Is There a New ‘Last Week Tonight With John Oliver’ Airing This Week?

When the writers’ strike began back in May, late night shows were among the first to go dark — and that included “Last Week Tonight With John Oliver.” But now the WGA strike has ended, and Oliver has rejoined his late night counterparts in returning as soon as possible.

If you’re here, you’re probably wondering how soon that is, and that is a fair question. Back in August, insiders told TheWrap that it could be up to two weeks between the end of the strike and the return of late night. But in reality, it wasn’t even close.

After several months, yes, there is a new episode of “Last Week Tonight” on Sunday, Oct. 8, at 11 p.m. ET/PT on HBO and streaming on Max at 11 p.m. ET and 8 p.m. PT.

In Oliver’s first episode back after the strike, he said he was “immensely proud” of the WGA while laying into the studios. “While I’m happy they eventually got a fair deal and immensely proud of what our union accomplished, but I’m also furious that it took the studios 148 days to achieve a deal that they could have offered on day f—ing one,” Oliver said in the Oct. 1 show.

“It was an immensely difficult time, not just for [the writers], but for everyone else working on this show and others who could no longer do their jobs,” he said. “To be clear, this strike happened for good reason. Our industry has seen its workers severely squeezed in recent years. You might have seen stories about writers and actors, whose work you recognize, routinely not making enough to qualify for health insurance or afford basic needs so the writers guild went on strike and thankfully won.”

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