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John Oliver Isn’t Sweating Possible WBD Merger, Tells Trevor Noah ‘Last Week Tonight’ Won’t Change

John Oliver said mergers like the Warner Bros. Discovery deal face legal challenges and court delays but affirmed Last Week Tonight will continue unchanged.

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John Oliver is no fan of mergers, regardless of a company’s suitors. “I think mergers are generally bad,” the host of HBO’s Last Week Tonight said Thursday on Trevor Noah’s What Now? podcast. “I think you’re always looking for the least bad option.” In the case with the biggest potential impact on Oliver’s show, those options would include Netflix and Paramount in the pursuit of a Warner Bros. Discovery pact. But Oliver doesn’t seem overly con…

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Pajiba broke the news in on Friday, January 16, 2026.
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