Tune in Fridays 11pm / 10c for "John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show."
John Oliver is a correspondent and an Emmy Award-winning writer on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. He has also been nominated for Writers Guild Awards, performed sold out shows at the Edinburgh Festival and won the Breakout Award at the HBO U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen.
In the UK, John has written and stared in "The Department" (BBC Radio 4) alongside Chris Addison and Andy Zaltzman. Further credits include "Mock the Week" (BBC Radio 2), "Bremner, Bird and Fortune" (Channel 4), "The Last Word" (More 4); and as an actor in "Green Wing" (Channel 4), "Chambers" (BBC 1), "People Like Us" (BBC 1) and the Ardal O'Hanlon sitcom "My Hero" (BBC 1). In the U.S., John has appeared in...
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Tune in Fridays 11pm / 10c for "John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show."
John Oliver is a correspondent and an Emmy Award-winning writer on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. He has also been nominated for Writers Guild Awards, performed sold out shows at the Edinburgh Festival and won the Breakout Award at the HBO U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen.
In the UK, John has written and stared in "The Department" (BBC Radio 4) alongside Chris Addison and Andy Zaltzman. Further credits include "Mock the Week" (BBC Radio 2), "Bremner, Bird and Fortune" (Channel 4), "The Last Word" (More 4); and as an actor in "Green Wing" (Channel 4), "Chambers" (BBC 1), "People Like Us" (BBC 1) and the Ardal O'Hanlon sitcom "My Hero" (BBC 1). In the U.S., John has appeared in Mike Myers' film "Love Guru," NBC's "Community" and in his first Comedy Central stand-up special, "John Oliver: Terrifying Times." Along with Andy Zaltzman, Oliver also writes and stars in a weekly podcast, "The Bugle: Audio Newspaper for a Visual World."
In 2010, John will host a stand-up series on Comedy Central, "John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show," which will feature John's favorite comedians.
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