John Oliver gives ‘hot take’ on HBO Max’s constant rebranding and compares it to Trump’s Gulf of Mexico name change - ‘Sometimes, hypothetically, before we can even get used to one dumb ...

John Oliver is just as confounded as everyone else about Warner Bros. Discovery’s decision to revert the name of Max to HBO Max after just two years. On Sunday’s episode of HBO’s “Last ...

As Oliver explained this, images of HBO Max's many names over the years were shown onscreen. "Then somehow it gets dumber still," he continued, as an image of HBO Max popped up after HBO Now.

John Oliver cannot simply be goaded into one of his infamous, blistering hot takes—but when the entity begging to be roasted is your parent company, the urge is hard to resist on many levels.

John Oliver does have a “hot take” on his home network’s decision to rebrand Max back into HBO Max — but he wants the head honchos at Warner Bros. Discovery to know that was his choice.

John Oliver turned a segment about the NBA’s woes in China into a mocking promotion for new streaming service HBO Max on Sunday’s Last Week Tonight.

First, they gave us HBO Max. Then they took the HBO away. Now they've handed it back, more or less proving another bit of wisdom from Oliver: "There's entertainment in watching a company die." ...