‘Last Week Tonight With John Oliver’

HBO Entertainment, Sixteen String Jack Productions and Avalon Television / HBO

Last Week Tonight With John Oliver received 12 major nominations in 2018, winning 6 awards.

2018 Emmys 
1 nomination, 1 winner
Outstanding Variety Talk Series
"Last Week Tonight With John Oliver"
Winner
2018 Emmys Creative Arts 
8 nominations, 3 winners
Outstanding Interactive Program
"Last Week Tonight With John Oliver"
Winner
Outstanding Picture Editing For Variety Programming
Anthony Miale
Winner
Outstanding Writing For A Variety Series
"Last Week Tonight With John Oliver"
Winner
Outstanding Production Design For A Variety, Nonfiction, Reality Or Reality-Competition Series
Eric Morrell
Nominee
Outstanding Directing For A Variety Series
Paul Pennolino
Nominee
Outstanding Picture Editing For Variety Programming
Ryan Barger
Nominee
Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Variety Series Or Special
"Last Week Tonight With John Oliver"
Nominee
Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control For A Series
"Last Week Tonight With John Oliver"
Nominee
2018 Writers Guild of America 
1 nomination, 1 winner
Comedy/Variety (including Talk) - Series
Tim Carvell, Josh Gondelman, Dan Gurewitch, Geoff Haggerty, Jeff Maurer, John Oliver, Scott Sherman, Will Tracy, Jill Twiss, Juli Weiner, Ben Silva and Seena Vali
Winner
2018 Directors Guild of America 
1 nomination
Outstanding Directorial Achievement In Variety/talk/news/sports - Regularly Scheduled Programming
Paul Pennolino
Nominee
2018 Producers Guild of America 
1 nomination, 1 winner
Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television
"Last Week Tonight With John Oliver"
Winner
2017 Emmys 
3 nominations, 2 winners
Outstanding Writing For A Variety Series
John Oliver, Josh Gondelman, Will Tracy, Juli Weiner, Tim Carvell, Kevin Avery, Scott Sherman, Jeff Maurer, Jill Twiss, Geoff Haggerty and Dan Gurewitch
Winner
Outstanding Variety Talk Series
"Last Week Tonight With John Oliver"
Winner
Outstanding Directing For A Variety Series
Paul Pennolino
Nominee