Hbo sets name & date for john oliver debut

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_Last Week Tonight With John Oliver_ will premiere on April 27, HBO announced today. The new weekly satire show from the former _Daily Show With Jon Stewart_ correspondent and stand-in host


will air at 11 PM.  _Last Week Tonight_ will be produced for HBO by Avalon Television, with Oliver, Tim Carvell, James Taylor and Jon Thoday serving as EPs, and Liz Stanton producing. HBO


first announced Oliver’s move over from Comedy Central on November 14 last year. The British comedian took over the desk on _The Daily Show_ last summer as Stewart was away directing his


first feature film. Oliver took his final _Daily Show_ bow on December 19 to start work on his own show. Not that Oliver will be straying far from the tested and true  – _Last Week Tonight


_will, like _The Daily Show,_ be taking a satirical look at news, politics and current events.