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. LWT draws its comedy and satire from recent news stories, political figures, media organizations, pop culture, and often aspects of the show itself.
#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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#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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#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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#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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#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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#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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#7 - 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.
#8 - 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.
#9 - 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.
#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.
#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.
#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.
#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.
#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.
#15 - 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).
#16 - 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.
#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).
#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.
#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.
#20 - 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.”
#21 - 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.
#22 - 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
#23 - 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.
#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
#25 - Episode 164
Season 6 - Episode 15 - Aired 6/16/2019
Main story: The pros and cons of impeaching Trump; plus, Steve Bullock, Duncan D. Hunter campaign finance scandal.