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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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Checked Sep 1, 2026
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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 1
Bill's guests include former Vice President Al Gore, Professor and activist Dr. Cornel West, former Bush communications director Nicolle Wallace, Ralph Reed and John Krasinski.
Guest stars Nicolle Wallace, Al Gore, Ralph E. Reed, Jr., Cornel West
Episode 2
Bill's guests include "No One Ever Tells You" singer Seth Macfarlane, "Destiny and Power" author Jon Meacham, Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX), Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) and anti-Trump GOP strategist Liz Mair.
Guest stars Seth MacFarlane, Jon Meacham
Episode 3
Bill's guests include Ex-Rep. Trey Radel (R-FL), syndicated radio host Thom Hartmann, Washington Examiner columnist Kristen Soltis Anderson, medical maverick Dr. Sam Chachoua and "The Big Short" director Adam McKay.
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Episode 4
Bill's guests include consumer advocate Erin Brockovich, "My Life on the Road" author Gloria Steinem, radio host Armstrong Williams, MSNBC analyst Alex Wagner, and "Thrown Under the Omnibus" author P.J. O'Rourke.
Guest stars Gloria Steinem, Erin Brockovich, P. J. O'Rourke, Alex Wagner
Episode 5
Musician and activist Michael "Killer Mike" Render, "And then all Hell Broke Loose" author Richard Engel, actress and comedian Margaret Cho, GOP strategist Ana Navarro, and Bloomberg Business national correspondent Josh Green.
Guest stars Margaret Cho, Richard Engel, Ana Navarro, Joshua Green, Killer Mike
Episode 6
Bill's guests include Oscar nominated "Spotlight" actor Mark Ruffalo, Ex-N.S.A. Advisor of Homeland Security Michael Hayden, "The Black Presidency" author Michael Eric Dyson, Cosmopolitan editor-in-chief Joanna Coles and author Fran Lebeowitz.
Guest stars Mark Ruffalo, Michael Eric Dyson, Fran Lebowitz
Episode 7
Bill's guests include actress and comedian Sarah Silverman, Muslim activist Raheel Raza, N.P.R. "All Things Considered" host Ari Shapiro, Rep. Donna Edwards (D-MD), and "Too Dumb to Fail" author Matt Lewis.
Guest stars Sarah Silverman
Episode 8
Bill's guests include financial expert Monica Mehta, The Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol, "Dark Money" author Jane Mayer, Huffington Post senior politics editor Sam Stein and "Confidence Game" author Maria Konnikova.
Guest stars Sam Stein
Episode 9
Bill's guests include Grammy award-winning musician Esperanza Spalding, Ex-US Rep. & "Frank" author Barney Frank, "Only the Dead" writer/director Michael Ware, "Nun on a Bus" author Sister Simone Campbell, and GOP strategist Rick Wilson.
Guest stars Barney Frank, Rick Wilson
Episode 10
Bill's guests include "United" author Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), "The Carmichael Show" star Jerrod Carmichael, Ex-Governor Jennifer Granholm (D-MI), "Superpower" author Ian Bremmer, and National Review executive editor Reihan Salam.
Guest stars Cory Booker, Jennifer Granholm, Reihan Salam, Ian Bremmer
Episode 11
Bill's guests include Labor Secretary Thomas Perez, author Max Brooks, radio talk show host & Trump supporter Andy Dean, Demos President Heather McGhee and comedian Kathy Griffin.
Guest stars Thomas Perez, Kathy Griffin, Andy Dean, Heather McGhee, Max Brooks
Episode 12
Bill's guests include Oscar winner & "Meddler" star Susan Sarandon, "Sleep Revolution" author Arianna Huffington, Democracy Now! host and executive producer Amy Goodman, MSNBC analyst & Ex-Cruz spokesperson Rick Tyler, and CNN contributor Mary Katharine Ham.
Guest stars Susan Sarandon, Arianna Huffington
Episode 13
Bill's guests include "Silicon Valley" star Thomas Middleditch, "60 Minutes" icon & author Lesley Stahl, CNN contributor Van Jones, Pulitzer prize-winning New Yorker writer Lawrence Wright, and "The Conservative Manifesto" author Charles Cooke.
Guest stars Lesley Stahl, Van Jones
Episode 14
Bill's guests tonight include director Rob Reiner, New York Times national correspondent Mark Leibovich, The Polling Company president/CEO Kellyanne Conway, "Listen, Liberal" author Thomas Frank, and Humane Society president/CEO Wayne Pacelle.
Guest stars Rob Reiner, Kellyanne Conway
Episode 15
Bill's guests tonight include Oscar-nominated actor Bryan Cranston, "Savage Love" columnist Dan Savage, "¡Adios, America!" author and she-witch Ann Coulter, Reason.com editor-in-chief Nick Gillespie, and Cliffside Malibu's Richard Taite.
Guest stars Bryan Cranston, Ann Coulter, Dan Savage
Episode 16
Bill's guests tonight include "Where to Invade Next" director Michael Moore, Ex-US Senator Bob Graham (D-FL), BBC WorldNews anchor Katty Kay, "The Assassination Complex" author Jeremy Scahill, and radio host Jack Hunter.
Guest stars Jeremy Scahill, Michael Moore, Katty Kay
Episode 17
Bill's guests include Democratic President Nominee Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), elle.com editor-at-large Melissa Harris-Perry, entrepreneur and Trump supporter Wayne Allen Root, Daily Beast columnist Michael Moynihan and "Dilbert" comic strip creator Scott Adams.
Guest stars Bernie Sanders, Michael C. Moynihan
Episode 18
Bill's guests include Hayden Planetarium director Neil Degrasse Tyson, "Double Cup Love" author Eddie Huang, Daily Beast editor-in-chief John Avlon, venture capitalist Nick Hanauer, and Reason magazine's Matt Welch.
Guest stars Neil deGrasse Tyson, Matt Welch
Episode 19
Bill's guests include "Art of Tough" author Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), musician Tom Morello, New York Times columnist Andrew Ross Sorkin, MTV news correspondent Ana Marie Cox, and GOP strategist Katie Packer.
Guest stars Barbara Boxer, Andrew Ross Sorkin, Tom Morello, Ana Marie Cox
Episode 20
Bill's guest tonight include "Meet the Patels" writer/director Ravi Patel, Ex Colin Powell chief-of-staff Lawrence Wilkerson, "All the Single Ladies" author Rebecca Traister, "Business Insider" senior editor Josh Barro, and "One America" senior political correspondent Emily Miller.
Guest stars Lawrence Wilkerson, Ravi Patel
Episode 21
Bill and his roundtable guests - Xiuhtezcatl Tonatiuh, Betsy Woodruff, Paul Begala, Michael Steele & Larry Wilmore.
Guest stars Betsy Woodruff, Michael Steele, Larry Wilmore, Paul Begala
Episode 22
Bill's guests include an interview with Gary Johnson, the panel with Barbara Lee, Ari Melber and mid-show interview with Jim Gaffigan.
Guest stars Jim Gaffigan, Barbara Lee
Episode 23
The Interview: Frank Luntz. The Panel: Gov. Eliot Spitzer (D), S.E. Cupp, Jelani Cobb. The Mid-Show Intervew: Viggo Mortensen
Guest stars Viggo Mortensen, Eliot Spitzer, Frank Luntz, S.E. Cupp
Episode 24
Bill Maher and his guests – Academy Award winning filmmaker Michael Moore, LGBT activist and author Dan Savage, MSNBC's Joy-Ann Reid, and "Art of the Deal" ghostwriter Tony Schwartz – discuss the 2016 Republican National Convention during this special edition of Real Time.
Guest stars Michael Moore, Joy Reid, Dan Savage
Episode 25
Bill Maher and his guests: California Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom, Democratic activist Heather McGhee and UC-Berkeley professor Robert Reich - discuss the 2016 Republican National Convention during this special edition of Real Time.
Guest stars Gavin Newsom, Heather McGhee
Episode 26
Bill's interview guests are Trump advisor Lt. General Michael T Flynn and Actress America Ferrera. His panel is: Ana Marie Cox from the NY Times Magazine, Political Scientist Ian Bremmer and Former Georgia Congressman Jack Kingston.
Guest stars America Ferrera, Ana Marie Cox, Jack Kingston, Michael Flynn, Ian Bremmer
Episode 27
Bill Maher and his guests: comedian D.L. Hughley, author Charles Cooke and former New York congressman Anthony Weiner - discuss the 2016 Democratic National Convention during this special edition of Real Time.
Guest stars D.L. Hughley, Anthony Weiner
Episode 28
Bill Maher and his guests: author Salman Rushdie, "Vice" magazine editor Michael Moynihan and political analyst Amy Holmes - discuss the 2016 Democratic National Convention during this special edition of Real Time.
Guest stars Salman Rushdie, Amy Holmes, Michael C. Moynihan
Episode 29
Senator Bernie Sanders and former congressman Barney Frank are the interview guests. Bill's roundtable consists of: the Atlantic's Alex Wagner, Matt Welch from Reason and academic scholar Dr Cornel West.
Guest stars Barney Frank, Bernie Sanders, Alex Wagner, Matt Welch, Cornel West
Episode 30
Bill's guests include Julian Assange, Rob Reiner, Angela Rye, Rick Santorum, and Jeff Ross.
Guest stars Jeff Ross, Julian Assange, Rick Santorum, Rob Reiner
Episode 31
Bill does a satellite interview with new Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway. This week's panelists are New Yorker staff writer Adam Gopnik, CNN political contributor Margaret Hoover, and GOP strategist Ralph Reed. Special guest actress/activist Kerry Washington is welcomed into the discussion later in the program.
Guest stars Margaret Hoover, Adam Gopnik, Kerry Washington, Ralph E. Reed, Jr., Kellyanne Conway
Episode 32
Bill interviews Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd. The panelists this week for Real Time are writer Max Brooks, ex-Romney policy director Lanhee Chen, and Hillary Clinton's former policy director Neera Tanden. Bill's special guest is musician/activist Michael Franti.
Guest stars Maureen Dowd, Michael Franti, Lanhee Chen, Neera Tanden, Max Brooks
Episode 33
A heated discussion on 2016 election politics erupts among Bill and his panel guests, political journalist Peter Hamby, CNN political analyst Angela Rye, Trump economic advisor Steve Moore, and special guest actress/comedian Sarah Silverman. Bill also interviews Oscar-winning actor Sean Penn.
Guest stars Sean Penn, Sarah Silverman, Angela Rye, Peter Hamby
Episode 34
Senator Al Franken sits down with Bill for the first interview. This week's panel is British journalist Johann Hari, entrepreneur Mark Cuban, and democratic strategist James Carville. Special guest Pitbull joins the panel later in the show.
Guest stars Pitbull, Mark Cuban, James Carville, Johann Hari
Episode 35
Guest stars Bob Kerrey
Episode 37
Guests: President Barack Obama, David Frum, Jennifer Granholm, Martin Short.
Guest stars Barack Obama, David Frum, Jennifer Granholm, Martin Short
Episode 38
Guests: Eric Holder, Trae Crowder, John Legend, David Axelrod, Ana Marie Cox, Thomas Friedman.
Guest stars John Legend, Ana Marie Cox, David Axelrod, Thomas L. Friedman, Trae Crowder, Eric Holder
Episode information updated Sep 20, 2026
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D.L. HughleySelf
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