TV Host John Oliver and Wife Kate Norley Welcome Baby Boy

E! News reports the joyous news that talke show host John Oliver and his wife, Kate Norley, welcomed a son. An HBO rep tells E! News, "John and his wife Kate are parents of a baby boy. Everybody is happy and healthy."

Congratulations to the family!

About LAST WEEK TONIGHT: LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER recently received an Emmy® in the category of Outstanding Interactive Program, and was nominated for four Primetime Emmys® overall this year, including Outstanding Variety Talk Series and Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series. The show previously received a Writers Guild Award in the category of Comedy/Variety (Including Talk)?-?Series.

The show has been renewed for its third and fourth seasons. Consisting of 35 shows apiece, season three will run onHBO in 2016, to be followed by season four in 2017.

In the first season, which concluded in Nov. 2014, Oliver covered a wide range of topics, from net neutrality and Uganda's anti-LGBT laws, to Miss America, climate change and civil forfeiture abuse by the police.

Hailing LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER as "2014's best show," the Huffington Post called it "one of the defining conversation starters in both popular culture and news media," praising "a winning star, astute tactics and a self-awareness that's remarkably on point." In addition, it was named to "best of" lists for the year by the AP, the Los Angeles Times, theHollywood Reporter, TIME, Vanity Fair, the Boston Globe, the Detroit News,Rolling Stone and the San Francisco Chronicle, among many others. Videos featuring content from the show, as well as original material designed exclusively for the web, have been viewed by millions of people.

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