Episode 1
Episode 338
1h8.0 / 10
Comedy legend Jay Leno, literary icon Salman Rushdie, Ex-HP CEO Carly Fiorina, Chris Hardwick and Paul Begala.
Episode credits
Guest stars Chris Hardwick, Salman Rushdie, Jay Leno, Paul Begala
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Real Time with Bill Maher
2003TV-MA24 seasons6.0 / 10
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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.
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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.
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Episode 2
Episode 339
1h8.0 / 10
Bill's guests include Oscar winning director Kathryn Bigelow, "Wedding Ringer" actor Josh Gad, "Being Mortal" author Atul Gawande, New York Times "Upshot" correspondent Josh Barro, "The Work: My Search For a Life That Matters" author Wes Moore.
Episode credits
Guest stars Josh Gad
Episode 3
Episode 340
1h9.0 / 10
Ex-Governor Howard Dean (D-VT), comedian and "Black and White" actor Bill Burr, "America in Retreat" author Bret Stephens, Washington Post's Nia-Malika Henderson, and The Atlantic's James Fallows.
Episode credits
Guest stars Bill Burr, Howard Dean, Bret Stephens
Episode 4
Episode 341
1h8.0 / 10
This weeks guests include comedy legend Mel Brooks, Representative Joaquin Castro (D-TX), "Citizenfour" director Laura Poitras, BBC World News anchor Kitty Kay, and "The Entrepreneurial Instinct" author Monica Mehta.
Episode credits
Guest stars Mel Brooks, Katty Kay
Episode 5
Episode 342
1h9.0 / 10
This weeks guests include "Course in Miracles" author Marianne Williamson, "Blaze" anchor Amy Holmes, "Weekly Standard" writer John McCormack, "Redefining Realness" author Janet Mock, and British writer and journalist Johann Hari.
Episode credits
Guest stars Janet Mock, Johann Hari
Episode 6
Episode 343
1h8.0 / 10
This weeks guests include director of "Merchants of Doubt" Robert Kenner, former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives Tom Davis, Editor-in-Chief for the Economist magazine Zanny Minton Beddoes, co-founder of the black political blog Jack and Jill Politics and CEO of Cultivated Wit Baratunde Thurston, and actor and author of "Holy Cow" David Duchovny.
Episode credits
Guest stars Zanny Minton Beddoes, David Duchovny, Tom Davis
Episode 7
Episode 344
1h8.0 / 10
Director Rob Reiner, singer/songwriter Aloe Blacc, Bill Nye "The Science Guy", writer Fran Lebowitz and Washington Post's Elahe Izadi.
Episode credits
Guest stars Bill Nye, Rob Reiner, Fran Lebowitz
Episode 8
Episode 345
1h8.0 / 10
Bill's guests include Ex-Obama guru & "Believer" author David Axelrod, "Going Clear" author Lawrence Wright, "American Crime" creator John Ridley, Heritage Foundation's daily signal Genevieve Wood, and author and journalist Matt Taibbi.
Episode credits
Guest stars David Axelrod, Matt Taibbi
Episode 9
Episode 346
1h9.0 / 10
Huffington Post's Editor-in-Chief Arianna Huffington, "Stonewalled" author Sharyl Attkisson, The National Review's Tom Rogan, The Hunting Ground's Annie Clark & Andrea Pino and actor Sean Penn.
Episode credits
Guest stars Sean Penn, Arianna Huffington
Episode 10
Episode 347
1h9.0 / 10
Interview: NBC and MLB sportscasting legend Bob Costas. Panel: ex-US Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA), ex-NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn, GOP Strategist Mercedes Schlapp. Panel Guest: "God's Bankers" author Gerald Posner.
Episode credits
Guest stars Jack Kingston, Bob Costas
Episode 11
Episode 348
1h9.0 / 10
Interview: "God, Guns, Grits, and Gravy" author Mike Huckabee. Panel: "The Slap" star Zachary Quinto, "Frank" author and ex-Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), and CNN commentator S.E. Cupp. Panel Guest: NASA JPL Senior Water Scientist Professor Jay Famiglietti.
Episode credits
Guest stars Mike Huckabee, Barney Frank, Zachary Quinto, S.E. Cupp
Episode 12
Episode 349
1h8.0 / 10
"A Fighting Chance" author Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), "Live Right and Find Happiness" author Dave Barry, "In Defense of Liberal Education" author Fareed Zakaria, "Bad Religion" author Ross Douthat and Roll Call editor-in-chief Christina Bellantoni.
Episode credits
Guest stars Elizabeth Warren, Fareed Zakaria, Ross Douthat
Episode 13
Episode 350
1h9.0 / 10
Esquire TV's "The Runner-Up" star Clay Aiken, "The Story" author Judith Miller, "Thomas Jefforson" author Jon Meacham, CNBC chief international correspondent Michele Caruso Cabrera, Center for American Progress president Neera Tanden.
Episode credits
Guest stars Clay Aiken, Michelle Caruso-Cabrera, Neera Tanden, Jon Meacham
Episode 14
Episode 351
1h9.0 / 10
Celebrity chef & "Fresh Off the Boat" author Eddie Huang, activist Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Daily Beast contributor Ana Marie Cox, Weekly Standard senior editor Christopher Caldwell, and G.O.P. consultant Liz Mair.
Episode credits
Guest stars Ana Marie Cox
Episode 15
Episode 352
1h
Bill's guests include "The Great Divide" author Joseph Stiglitz, Human Rights Foundation chairman Garry Kasparov, Wilson Center President and Ex-Representative Jane Harman (D-CA), New Yorker staff writer Adam Gopnik and Foreign Policy Initiative co-founder Dan Senor.
Episode credits
Guest stars Garry Kasparov
Episode 16
Episode 353
1h8.0 / 10
Bill's guests include comedy legend Billy Crystal, MSNBC "Now" host Alex Wagner, Ex-Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee, consumer advocate Erin Brockovich, and ESPN commentator Will Cain.
Episode credits
Guest stars Erin Brockovich, Billy Crystal, Alex Wagner
Episode 17
Episode 354
1h7.0 / 10
Bill's guests include film-maker & "Carsick" author John Waters, "Heretic" author Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Democratic president Heather McGhee, and "By the People" author Charles Murray.
Episode credits
Guest stars Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Heather McGhee, John Waters
Episode 18
Episode 355
1h8.0 / 10
Bill's guests include "Inside Out" actor Lewis Black, ex-representative Rick Lazio (R-NY), ex-senior CIA and FBI official Philip Mudd, ex-Ohio state senator Nina Turner (D-OH), and "Superpower" author Ian Bremmer.
Episode credits
Guest stars Lewis Black, Nina Turner, Rick Lazio, Philip Mudd, Ian Bremmer
Episode 19
Episode 356
1h8.0 / 10
Bill's guests include "Jeff Ross Roasts Criminals" comic Jeff Ross, actor and environmentalist Ed Begley Jr., Daily Beast columnist Ron Christie, The Other 98% director Alexis Goldstein, and Slate's "The Gist" host Mike Pesca.
Episode credits
Guest stars Jeff Ross, Ed Begley Jr.
Episode 20
Episode 357
1h7.0 / 10
Bill's guests include Democratic President hopeful, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Representative Luis Gutiérrez (D-IL), "¡Adios America!" author Ann Coulter, MSNBC contributor Joy Reid and Daily Caller's senior contributor Matt Lewis.
Episode credits
Guest stars Ann Coulter, Joy Reid, Bernie Sanders
Episode 21
Episode 358
1h8.0 / 10
EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy, Georgetown professor Michael Eric Dyson, "The Selfie Vote" author Kristen Soltis Anderson, "End of Discussion" co-writer Mary Katherine Ham, and "Trainwreck" director & "Sick in the Head" author Judd Apatow.
Episode credits
Guest stars Judd Apatow, Michael Eric Dyson
Episode 22
Episode 359
1h9.0 / 10
The Interview: Michael Mann. The Panel: Mary Matalin, Steve Schmidt, Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA). Mid-Show Guest: Caitlin Flanagan.
Episode credits
Guest stars Gavin Newsom, Steve Schmidt, Caitlin Flanagan
Episode 23
Episode 360
1h8.0 / 10
The Interview: Sister Helen Prejean. The Panel: Jennifer Granholm, Doug Heye, Lawrence Wilkerson. Mid-Show Guest: Talib Kweli.
Episode credits
Guest stars Jennifer Granholm, Lawrence Wilkerson
Episode 24
Episode 361
1h9.0 / 10
"Pretty Ladylike" author Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO), WTF's Marc Maron, Rep. Donna Edwards (D-MD), "Conservatarian Manifesto" author Charles Cooke, "The Blue Zones Solution" author Dan Buettner.
Episode credits
Guest stars Claire McCaskill
Episode 25
Episode 362
1h9.0 / 10
GOP Presidential candidate & Ex-Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA), Representative Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), Ex-State Senator Wendy Davis (D-TX), Washington Post national reporter Robert Costa and Senior Editor for The Daily Beast Michael Weiss.
Episode credits
Guest stars Dana Rohrabacher, Rick Santorum, Michael Weiss, Robert Costa
Episode 26
Episode 363
1h
Author Salman Rushdie, cable legend Keith Olbermann, Daily Beast columnist Michael Moynihan, political columnist Linda Chavez and actor Wendell Pierce.
Episode credits
Guest stars Keith Olbermann, Salman Rushdie, Wendell Pierce, Michael C. Moynihan
Episode 27
Episode 364
1h8.0 / 10
Chris Matthews, Governor George Pataki, Mark Cuban and Jorge Ramos.
Episode credits
Guest stars Chris Matthews, Mark Cuban
Episode 28
Episode 365
1h8.0 / 10
Jane Goodall, John Cleese, S.E. Cupp, and Ron Reagan.
Episode credits
Guest stars Ron Reagan, John Cleese, Jane Goodall, S.E. Cupp
Episode 29
Episode 366
1h8.0 / 10
Neil Degrasse Tyson, Richard Dawkins, Adam Gopnik, Matt Welch, and Angela Rye.
Episode credits
Guest stars Richard Dawkins, Angela Rye, Adam Gopnik, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Matt Welch
Episode 30
Episode 367
1h8.0 / 10
Ernest Moniz, Rob Thomas, Andrew Sullivan, Anne-Marie Slaughter and Patrick J. Kennedy.
Episode credits
Guest stars Rob Thomas, Andrew Sullivan
Episode 31
Episode 368
1h8.0 / 10
Bernie Sanders, Katrina Vanden Heuvel, Lawrence Lessig, Johann Hari, and John Feehery.
Episode credits
Guest stars Bernie Sanders, Johann Hari
Episode 32
Episode 369
1h8.0 / 10
David Spade, Maxine Waters, Grover Norquist, Tulsi Gabbard, and Roger Stone.
Episode credits
Guest stars Tulsi Gabbard, David Spade, Maxine Waters, Grover Norquist, Roger Stone
Episode 33
Episode 370
1h9.0 / 10
Bill's guests include Quentin Tarantino, Keith Olbermann, Anthony Weiner, David Frum, and Jillian Melchior.
Episode credits
Guest stars Keith Olbermann, Anthony Weiner, David Frum, Quentin Tarantino
Episode 34
Episode 371
1h9.0 / 10
Bill's guests include Jay Leno, Michael Steele, Dylan Ratigan, Asra Nomani, and Paul Reiser.
Episode credits
Guest stars Jay Leno, Michael Steele
Episode 35
Episode 372
1h8.0 / 10finale
Bill's guests include Angus King, Chrystia Freeland, Gavin Newsom, Andy Cohen, and Ben Domenech.
Episode credits
Guest stars Ben Domenech, Andy Cohen, Gavin Newsom, Angus King
Episode information updated Sep 11, 2026
More about Real Time with Bill Maher
Cast
Bill MaherSelf - Host
D.L. HughleySelf
Barney FrankSelf
Chris MatthewsSelf
Arianna HuffingtonSelf
Salman RushdieSelf
Ann CoulterSelf
P. J. O'RourkeSelfCredits
- Written by
- Jonathan Schmock, Mike Larsen, Ross Abrash, Ned Rice, Danny Vermont, David Feldman, T. Rafael Cimino, Bill Maher, Adam Felber, Scott Carter, Brian Jacobsmeyer, Chris Kelly, Matt Gunn, Jay Jaroch
Production details
- Status
- Returning Series
- Series type
- Talk Show
- Episodes
- 740
- Original language
- English
Networks & production
HBOUnited States- Bill Maher ProductionsUnited States
- Brad Grey TelevisionUnited States
- Kid Love ProductionsUnited States
- HBOUnited States
Themes
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