LEE'S FAQ!
Over the past nearly-four years, I've noticed that I get some questions about John's work asked repeatedly. That doesn't bother me - half of his prominent work is somewhat lost media, Tumblr's search is super fucked, and I always want to help anyone falling down the JO rabbit hole - but I realized that one central pinned post would be helpful! I'll keep this up to date as much as possible.
I know I have a lot of international followers, and if you have any knowledge of where to stream or find some of these items, please let me know and I'll update this post.
(Last Updated: 01/27/26)
A QUICK NOTE ON STREAMING SERVICES
They are all owned by billionaires, can pull these shows from their libraries at any time, and are increasingly kissing up to Trump. I provide this list to help people find John's work legally/easily, should they choose. Don't view any of this as an endorsement of the US' rapidly compromised media landscape.
WHERE CAN I FIND...?
Anything really, I've just started going down this rabbit hole:
The John Oliver Masterlist is an incredible resource - while it hasn't been updated since about 2017 and has some broken links (especially in the LWT sections), it has functional links to every JO clip from The Daily Show, all the main segments of LWT through 2017, radio shows, and lots of other material. This was made by @johnoliverphotos and @ilovejohnoliver, and I'm eternally grateful for it.
The Department:
YouTuber Ben Jennings has the entire series on his channel.
Player FM has the series uploaded here as well.
The Bugle:
The Bugle Archive has all Times Online era episodes available to download. PLEASE DOWNLOAD THE EPISODES DIRECTLY; DO NOT STREAM FROM THIS SITE.
The Bugle is starting to upload Times Online era episodes to their official channels, which can be found here. They're up to ep 100 as of May 2025.
"Compromised to a permanent end" (ep 152) is available as a Bugle subscriber bonus on their official channels.
All post-Times Online episodes (starting with episode 179) are available on The Bugle's official channels.
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart:
Paramount has axed the Daily Show archives online as of 6/26/24. It's absolutely gutting how little they give a shit about this program. Fuck them.
You're gonna have to sail the high seas to watch this. I'm sorry that this is the state of the US' most important comedy show of the 2000s. Since Paramount hasn't done shit with the old episodes for decades (2025 edit: and is now literally owned and being content-watched by a fascist regime that regularly yells about Jon Stewart on Not-Xitter or FartBlast or whatever he rambles on) I wouldn't hold your breath on it entering streaming.
Community:
In the US, this can be streamed on Hulu, Disney+, and Peacock. Individual episodes can be purchased on YouTube, Apple TV, and Amazon Prime.
Worldwide, Community is now on Hulu.
Every season of Community is available on DVD and Blu-Ray.
John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show:
In the US, the whole show is on Paramount Plus and can be purchased through Amazon and Apple.
This show also got purged in the big Comedy Central erasure, but at least you can buy it still?? Shit silver lining, I know.
Back catalog episodes of Last Week Tonight:
You can buy back catalog episodes on YouTube and Amazon in the US.
The first through eighth seasons of LWT have been uploaded fully on their YouTube in the US, with plans to upload future seasons during breaks in the show's current episodes!
In certain areas outside of the US, LWT is now being uploaded in full on their YouTube channel as well.
HBO Max no longer has back catalog episodes because capitalism is fucking ridiculous, I pay monthly for this service entirely for this show and I can't even watch old news from 5 years ago
The Horne Section:
The whole series is on Taskmaster Supermax+, which should work everywhere except the UK.
In the UK, you can stream this through Channel 4.
Season One is now available on The Horne Section YouTube channel internationally.
Taskmaster:
For footage from the New York live show, search the tag "Taskmaster New York" on my blog!
He will be on the mainline show I WILL USE EVERY SHRED OF POSITIVE ENERGY I HAVE TO MANIFEST THIS
Other Series:
John has been in a lot - feel free to reach out if you're looking for something specific, like a VO role or old panel show.
BLOG-SPECIFIC QUESTIONS
How did you get into John Oliver?
I answered this in too much detail in two posts, here and here.
Where is your icon from?
UPDATED: It was made by the lovely @stalebagels for me. She is wonderful <3
Is this blog a bit?/Do you really find this man attractive?
No, this is not an ironic bit, I really like John Oliver and find him genuinely hot. (Tbf, I get this question way more in person than online.)
