John Oliver Talks About 'Last Week Tonight's' 2016 Return On HBO; Season 3 Set To Begin On Feb. 14

Host John Oliver gives an update on "Last Week Tonight's" 2016 return, as well as some advice on managing your New Year's resolutions.

"New Year's resolutions: the exact middle ground between lying to yourself and lying to other people," Oliver, 38, said in the video's opening.

"Every December, for some reason, we decide that next year will be the one when everything turns around ... let's be honest, we're a few days into the New Year now and if you haven't broken your resolutions yet, statistically you are about to," continued the Emmy-winning writer. "And that can be depressing. But don't panic because all hope is not lost. The key thing with resolutions is not how to keep them, but how to revise them once you've failed." 

The former "Daily Show with Jon Stewart" scribe acknowledged that newly set goals are hard to achieve and used exercising as an example: "Exercise is like reading for your muscles, except you can't watch a movie of someone else exercising and basically get the gist of it," he says.

The English comedian, who ends "Last Week Tonight's" hiatus in 2016 next month, notes that managing one's expectations is key in achieving New Year's resolutions.

"Instead of beating yourself up because you haven't gone to the gym yet, simply lower your standards for what counts as exercise to anything that brings your heart rate up," he said. "That way, instead of jogging, simply try waking up late for work. Or taking a pregnancy test. That way you haven't failed to keep your New Year's resolution, you've just succeeded in a different way."

He also suggested that raising your goals to a completely unachievable level is a good way to go, like throwing the first pitch at a Yankee's game on the Fourth of July.

John Oliver's "Last Week Tonight" returns to HBO on Feb. 14, 2016.