Last Week Tonight With John Oliver' auctioned a Bob Ross painting and other items for PBS, raising more than $1.5 million.

Ross' 1986 artwork, painted for an episode of PBS' iconic 'The Joy of Painting', sold for roughly $1.04 million.

This is per Variety, which reports that the entire auction pulled in $1.54 million for the Public Media Bridge Fund, with the ...

A Bob Ross painting auctioned by talk show host John Oliver already has a bid of more than $1 million. See other unique items ...

Bob Ross, prolific daytime television painting instructor who charmed the world with his serene monologues, continues to make ...

John Oliver launched an auction to benefit public broadcasting, following major budget cuts. A Bob Ross painting is priced at ...

Another of John Oliver and Last Week Tonight's harebrained yet equally genius schemes has come to fruition, as the long-running HBO series successfully ...

Do you remember the show "The Joy of Painting" on PBS? If you do, you certainly will remember its host and creator, Bob Ross.

Three paintings from public television legend Bob Ross sold for more than $600,000 at auction. The paintings were the first of 30 Ross works being sold to benefit public TV stations hurt by cuts in ...

The paintings were the first of 30 Bob Ross works being sold to benefit public TV stations hurt by cuts in federal funding.

Three paintings from public television legend Bob Ross have sold for over $600,000 at auction LOS ANGELES -- Three paintings from famously chill public television legend Bob Ross sold Tuesday for more ...

On this week's season finale of "Last Week Tonight," host John Oliver launched an auction to raise funds and support public ...