In an interview on The Colbert Report shortly before he died, Where the Wild Things author Maurice Sendak dismisses one of Colbert's children's book ideas as "so bad that it not only will sell, it will make pots and pots of money." Like Colbert's fictional counterpart, Mike ...read more

On Sunday's episode of Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, America's favorite bespectacled former British citizen dedicated the bulk of his show to tormenting America's least favorite anti-gay religious fanatic, Vice President Mike Pence. During the segment, in which he detailed ...read more

Last week, I wrote about Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump's efforts to make it look like their completely unprecedented roles in the administration are having a moderating effect on Donald Trump. When in reality, they simply found ways to make it look like he's not doing the ...read more

It's been said before but it bears repeating because it's such a shock to watch John Oliver's Last Week Tonight on HBO each week and behold the kind of work he's doing. While Oliver's team doesn't independently chase down sources nor confront its targets for comment, the detail ...read more

If you're not watching Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, you really are missing out on one of the smartest, funniest and quite frankly most vital news and entertainment shows on television. Oliver does something even real news outlets don't do anymore by taking up to 20 ...read more