The BEST episodes of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver season 6

Every episode of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver season 6, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver season 6!

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver is an American late-night talk and news satire television program. L.W.T draws its comedy and satire from recent news stories, political figures, media organizations, pop culture and often aspects of the show itself.

Last Updated: 3/23/2024Network: HBOStatus: Continuing
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Episode 178
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8.43
628 votes

#1 - Episode 178

Season 6 - Episode 29 - Aired 11/10/2019

Main story: How SLAPP suits are designed to stifle public dissent (including an update on Bob Murray’s lawsuit); plus, Trump “caught” the swamp; Lindsey Graham’s desperate defense of Trump; Roger Stone’s trial begins.

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Episode 154
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8.03
694 votes

#2 - Episode 154

Season 6 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/17/2019

Main story: A talk about the power of public shaming, good and bad, includes an interview with Monica Lewinsky; plus, Christchurch mosque shootings, Fraser Anning’s response to the shootings, a Brexit update.

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Episode 153
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8.02
692 votes

#3 - Episode 153

Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/10/2019

Main story: Pressuring the FCC to end the scourge of Robocalls; plus, the Brazilian president’s bizarre tweet; Trump signs bibles and welcomes Tim “Apple.”

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Episode 150
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8.02
724 votes

#4 - Episode 150

Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 2/17/2019

Main story: the effects of Brexit; plus, Drumpf’s border wall “national emergency”; and New Zealand’s ongoing map crisis.

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Episode 160
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7.95
553 votes

#5 - Episode 160

Season 6 - Episode 11 - Aired 5/12/2019

Main story: Green New Deal and carbon pricing; plus, GOP states are passing extreme anti-abortion bills in an attempt to overturn Roe v. Wade. Guests: Bill Nye

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Episode 169
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7.94
589 votes

#6 - Episode 169

Season 6 - Episode 20 - Aired 8/11/2019

Main story: President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow and Guinness World Records; plus, Trump’s inauspicious visits to Dayton and El Paso in the wake of mass shootings; gun control and the NRA’s recent scandals; stone-skipping competition.

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Episode 155
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7.85
708 votes

#7 - Episode 155

Season 6 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/31/2019

Main story: World Wrestling Entertainment and its often-villainous owner, Vince McMahon; plus, fallout from the Mueller Report.

Episode 159
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7.85
653 votes

#8 - Episode 159

Season 6 - Episode 10 - Aired 5/5/2019

Main story: lethal injection and the death penalty; plus, the various options in the Australian elections.

Episode 179
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7.85
554 votes

#9 - Episode 179

Season 6 - Episode 30 - Aired 11/17/2019

Main story: Why the census matters; plus, the return of Chiijohn; Republicans struggle to defend Trump in impeachment hearings. Guests: Hugh Bonneville, Seth Meyers.

Episode 152
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7.84
669 votes

#10 - Episode 152

Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 3/3/2019

Main story: Automation and technological unemployment; plus, 2019 North Korea–United States Hanoi Summit, Michael Cohen testimony, Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump.

Episode 157
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7.83
681 votes

#11 - Episode 157

Season 6 - Episode 8 - Aired 4/14/2019

Main story: an update on opioid abuse and Richard Sackler; plus, Brexit gets a Halloween extension; Julian Assange gets arrested.

Episode 172
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7.82
585 votes

#12 - Episode 172

Season 6 - Episode 23 - Aired 9/15/2019

Main story: Legal immigration; plus, corruption in Russian elections, And Now: Maria Bartiromo and Investigative Discovery’s Joe Kenda.

Episode 176
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7.81
576 votes

#13 - Episode 176

Season 6 - Episode 27 - Aired 10/27/2019

Main story: The alarming decision to pull U.S. troops from the Turkey-Syria border; plus, the killing of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (the ISIS leader), Trump’s impeachment inquiry continues, and the latest on Brexit.

Episode 156
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7.80
673 votes

#14 - Episode 156

Season 6 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/7/2019

Main story: Mobile homes and Frank Rolfe; plus, Stephen Moore, Herman Cain, and the Catherine Pugh/Heather Holly scandal.

Episode 167
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7.79
546 votes

#15 - Episode 167

Season 6 - Episode 18 - Aired 7/28/2019

Main story: How Britain’s new prime minister, Boris Johnson, has succeeded; plus, Puerto Rico’s governor resigns following mass protests.

Episode 166
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7.79
617 votes

#16 - Episode 166

Season 6 - Episode 17 - Aired 6/30/2019

Main story: E-commerce, warehouse working conditions and business logistics; plus, Trump’s foreign misadventures; Jared Kushner’s Mideast peace plan. Also guest Gilbert Gottfried (voice-over).

Episode 177
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7.74
561 votes

#17 - Episode 177

Season 6 - Episode 28 - Aired 11/3/2019

Main story: How voting machines work, how they don’t, and how we can fix them; plus, Trump and his allies attack witnesses in the impeachment saga. Guests: Ken Burns (voice-over).

Episode 168
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7.73
550 votes

#18 - Episode 168

Season 6 - Episode 19 - Aired 8/4/2019

Main story: Penal labor in the United States and Securus Technologies; plus, Boris Johnson, John Ratcliffe, Sam Clovis. Note: This episode was preceded by a short monologue about the 2019 El Paso and Dayton shootings, both of which occurred earlier that weekend.

Episode 173
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7.73
583 votes

#19 - Episode 173

Season 6 - Episode 24 - Aired 9/29/2019

Main story: Why compounding pharmacies that create medication for individual patients can cause big problems; plus, “Stupid Watergate II: The Stupidest Watergate.” Guests: David Schwimmer, Method Man, Jimmy Kimmel, RuPaul, Michael Bolton, Kristen Bell, and Kiefer Sutherland.

Episode 170
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7.72
589 votes

#20 - Episode 170

Season 6 - Episode 21 - Aired 8/18/2019

Main story: The roles that gender and racial bias can play in medical treatment; plus, Trump wants to buy Greenland; Hong Kong protests continue; and Pumpkin Spice Lattes are back! Guests: Wanda Sykes, Larry David.

Episode 165
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7.72
578 votes

#21 - Episode 165

Season 6 - Episode 16 - Aired 6/23/2019

Main story: Climbing Mount Everest has become dangerously popular; plus, Trump almost goes to war with Iran; and “Can Meghan McCain Say Just One Thing.”

Episode 163
star
7.72
619 votes

#22 - Episode 163

Season 6 - Episode 14 - Aired 6/9/2019

Main story: Equal Rights Amendment and Phyllis Schlafly; plus Donald Trump’s trip to the United Kingdom, Theresa May’s resignation as Conservative Party leader, 2019 Conservative Party (UK) leadership election.

Episode 162
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7.72
600 votes

#23 - Episode 162

Season 6 - Episode 13 - Aired 6/2/2019

Main story: The medical design industry has a troubling lack of regulation; plus, Jared Kushner’s Israel visit, Golan Heights, Glen Casada/Cade Cothren text message scandal. Guests: Jane Krakowski

Episode 158
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7.69
699 votes

#24 - Episode 158

Season 6 - Episode 9 - Aired 4/21/2019

Main story: The Mueller Report; plus, Chiitan, the rogue Japanese mascot. Guests: Hugh Bonneville, Ryan Barger

Episode 151
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7.69
715 votes

#25 - Episode 151

Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/24/2019

Main story: TV psychics can make a lot of money by exploiting vulnerable people; plus, William Happer, 2018 North Carolina election fraud hearings.