--- description: Oliver will remain on premium cable until at least 2017 title: 'Last Week Tonight With John Oliver’ Gets 2 More Seasons image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _Last Week Tonight With John Oliver_ Gets 2 More Seasons by [Victor Luckerson](/author/victor-luckerson/) ## Victor Luckerson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 17, 2015 8:28 PM CUT by [Victor Luckerson](/author/victor-luckerson/) ## Victor Luckerson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 17, 2015 8:28 PM CUT John Oliver will be launching into viral rants against the powers-that-be for years to come. The late-night comedian’s news commentary show _Last Week Tonight_ has been renewed through 2017, HBO announced Tuesday. The show will get two more seasons of 35 episodes each, to go along with the current 35-episode season that kicked off Feb. 8\. While _Last Week Tonight_ owes an obvious debt to _The Daily Show_, where Oliver was once a correspondent and guest host, the HBO program goes more in-depth in its news coverage and even engages in its own investigative journalism. **MORE**: [How the ‘John Oliver Effect’ Is Having a Real-Life Impact](http://time.com/3674807/john-oliver-net-neutrality-civil-forfeiture-miss-america/ "undefined") During the first season, Oliver’s no-nonsense explanations of various complex topics [raised awareness](http://time.com/3674807/john-oliver-net-neutrality-civil-forfeiture-miss-america/ "undefined") about real-world issues like net neutrality policies, civil forfeiture laws and the finances of the Miss America pageant. With Stephen Colbert headed to CBS and Jon Stewart soon leaving _The Daily Show_, Oliver seems poised to become the most important voice in fake-news in the coming years. **MORE**: [6 Things John Oliver Should Tackle Next](http://time.com/3699446/john-oliver-season-two/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3712367/john-oliver-last-week-tonight-renewed/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3712367/john-oliver-last-week-tonight-renewed/"},"headline":"Last Week Tonight With John Oliver Gets 2 More Seasons","datePublished":"2015-02-17T20:28:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T04:29:15.936Z","description":"Oliver will remain on premium cable until at least 2017","url":"https://time.com/3712367/john-oliver-last-week-tonight-renewed/","keywords":["Television","HBO","News","John Oliver","Last Week Tonight"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Victor Luckerson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/victor-luckerson/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3712367/john-oliver-last-week-tonight-renewed/","name":"Last Week Tonight With John Oliver Gets 2 More Seasons"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Watch John Oliver Win the Lottery Debate","description":"Watch John Oliver Win the Lottery Debate on Last Week Tonight","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/ExO6WtWO/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-11-10T08:05:05.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/ExO6WtWO.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3712367/john-oliver-last-week-tonight-renewed/","duration":"PT30S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3712367/john-oliver-last-week-tonight-renewed/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```