Last Week Tonight Wins Third Consecutive Scripted Variety Emmy

Last Week Tonight With John Oliver won the Emmy for Outstanding Scripted Variety Series at the 77th Emmy Awards on Sunday night, extending the HBO show's dominance in its category and earning a brisk, partly bleeped acceptance from its host onstage at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. The victory, announced during the live telecast on CBS and streamed on Paramount, marked the program's third consecutive win since the Scripted Variety category was created in 2023 and continued a decade-long run of series-level recognition for Oliver's weekly show.

Oliver accepted the award in a rapid 15- to 45-second speech in which he thanked HBO, the show's staff and his family. He then directed an expletive, which was bleeped in the broadcast, at host Nate Bargatze while joking about a charity gag Bargatze had introduced for the evening. "F you Nate Bargatze, that is a lot of money for you," Oliver said onstage, according to reports from the theater, adding that Bargatze could "add a f to the swear jar as well" before leaving the stage. The words were muted on television but were reported by people at the event.

Bargatze, making his debut as Emmy host, had told viewers earlier that he would...