John covers China's obsession with the show Friends and erasing Tiananmen Square; the corruption and abuses of FIFA; quickly covers Tim Matthew's name-dropping; and mocks Syria's "President" Assad's musical tastes.

Last Week Tonight With John Oliver Season 1 Episodes...

• s01e01 - Army 4-star General Keith Alexander
• s01e02 - Simon Ostrovsky, François Hollande, Death Penalty
• s01e03 - Climate Change
• s01e04 - India Elections 2014 Update
• s01e05 - Net Neutrality
• s01e06 - FIFA and the 2014 World Cup
• s01e07 - Stephen Hawking
• s01e08 - Dr. Oz and Nutrition Supplements
• s01e09 - Pepe Julian Onziema
• s01e10 - Wealth Gap, Warren G. Harding's Love Letters
• s01e11 - Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Commonwealth Games, America's Prisons
• s01e12 - Nuclear Weapons and the United States
• s01e13 - Argentine Debt Restructuring, Native Advertising
• s01e14 - Predatory Lending
• s01e15 - Police Militarization in Ferguson, Gender Pay Gap
• s01e16 - Student Loan Debt, Russian Space Geckos
• s01e17 - Scottish Independence, Ray Rice, Corporations' Misuse of Twitter
• s01e18 - The U.S. Trade Embargo with Cuba, Miss America Pageant
• s01e19 - Drone Strikes, Ayn Rand, Kansas State Budget Shortfall
• s01e20 - Civil Forfeiture
• s01e21 - Military Translators, Supreme Court
• s01e22 - Sugar in Food, Dr. Jane Goodall, Doug Ford
• s01e23 - U.S. State Legislatures, ALEC
• s01e24 - The Lottery

Last Week Tonight With John Oliver Show Summary

Presenting a satirical look at the week in news, politics and current events, the show will be hosted by comedian John Oliver, an alumnus of The Daily Show. The show will be similar in scope, exploring a satirical look at news, politics and current events on a weekly basis every Sunday.