Plot Synopsis

This series features John Oliver's favorite stand-up comedians, with Oliver opening each hour-long program and then welcoming four guests for that night. In Season 1, Paul F. Tompkins, Janeane Garofalo, Marc Maron, Brian Posehn, Kristen Schaal and Eugene Mirman closed each of their episodes with super-sized sets. Other comics appearing in Season 1 included: Maria Bamford, Greg Fitzsimmons, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Nick Kroll, Matt Braunger, Hannibal Buress, Pete Holmes, Amy Schumer, Chris Hardwick, Matt McCarthy and Hari Kondabolu. For the third season, Hannibal Buress, Marc Maron, David O'Doherty, Michael Ian Black, Dana Gould, and Wyatt Cenac each close out their episodes with super-sized stand-up sets, with the complete lineup including: Leo Allen, Kurt Braunohler, Michael Che, Dan St. Germain, Emily Heller, Al Jackson, Hari Kondabolu, Ben Kronberg, Mike Lawrence, Jared Logan, Adam Lowitt, Adam Newman, Mark Normand, Iliza Shlesinger, Sheng Wang and Andy Zaltzman. Season 4, which premiered on Friday, July 26, 2013 at 11pm ET/PT, featured three comics in each half-hour episode, including: Nick Turner; Colin Jost; Reggie Watts; Joe Zimmerman; Sara Schaefer; Tom Lennon; Morgan Murphy; Seth Herzog; Rory Scovel; Ali Wong; Travon Free; Paul. F. Tompkins; and many more.