Hal Grant
Director
Real Time with Bill Maher (2003)
Season 17
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
S17E1 - Episode 481
Guests: John Kasich, Marshawn Lynch, Erick Erickson, Barney Frank, Catherine Rampell.
Jan. 18, 2019, midnight
S17E2 - Episode 482
Guests: Ann Coulter, Michael McFaul, Joshua Green, Dan Savage, Heather McGhee.
Jan. 25, 2019, midnight
8.0
S17E3 - Episode 483
Guests: Will Hurd, Bill de Blasio, Peter Hamby, Jon Meacham, Jennifer Rubin.
Feb. 1, 2019, midnight
8.0
S17E4 - Episode 484
Guests: Chris Christie, Eric Idle, Natasha Bertrand, Jack Kingston, Malcolm Nance.
Feb. 8, 2019, midnight
8.0
S17E5 - Episode 485
Guests: Mayor Rahm Emanuel, John Legend, Paul Begala, David Frum & Maya Wiley.
Feb. 15, 2019, midnight
8.0
S17E6 - Episode 486
Guests: Congressman Adam Schiff, Bernard-Henri Lévy, Donna Brazile, Claire McCaskill & Rick Wilson.
Feb. 22, 2019, midnight
8.0
S17E7 - Episode 487
Guests: Matt Schlapp, Noah Rothman, Jonathan Alter, Mary Katharine Ham, Michael Steele.
March 8, 2019, midnight
7.0
S17E8 - Episode 488
Guests: Andrew McCabe, Andrew Gillum, John Heilemann, Jon Tester, Jessica Yellin.
March 15, 2019, midnight
8.0
S17E9 - Episode 489
Guests: Irshad Manji, Larry Charles, Kristen Soltis Anderson, Evelyn Farkas, Rep. Eric Swalwell.
March 22, 2019, midnight
8.0
S17E10 - Episode 490
Guests: Pete Buttigieg, Preet Bharara, S.E. Cupp, Elissa Slotkin, Andrew Sullivan.
March 29, 2019, midnight
7.0
S17E11 - Episode 491
Guests: Julian Castro, Chelsea Handler, Danielle Pletka, Gideon Rose, Salman Rushdie.
April 5, 2019, midnight
7.0
S17E12 - Episode 492
Guests: Seth Abramson, Dave Barry, Cornell Belcher, Wendy R. Sherman, Matt Welch.
April 12, 2019, midnight
S17E13 - Episode 493
Guests: Adam Schiff, Bob Costas, John Avlon, Zerlina Maxwell, Grover Norquist.
April 26, 2019, midnight
9.0
S17E14 - Episode 494
Guests: Jay Inslee, Moby, Bakari Sellers, Bret Stephens, Kara Swisher.
May 3, 2019, midnight
S17E15 - Episode 495
Guests: Michael Lewis, Tim Ryan, Nayyera Haq, Van Jones, Matt Lewis.
May 10, 2019, midnight
S17E16 - Episode 496
Guests: Fran Lebowitz, Jonathan Metzl, James Kirchick, George Packer, Neera Tanden.
May 17, 2019, midnight
8.0
S17E17 - Episode 497
Guests: William Weld, John Waters, Kirsten Powers, Jonathan Swan, Lawrence Wilkerson.
May 31, 2019, midnight
8.0
S17E18 - Episode 498
Guests: Andrew Yang, Bret Easton Ellis, Charles Blow, Katie Porter, Clint Watts.
June 7, 2019, midnight
7.0
S17E19 - Episode 499
Guests: George Will, Martin Short, Eliot Spitzer, Charlie Sykes, Bari Weiss.
June 14, 2019, midnight
9.0
S17E20 - Episode 500
Guests: Allan Lichtman, Dr. Debra Soh, Thom Hartmann, Liz Mair, Dan Savage.
June 21, 2019, midnight
8.0
S17E21 - Episode 501
Guests: Tulsi Gabbard, Seth MacFarlane, Max Brooks, Adam Gopnik, Joy Reid.
June 28, 2019, midnight
8.0
S17E22 - Episode 502
Guests: New York Congressman Hakeem Jeffries, Democratic Presidential candidate Marianne Williamson, journalist Josh Barro, former Governor of Michigan Jennifer Granholm, radio host Buck Sexton.
Aug. 2, 2019, midnight
8.0
S17E23 - Episode 503
Guests: Former Governor of Virginia Terry McAuliffe, NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel, author Tom Nichols, columnist Catherine Rampell, former White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci.
Aug. 9, 2019, midnight
7.0
S17E24 - Episode 504
Guests: Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, Carl Hulse, Betsy Woodruff, Rick Wilson & Michael Render
Aug. 16, 2019, midnight
9.0
S17E25 - Episode 505
Guests: Rep. Katie Porter, Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, Michael Smerconish, Eric Klinenberg & Kevin D. Williamson
Aug. 23, 2019, midnight
8.0
S17E26 - Episode 506
Guests: Rep. Joe Walsh, Christina Hoff Sommers, Rep. John Delaney, María Teresa Kumar & Matt Welch
Sept. 6, 2019, midnight
8.0
S17E27 - Episode 507
Guests: Michael Moore, Krystal Ball, Michael Steele, Fernand Amandi & Bari Weiss
Sept. 13, 2019, midnight
8.0
S17E28 - Episode 508
Guests: Amb. Samantha Power, Heather McGhee, Tim Naftali, Andrew Sullivan & Sarah Haider
Sept. 20, 2019, midnight
8.0
S17E29 - Episode 509
Guests: Gina McCarthy, Linette Lopez, Noah Rothman, Salman Rushdie & Barney Frank
Sept. 27, 2019, midnight
9.0
S17E30 - Episode 510
Guests: Howard Stern, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Ben Domenech, Shawna Thomas & John Heilemann
Oct. 11, 2019, midnight
7.0
S17E31 - Episode 511
Guests: Susan Rice, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Sam Stein, Danielle Pletka & Thomas Chatterton Williams
Oct. 18, 2019, midnight
8.0
S17E32 - Episode 512
Guests: Zach Galifianakis, Chris Cuomo, Rep. Elissa Slotkin, Dan Carlin, Donny Deutsch.
Oct. 25, 2019, midnight
10.0
S17E33 - Episode 513
Guests: Ronan Farrow, Rick Stengel, Christina Bellantoni, Dennis Prager, & Dr. Jay Gordon.
Nov. 1, 2019, midnight
7.0
S17E34 - Episode 514
Guests: Judd Apatow, Gov. Steve Bullock, Rahm Emanuel, Steve Schmidt, and Judge Judy.
Nov. 8, 2019, midnight
7.0
S17E35 - Episode 515
First interview: Sen. Sherrod Brown. On the panel: Ian Bremmer, Donna Brazile, Frank Bruni.
Second interview: Jaime Harrison.
Nov. 15, 2019, 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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