Overview
- The renewal, reported on Friday, July 31, keeps Last Week Tonight on HBO through the end of 2027 and will cover the show’s fourteenth season.
- Oliver agreed to a single 12-month extension rather than his usual three-year deals, a choice outlets link to uncertainty about who will control HBO after the delayed Paramount/Skydance offer.
- Oliver has publicly criticized potential new owners on his show and told The Hollywood Reporter that he and his staff would not accept owner-imposed changes to the program.
- HBO leadership signaled a desire to retain Oliver, with chairman Casey Bloys having said the network was in talks and would like the series to continue.
- Last Week Tonight is an influential, award-winning series that began in 2014, and the short renewal lets Oliver wait for the outcome of the ongoing legal and antitrust process while preserving the show’s current creative control.