Hal Grant
Director
Real Time with Bill Maher (2003)
Season 1
Each week Bill Maher surrounds himself with a panel of guests which include politicians, actors, comedians, musicians and the like to discuss what's going on in the world.
Released Feb. 21, 2003
Episode 59 min
17+
Genres: Comedy, News, Talk, Talk Show
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Watch Providers: Spectrum On Demand, Spectrum On Demand, Discovery+ Amazon Channel, HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max + 2 more, Philo, YouTube TV
Production Companies: Bill Maher Productions, Kid Love Productions, HBO, Brad Grey Television
Network: HBO
Country: United States
Languages:
English
8.0
S1E1 - February 21, 2003
Guests: Author Ann Coulter, actor Larry Miller, author Michael Eric Dyson, comedian Sarah Silverman, comedian Chris Rock
Topics: The United Nations, Affirmative Action
Feb. 21, 2003, midnight
7.0
S1E2 - February 28, 2003
Guests: Actor Larry Miller, conservative commentator Monica Crowley, comedian Eric Idle, musician Dave Matthews, author David Horowitz, columnist Ted Rall
Topics: Possibility of war with Iraq, selection of the new World Trade Center designs
Feb. 28, 2003, midnight
S1E3 - March 07, 2003
Guests: Michael Graham, Danielle Pletka, cartoonist Ted Rall, actor D. L. Hughley, comedian Arj Barker, Doug Benson, actor Woody Harrelson
Topics: President Bush's press conference, reality TV and terrorism
March 7, 2003, midnight
S1E4 - March 14, 2003
Guests: Monica Crowley, Arianna Huffington, comedian Dennis Miller, comedian Nick Swardson, Rev. Jesse Jackson
Topics: The coming Iraq war, the stock market
March 14, 2003, midnight
S1E5 - March 21, 2003
Guests: Actor Larry Miller, Constance L. Rice, Tim Robbins, musician Grant-Lee Phillips, Jon Brion, US war veterans Ward Tayne, Delphine Metcalf-Foster, Shad Meshad
Topics: Iraq war, veterans rights and whether or not support for the troops means supporting the war, the Oscars
March 21, 2003, midnight
S1E6 - March 28, 2003
Guests: Actor Larry Miller, Michael Graham (II), Janeane Garofalo, Bob Odenkirk, Michael Moore
Topics: Iraq war, southern states, Dixie Chicks controversy
March 28, 2003, midnight
S1E7 - April 04, 2003
Guests: Arianna Huffington, radio host Michael Graham, Aaron McGruder, Jeffrey Ross, Joe Scarborough
Topics: Iraq war, SARS, Peter Arnett, Geraldo Rivera, Affirmative Action
April 4, 2003, midnight
S1E8 - April 11, 2003
Guests: Author and columnist Arianna Huffington, writer, radio host and professor Michael Eric Dyson, radio host Doug McIntyre, musician Jerry Minor (L. Witherspoon), professor of political science As'ad AbuKhalil
Topics: Developments in the Iraq war, the Supreme Court, Augusta National Golf Club membership controversy
April 11, 2003, midnight
S1E9 - April 18, 2003
Guests: Author Ann Coulter, author Michael Eric Dyson, comedian Dennis Miller, journalist Fareed Zakaria, Earthquake
Topics: Iraq, New York smoking ban
April 18, 2003, midnight
S1E10 - April 25, 2003
Guests: Author Ann Coulter, author Clive Barker, actor D. L. Hughley, economist Stephen Moore, musical guests The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show
Topics: Santorum controversy, Iraq, rights of the unborn child
April 25, 2003, midnight
S1E11 - July 25, 2003
Guests: Actor D. L. Hughley, cartoonist Aaron McGruder, former US treasurer Bay Buchanan, Rev. Al Sharpton, senator (presidential candidate) Bob Graham
Topics: Congressional report on 9/11, Liberia, Kobe Bryant, banning ephedra
July 25, 2003, midnight
S1E12 - August 01, 2003
Guests: Columnist Christopher Hitchens, conservative commentator Tara Setmayer, actor Alec Baldwin, former Boston mayor Raymond Flynn, Rep. Barney Frank, Texas State Senator Leticia Van de Putte
Topics: Gay marriage, terrorism, California recall vote, runaway Texas State Senate members
Aug. 1, 2003, midnight
S1E13 - August 08, 2003
Guests: Actress Janeane Garofalo, Rep. David Dreier, political strategist Donna Brazile, Gov. Gray Davis
Topics: California recall vote, Arnold Schwarzenegger, airport security, Homeland Security budget, Kobe Bryant
Aug. 8, 2003, midnight
S1E14 - August 15, 2003
Guests: Author Ann Coulter, Arianna Huffington, Dana Rohrabacher, Orlando Jones, Jesse Ventura
Topics: California recall election, airline security, George Bush action figure
Aug. 15, 2003, midnight
S1E15 - August 22, 2003
Guests: Comedian Margaret Cho, Rep. Harold E. Ford, Jr., Willie Brown, Bob Barr, James Woolsey
Topics: Ten Commandments issue, religion, gay rights, California recall
Aug. 22, 2003, midnight
S1E16 - August 29, 2003
Guests: Actor Larry Miller, Tom McClintock, Bay Buchanan, comedian Dennis Miller, Senator Joe Biden
Topics: Iraq and North Korea, Republican Party's convention, influence of MTV and rap music
Aug. 29, 2003, midnight
S1E17 - September 05, 2003
Guests: Comedian D. L. Hughley, Al Franken, William Kristol, Wolf Blitzer, Wesley Clark
Topics: John Kerry, Osama Bin Laden, news media behaviour
Sept. 5, 2003, midnight
S1E18 - September 12, 2003
Guests: Betsy Hart, Paul Krugman, Jesse Ventura, musician Liz Phair, Terry McAuliffe
Topics: Saddam Hussein and the 9/11 attack, anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Governor of Alabama, music piracy
Sept. 12, 2003, midnight
S1E19 - September 19, 2003
Guests: Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Heather Wilson, Christine Todd Whitman, Tim Robbins, Dana Carvey
Topics: The environment, women and politics, the Iraq War
Sept. 19, 2003, midnight
S1E20 - September 26, 2003
Guests: Darrell Issa, filmmaker Michael Moore, basketball player Charles Barkley, Sen. John Edwards, Aaron McGruder, John Mellencamp, John Hansen (II)
Topics: Terrorism, agricultural subsidies, R. Kelly
Sept. 26, 2003, midnight
Network: HBO
Episode Runtime: 59 min.
Season Runtime: 42594 min.
Released: Feb. 21, 2003
Last Air Date: Nov. 21, 2025, midnight
Next Air Date: Jan. 23, 2026, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: TV-MA
Common sense age: 17+
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