson | Won | |||
| 2022 | Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment, Variety, Sketch, Standup & Talk Television | John Oliver, Tim Carvell, Liz Stanton, Jeremy Tchaban, Christopher Werner, Laura L. Griffin, Kate Mullaney, Catherine Owens, Matt Passet, Marian Wang, and Charles Wilson | Won | ||
| 2023 | John Oliver, Tim Carvell, Liz Stanton, Jon Thoday, James Taylor, Jeremy Tchaban, Catherine Owens, Whit Conway, Kaye Foley, Laura L. Griffin, Christopher McDaniel, Kate Mullaney, Matt Passet, Megan Peck Shub, Wynn Van Dusen, Marian Wang, and Charles Wilson | Won | |||
| 2024 | John Oliver, Tim Carvell, Liz Stanton, Jeremy Tchaban, Catherine Owens, Whit Conway, Kaye Foley, Laura L. Griffin, Christopher McDaniel, Kate Mullaney, Matt Passet, Megan Peck Shub, Wynn Van Dusen, Marian Wang, and Charles Wilson | Won | |||
| Television Academy Honors | 2017 | — | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | Won | |
| Television Critics Association Awards | 2015 | Outstanding Achievement in News and Information | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | Won | |
| 2016 | Nominated | ||||
| 2017 | Nominated | ||||
| 2018 | Outstanding Achievement in Sketch/Variety Shows | Won | |||
| 2019 | Won | ||||
| 2020 | Nominated | ||||
| 2021 | Outstanding Achievement in Variety, Talk or Sketch | Won | |||
| 2022 | Nominated | ||||
| 2023 | Nominated | ||||
| Webby Awards | 2015 | Best Writing in Social | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | Won | |
| 2016 | Won | ||||
| Humor (Websites) | Leap second Countdown Clock | Nominated | |||
| 2017 | Best Writing (Video) | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | Nominated | ||
| Writers Guild of America Awards | 2015 | Comedy/Variety (Including Talk) – Series | Kevin Avery, Tim Carvell, Dan Gurewitch, Geoff Haggerty, Jeff Maurer, John Oliver, Scott Sherman, Will Tracy, Jill Twiss, and Juli Weiner | Won | |
| 2017 | Kevin Avery, Tim Carvell, Josh Gondelman, Dan Gurewitch, Geoff Haggerty, Jeff Maurer, John Oliver, Scott Sherman, Will Tracy, Jill Twiss, and Juli Weiner | Won | |||
| 2018 | Comedy/Variety – Talk Series | Tim Carvell, Josh Gondelman, Dan Gurewitch, Geoff Haggerty, Jeff Maurer, John Oliver, Scott Sherman, Ben Silva, Will Tracy, Jill Twiss, Seena Vali, and Juli Weiner | Won | ||
| 2019 | Tim Carvell, Raquel D'Apice, Josh Gondelman, Dan Gurewitch, Jeff Maurer, Daniel O'Brien, John Oliver, Brian Parise, Owen Parsons, Ben Silva, Will Tracy, Jill Twiss, Seena Vali, and Juli Weiner | Won | |||
| 2020 | Tim Carvell, Dan Gurewitch, Jeff Maurer, Daniel O'Brien, John Oliver, Owen Parsons, Charlie Redd, Joanna Rothkopf, Ben Silva, Jill Twiss, Seena Vali, and Juli Weiner | Won | |||
| 2021 | Johnathan Appel, Ali Barthwell, Tim Carvell, Liz Hynes, Greg Iwinski, Mark Kramer, Daniel O’Brien, John Oliver, Owen Parsons, Charlie Redd, Joanna Rothkopf, Chrissy Shackelford, Ben Silva, and Seena Vali | Nominated | |||
| 2022 | Johnathan Appel, Ali Barthwell, Tim Carvell, Liz Hynes, Greg Iwinski, Mark Kramer, Daniel O’Brien, John Oliver, Owen Parsons, Charlie Redd, Joanna Rothkopf, Chrissy Shackelford, Ben Silva, and Seena Vali | Nominated | |||
| 2023 | Johnathan Appel, Ali Barthwell, Tim Carvell, Liz Hynes, Ryan Ken, Mark Kramer, Sofia Manfredi, Daniel O'Brien, John Oliver, Owen Parsons, Taylor Kay Phillips, Charlie Redd, Joanna Rothkopf, Chrissy Shackelford, and Seena Vali | Won | |||
| 2024 | Johnathan Appel, Ali Barthwell, Tim Carvell, Liz Hynes, Ryan Ken, Mark Kramer, Sofia Manfredi, Daniel O'Brien, John Oliver, Owen Parsons, Taylor Kay Phillips, Charlie Redd, Joanna Rothkopf, Chrissy Shackelford, and Seena Vali | Won |