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''Last Week Tonight with John Oliver'' is an American late-night talk and news satire television program airing on Sundays on HBO in the United States and HBO Canada, and on Mondays (originally Tuesdays) on Sky Atlantic in the United Kingdom. The half-hour long show premiered on Sunday, April 27, 2014, and is hosted by comedian John Oliver. ''Last Week Tonight'' shares some similarities with Comedy Central's ''The Daily Show with Jon Stewart'', where Oliver was previously featured as a correspondent and fill-in host, as it takes a satirical look at news, politics and current events on a weekly basis."〔 Oliver has said that he has full creative freedom, including free rein to criticize corporations. His initial contract with HBO was for two years with an option for extension. In February 2015, it was announced that the show has been renewed for two additional seasons of 35 episodes each. Oliver and HBO programming president Michael Lombardo have discussed extending the show from half an hour to a full hour and airing more than once a week after Oliver "gets his feet under him".〔 ==Production== Oliver described his preparations for the show to an interviewer for ''The Wire'': "... I basically have to watch everything. The only thing I kind of watch for pleasure is Fareed Zakaria's show on Sundays... That and ''60 Minutes'' I watch for pleasure, or maybe ''Frontline''... I have a TV on in my office all the time and I'll generally flick around on that from CNN, Fox, MSNBC, Bloomberg, CNBC, Al Jazeera... I'm watching with a certain thing in mind and that is how to see a story told badly." He admitted to another interviewer that he is concerned about dealing with old news: "If something happens on a Monday, realistically all the meat is going to be picked off that bone by the time it gets to us — there's probably barely a point in doing it... I think we'll be attracted to some extent by stories that are off the grid... Our show may end up skewing more international in terms of stories." Tim Carvell, executive producer of ''Last Week Tonight'', explained to an interviewer how the cast and crew deal with a half hour of Oliver speaking without any commercial breaks. Carvell also revealed that HBO gave them freedom in choosing guests for the show, advising them not to feel obligated to feature celebrities.〔 When asked by an interviewer about "correspondents" such as those featured on ''The Daily Show'', Oliver replied, "we're not going to be a parody news show, so no people pretending to be journalists." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Last Week Tonight with John Oliver」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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