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Summary Real Time with Bill Maher is an HBO panel talk show series hosted by comedian and Bill Maher. Episodes generally feature an opening political sketch, a monologue, a panel of three celebrities and/or politicians, a guest or two live or via satellite, and a New Rules segment.

  • HBO
  • Jan 14, 2011
  • HBO
  • Jan 14, 2011
Real Time With Bill Maher
Season 9
24 Seasons
Season Premiere: Jan 14, 2011
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Summary Real Time with Bill Maher is an HBO panel talk show series hosted by comedian and Bill Maher. Episodes generally feature an opening political sketch, a monologue, a panel of three celebrities and/or politicians, a guest or two live or via satellite, and a New Rules segment.

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Episode 1 • Jan 14, 2011 • 1 h
Episode #9.1
Guests: Assistant to President Elizabeth Warren, actor Martin Short, political analyst James Carville, political consultant Mike Murphy, Editor-at-large of Reuters Chrystia Freelan.
Episode 2 • Jan 21, 2011 • 1 h
Episode #9.2
Guests: Journalist Michael Hastings, politician/businessman David Stockman, political commentator Rachel Maddow, economist Stephen Moore, entrepreneur Russell Simmon.
Episode 3 • Jan 28, 2011 • 1 h
Episode #9.3
Guests: Former RNC Chairman Michael Steele, NRO host Will Cain, former Canadian PM Kim Campbell, Rep.
Episode 4 • Feb 4, 2011 • 1 h
Episode #9.4
Guests: Journalist Mona Eltahawy, director Charles H. Ferguson, conservative columnist John Fund, Rep.
Episode 5 • Feb 11, 2011 • 1 h
Episode #9.5
Guests: Syndicated columnist Arianna Huffington, philosopher Cornel West, journalist Hooman Majd, MSNBC host Norah O'Donnell, actor Matthew Perr.
Episode 6 • Feb 18, 2011 • 1 h
Episode #9.6
Guests: PBS host Tavis Smiley, director Kevin Smith, journalist John Heilemann, CNBC host Michelle Caruso-Cabrera, journalist Matt Taibb.
Episode 7 • Mar 4, 2011 • 1 h
Episode #9.7
Guests: Novelist T. Coraghessan Boyle, feminist icon Gloria Steinem, Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom.
Episode 8 • Mar 11, 2011 • 1 h
Episode #9.8
Guests: Rep. Keith Maurice Ellison (D-MN), director Bill T. Jones, Democratic strategist Paul Begala, co-founder of St.
Episode 9 • Mar 18, 2011 • 1 h
Episode #9.9
Guests: Actor Richard Belzer, Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren, columnist Dan Neil, author Annabelle Gurwitch, activist Erica William.
Episode 10 • Mar 25, 2011 • 1 h
Episode #9.10
Guests: Investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill, Actress Ellen Page, columnist David Brooks, former Governor Ed Rendell.
Episode 11 • Apr 1, 2011 • 1 h
Episode #9.11
Guests: Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Special Olympics chairman Tim Shriver, director Julian Schnabel, radio host Randy Cohen, commentator Doug Hey.
Episode 12 • Apr 8, 2011 • 1 h
Episode #9.12
Guests: Pilot Chesley Sullenberger, CNN host Eliot Spitzer, BBC anchor Katty Kay, Daily Beast blogger Andrew Sullivan, comedian Colin Quin.
Episode 13 • Apr 15, 2011 • 1 h
Episode #9.13
Guests: Theoretical Physicist Michio Kaku, MSNBC Ed Show host Ed Schultz, ex-RNC Head Michael Steele, ABC News Political Director Amy Walter, author Irshad Manj.
Episode 14 • Apr 29, 2011 • 1 h
Episode #9.14
Guests: Governor Deval Patrick (D-MA), journalist Laura Flanders, blogger Andrew Breitbart, author Mark McKinnon, director John Water.
Episode 15 • May 6, 2011 • 1 h
Episode #9.15
Guests: Journalist Peter Bergen, author Michael Eric Dyson, investigative journalist and author Jeremy Scahill, ex-Bush speechwriter David Frum, author Irshad Manj.
Episode 16 • May 13, 2011 • 1 h
Episode #9.16
Guests: Counter-terrorism expert Richard A. Clarke, author Andrew Ross Sorkin, columnist Reihan Salam, MSNBC analyst Michelle Bernard, actor Harry Sheare.
Episode 17 • May 20, 2011 • 1 h
Episode #9.17
Guests: Actor Zach Galifianakis, MSNBC host Dylan Ratigan, journalist Gillian Tett, journalist Reza Aslan, author Amy Chu.
Episode 18 • Jun 3, 2011 • 1 h
Episode #9.18
Guests: US Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Shaun Donovan, professor Melissa Harris-Perry, former New York Rep.
Episode 19 • Jun 10, 2011 • 1 h
Episode #9.19
Guests: Former Congresswoman Jane Harman (D-CA), comedienne Janeane Garofalo, columnist Joshua Green, journalist Sharon Waxman, actress Jane Lync.
Episode 20 • Jun 17, 2011 • 1 h
Episode #9.20
Guests: Ray Kurzweil, columnist Ross Douthat, Public Notice executive director Gretchen Hamel, pundit Chris Matthews, comedian Kevin Nealo.
Episode 21 • Jun 24, 2011 • 1 h
Episode #9.21
Guests: Chief Foreign Correspondent for NBC News Richard Engel, columnist David Carr, columnist Michael Smerconish, Republican strategist Susan del Percio, filmmaker Alexandra Pelos.
Episode 22 • Jul 8, 2011 • 1 h
Episode #9.22
Guests: Executive Director of Drug Policy Alliance Ethan Nadelmann, Ann Coulter, The Nation editor and MSNBC host Christopher Hayes, historian Amanda Foreman, Chaz Bon.
Episode 23 • Jul 15, 2011 • 1 h
Episode #9.23
Guests: Sex columnist Dan Savage, Global Editor-at-Large of Reuters Chrystia Freeland, Dallas Mavericks owner and entrepreneur Mark Cuban, comedian Marc Maro.
Episode 24 • Jul 22, 2011 • 1 h
Episode #9.24
Guests: John Fetterman, DNC Vice-Chair Donna Brazile, Reason.com editor Nick Gillespie, actor John Turturr.
Episode 25 • Jul 29, 2011 • 1 h
Episode #9.25
Guests: Financial-fraud investigator Harry Markopolos, former New York governor Eliot Spitzer.
Episode 26 • Aug 5, 2011 • 1 h
Episode #9.26
Guests: Ex-Obama economy adviser Christina Romer, Astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Salon editor-at-large Joan Walsh, Palin biography filmmaker Stephen K Bannon and chef Anthony Bourdain.
Episode 27 • Sep 16, 2011 • 1 h
Episode #9.27
Guests: Host of Current TV's "Countdown with Keith Olbermann" Keith Olbermann, Republican strategist Rich Galen, Fellow at Eisenhower Institute Jennifer Donahue, author of "The Forever War" Dexter Filkins, actor/comedian Louis C.
Episode 28 • Sep 23, 2011 • 1 h
Episode #9.28
Guests: Journalist Ron Suskind, musician and activist Tom Morello, co-editor of Deadline Artists
Episode 29 • Sep 30, 2011 • 1 h
Episode #9.29
Guests: Reporter Dana Priest, environmental advocate Van Jones, former Governer Jennifer Granholm.
Episode 30 • Oct 7, 2011 • 1 h
Episode #9.30
Guests: Labor leader Richard Trumka, humorist PJ O'Rourke, author Jonathan Franzen, Rep.
Episode 31 • Oct 14, 2011 • 1 h
Episode #9.31
Guests: Pastor and Romney critic Dr Robert Jeffress, Magician Penn Jillette, Progressive talk radio host Thom Hartmann, CNBC host Michelle Caruso-Cabrera, American Spectator senior editor John Fund.
Episode 32 • Oct 21, 2011 • 1 h
Episode #9.32
Guests: EPA Chief Lisa Jackson, novelist Touré, columnist Thomas Friedman, journalist Joshua Green, MSNBC host Rachel Maddo.
Episode 33 • Oct 28, 2011 • 1 h
Episode #9.33
Guests: Tax reform lobbyist Grover Norquist, journalist Michelle Goldberg, CNN foreign correspondent Michael Ware, philosopher Cornel West, Republican strategist Ron Christie.
Episode 34 • Nov 4, 2011 • 1 h
Episode #9.34
Guests: Delaware Atty. Gen. Beau Biden, former NY gov. David Paterson, journalist Alex Wagner, Rep. Darrell Issa, comedian Bill Engvall
Episode 35 • Nov 11, 2011 • 1 h
Episode #9.35
Guests: Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), MSNBC host Chris Matthews, Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN), commentator Andrew Sullivan, artist Common.
24 Seasons

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Bill Maher

Self - Host, Self, Slf - Host

Andrew Sullivan

Self, Self - Panelist, Self - Guest

Michael Moore

Self - Guest, Self - Panelist

Arianna Huffington

Self, Self - Guest, Self - Panelist

Barney Frank

Self, Self - Guest, Self - Panelist

Cornel West

Self, Self - Guest, Self - Panelist

Bernie Sanders

Self - Guest, Self

Dan Savage

Self, Self - Panelist, Self - Guest

David Frum

Self, Self - Guest, Self - Panelist

Michael Steele

Self, Self - Guest, Self - Panelist

Salman Rushdie

Self - Guest, Self - Panelist

Paul Begala

Self - Panelist, Self, Self - Guest

Michael Eric Dyson

Self, Self - Guest, Self - Panelist, Self - Host

D.L. Hughley

Self, Self - Guest, Self - Panelist

Matt Taibbi

Self, Self - Guest, Self - Panelist

Matt Welch

Self - Panelist, Self - Guest, Self, Self - Host

Fareed Zakaria

Self, Self - Guest, Self - Panelist

Chris Matthews

Self, Self - Guest, Self - Panelist

Jon Meacham

Self, Self - Panelist

P.J. O'Rourke

Self, Self - Guest, Self - Panelist

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80% Positive
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20% Negative
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