NEW YORK — In an attempt to synergize their Sunday night programming, the Home Box Office network has greenlit a “Talking Dead” style recap show hosted by Last Week Tonight host, John Oliver, our sources confirm.
“We’re excited to announce the combination of two of our most popular programs,” said HBO CEO Casey Bloys during a The Last of Us season 2 press conference. “We thought, ‘why keep producing original content when we could just squish two already successful things together?’ It just makes sense.”
The new Last of Us post-show taps comedian John Oliver to host a 30-minute info dump on the scientific intricacies of fungal networks, the history of militia in times of revolution, and silly tangents about what a hunk Pedro Pascal is.
“I guess Chris Hardwick was busy, or maybe he got cancelled, I don’t really know,” said Oliver in an interview with Access Hollywood. “I’m just happy I get to sit behind a desk and lecture at the audience, it’s pretty much the only thing I can get hired for nowadays.”
The show’s conception was motivated by an increase of Google and Youtube searches requesting explanations, synopses, and recaps about The Last of Us season one. HBO executives found their audience leaving their platform to seek out information that the video games hide in NPC conversations and collectable artifacts.
“It’s your one-stop-shop for all things The Last of Us,” said the show’s producer Benjamin McNally. “Whether you want to know what CDs Joel has in his glove compartment, or what the backstory of that giraffe is, we’ve got it all on The Last Week Tonight of Us!”
At press time, the show’s set has been revealed to be identical to the Last Week Tonight set with the only differences being the background city skyline is in flames, and the audience is full of clickers.
