John Oliver Heads To HBO For His Own Comedy Talk Show
When John Oliver was hosting The Daily Show over the summer, the show was funny again. I like John Stewart fine, but you can tell his contempt has overtaken his comedy. That The Daily Show didn’t win the Emmy for Variety Show this year is telling. (Colbert is just more entertaining.)
So everyone suspected that Oliver would take over The Daily Show at some point. Until yesterday that is.
According to Deadline, Oliver is heading to HBO to host his own news comedy talk show, which will have all the hallmarks of a good Daily Show episode: satire, interviews and commentary. The show is expected to air on Sunday nights in 2014.
So now, like Comedy Central, HBO has the angry comedian (Bill Maher) and the goofy comedian (John Oliver) both of whom will take on the week’s news and current events. But unlike Comedy Central, we’ll get to see both of them pretty much uncensored, which should be an effing blast.
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