It used to be simplest a topic of time. John Oliver‘s broadly-respected gig as fill-in host for Jon Stewart on The Daily Convey this previous summer has landed him his own show, to be shown on HBO beginning subsequent year.

In a press release Thursday, the top class cable channel introduced they’ve signed Oliver to celebrity in a “topical comedy collection slated to launch in 2014.” The weekly show will debut on Sunday nights.

“We weren’t in any other case looking for every other weekly talk express, however after we saw John Oliver managing host responsibilities on The Day by day Convey, we knew that his singular point of view and dissimilar voice belonged on HBO,” HBO’s president of programming Michael Lombardo stated. “We’re extraordinarily excited that John has agreed to make HBO his residence.”

“I’m incredibly excited to be joining HBO, particularly as I presume this means I get free HBO now,” Oliver said within the release. “I need to thank Comedy Imperative, and everyone at The Day by day Express for the most effective seven and a 1/2 years of my lifestyles. But most of all, I’d like to thank Jon Stewart. He taught me the whole thing I do know. In reality, if I fail someday, it’s fully his fault.”

Oliver joined The Day-to-day Convey as “Senior British Correspondent” in 2006, and rose to a lot wider prominence during the summer time of 2013 when he hosted the show for eight weeks whereas Stewart was filming his directorial debut in the Heart East.

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