Real Time With Bill Maher

Real Time With Bill Maher: Summary

Airs Next:HBO at Friday 11:00 PM (60 min.)
Status:Returning Series
Premiered:February 21, 2003
Show Categories:Talk Shows, Comedy

"Real Time with Bill Maher" is a weekly HBO talk show series hosted by comedian and political satirist Bill Maher. Episodes include an opening political sketch, a monologue, a panel of three well educated celebrities, two guests (live or via satellite), and at the end, "New Rules."

The panel members normally represent a wide spectrum of American politics, which results in an interesting discussion and a fair presentation of the current events. While Bill Maher acts as the panel's head, he doesn't hide his ideological viewpoints. He'll end up agreeing with and attacking both sides of the political spectrum.

The last segment, "New Rules," is political satire and covers Bill Maher's personal peeves of the week.

The fore-runner of this series is the series Politically Incorrect (shown first on Comedy Central and then later on ABC). "Real Time with Bill Maher" is a weekly HBO talk show series hosted by comedian and political satirist Bill Maher. Episodes include an opening political sketch, a monologue, a panel of three well educated celebrities, two guests (live or via satellite), and at the end, "New Rules."

The panel members normally represent a wide spectrum of American politics, which results in an...

November 14, 2008

Aired: Friday November 14, 2008

Rated: TV-MA for Adult Content (AC) and Adult Language (AL)
Tonight's episode is Live from L.A.

Bill's panel members are:
* Jon Meacham, editor of Newsweek.
* Ashton Kutcher, actor and producer.
* Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL).

Bill's other guests are:
* Sean "P. Diddy." Combs, music mogul.

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podedwards
member since: Sep 17, 2008
The Bottom Line: "Unoriginal"
The poem "The Emperor of Ice Cream" by Wallace Stevens should be used one day for his eulogy should an audience remain. ...Continue »
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aihyah
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The Bottom Line: "Complete waste of time"
This show has become a complete farce, imagine a show where everyone agrees and pretends they are having a serious political debate. Thats this show! ...Continue »
09/01/08 02:13pm | report abuse
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guyroy1971
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The Bottom Line: "Past its prime"
left wing nutcases love this show because it is left wing. Boring, repetitve and not funny. ...Continue »
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LSS_Fanatic
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The Bottom Line: "Informative"
Very informative and fun. ...Continue »
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Deeelit
member since: Jan 7, 2008
The Bottom Line: "Informative"
Bill Maher rocks!!!! He's just telling you how it is without the 'BS' we've been spoon fed since 2000! ...Continue »
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