 the last week tonight their youtube channel has 9.49 million subscribers so yes people do watch the show whether they watch it on youtube or they watch it on hbo i'm not we can agree to just disagree there's a great quote when you gave it the first time for cnn it was a great quote in the atlantic and it's a great quote on last week tonight you're right to note whether it's a comedy show or a news show it's something i bet they're not going to cover