{"id":5348,"date":"2013-11-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-11-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/2013\/11\/15\/john-oliver-lands-hbo-series\/"},"modified":"2013-11-15T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-11-15T00:00:00","slug":"john-oliver-lands-hbo-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/john-oliver-lands-hbo-series\/","title":{"rendered":"John Oliver Lands HBO Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\tLOS ANGELES: HBO has tapped <em>The Daily Show<\/em>&#039;s John Oliver for a weekly topical comedy series slated to launch in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe new show will offer a satirical look at the week in news, politics and current events on Sunday nights. Oliver has been part of <em>The Daily Show<\/em> team on Comedy Central for almost eight years and filled in for host Jon Stewart this summer.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&quot;We weren&#039;t otherwise searching for another weekly talk show, but when we saw John Oliver handling host duties on <em>The Daily Show<\/em>, we knew that his singular perspective and distinct voice belonged on HBO,&quot; said Michael Lombardo, the president of programming at HBO. &quot;We are extremely excited that John has agreed to make HBO his home.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&quot;I&#039;m incredibly excited to be joining HBO, especially as I presume this means I get free HBO now,&quot; said Oliver. &quot;I want to thank Comedy Central, and everyone at <em>The Daily Show<\/em> for the best seven and a half years of my life. But most of all, I&#039;d like to thank Jon Stewart. He taught me everything I know. In fact, if I fail in the future, it&#039;s entirely his fault.&quot;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES: HBO has tapped The Daily Show&#039;s John Oliver for a weekly topical comedy series slated to launch in 2014. The new show will offer a satirical look at the week in news, politics and current events on Sunday nights. Oliver has been part of The Daily Show team on Comedy Central for almost &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>John Oliver Lands HBO Series<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"John Oliver Lands HBO Series. 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