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Show | Real Time with Bill Maher

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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.

Directed by

Hal Grant

Written by

Jonathan Schmock Mike Larsen Ross Abrash Ned Rice David Feldman Danny Vermont T. Rafael Cimino Bill Maher Adam Felber Scott Carter Brian Jacobsmeyer Matt Gunn Chris Kelly Jay Jaroch

Cast

Bill Maher Andrew Sullivan Michael Moore Paul Begala Arianna Huffington David Frum Michael Steele Michael Eric Dyson Matt Welch Barney Frank D.L. Hughley Salman Rushdie Bernie Sanders Dan Savage Fareed Zakaria Cornel West Chris Matthews Jon Meacham Ian Bremmer Matt Taibbi S.E. Cupp Neil deGrasse Tyson Bret Stephens Max Brooks Donna Brazile Ann Coulter P. J. O'Rourke Gavin Newsom Amy Holmes Van Jones Rob Reiner Katty Kay Martin Short Jeremy Scahill Jack Kingston Reihan Salam James Carville Eliot Spitzer Seth MacFarlane Alex Wagner Joe Scarborough Rick Wilson

Guest stars

Sarah Silverman Andrew Ross Sorkin Jennifer Granholm Steve Schmidt Joshua Green Malcolm Nance John Waters Bari Weiss Adam Schiff Fran Lebowitz Larry Miller Richard Belzer Jason Alexander Margaret Hoover Thomas L. Friedman Larry Wilmore Heather McGhee Bob Costas Caitlin Flanagan Kellyanne Conway Ross Douthat Rahm Emanuel Ralph Nader Christopher Hitchens Mike Huckabee Howard Dean Rachel Maddow Anthony Weiner Mark Cuban John Legend Neera Tanden Lawrence Wilkerson Michael C. Moynihan Scott Galloway Killer Mike Frank Bruni John McWhorter Sarah Isgur Bradley Whitford Dana Rohrabacher Kim Campbell Elizabeth Warren Chris Rock Janeane Garofalo Keith Olbermann Ben Affleck Chrystia Freeland Ana Navarro Al Sharpton Richard Dawkins Cory Booker Frank Luntz Ana Marie Cox Nancy Pelosi Joy Reid Tim Robbins Chris Hayes Kara Swisher Anthony Scaramucci Al Franken Peter Hamby Markos Moulitsas Tavis Smiley John Heilemann Andrew Yang James Kirchick Tucker Carlson Richard Engel Chelsea Handler David Axelrod Jay Leno Kerry Washington Ezra Klein Elissa Slotkin Nicholas Kristof Ralph E. Reed, Jr. George Will Tristan Harris Ro Khanna Johann Hari Kristen Soltis Anderson Jon Tester Laura Coates Eric Holder Piers Morgan Catherine Rampell Tom Davis Stephen A. Smith Gloria Steinem Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Dennis Kucinich Barbara Boxer Wesley Clark Ron Paul Joe Biden Madeleine Albright Tim Ryan Jesse Jackson Erin Brockovich Alec Baldwin Garry Shandling Sean Penn Rob Thomas Ayaan Hirsi Ali Andrew Breitbart Irshad Manji Steve Bannon Nicolle Wallace Eva Longoria Sam Harris Anna Deavere Smith Zach Galifianakis Joy Behar Ron Suskind Dana Gould Michael Smerconish Al Gore David Cross Farai Chideya Zanny Minton Beddoes Adam Gopnik Pete Buttigieg Oliver Stone Noah Rothman John Kasich April Ryan Rosa Brooks Ben Shapiro Barbara Lee Gillian Tett Robert Costa Amy Klobuchar Chris Christie John Avlon Nancy MacLean Douglas Murray Chris Cuomo Sam Stein David Hogg Danielle Pletka John Edwards George Carlin Tony Snow Bob Barr Gore Vidal Katie Porter Erick Erickson Jeff Ross Claire McCaskill Tulsi Gabbard Maxine Waters Garry Kasparov Ronan Farrow Kathy Griffin Judd Apatow Jake Tapper Bill O'Reilly Harry Shearer Reza Aslan Jon Hamm Grover Norquist John Fund Eric Idle Lawrence O'Donnell Wendell Pierce Buck Sexton Russell Simmons Billy Crystal Glenn Greenwald Willie Nelson Rick Santorum Dan Crenshaw Bill Nye Robert Reich Susan Rice Roseanne Barr Michael Weiss John Bolton Thomas Chatterton Williams Jane Fonda Trae Crowder Tim Miller Adam Kinzinger Megyn Kelly Charlamagne tha God Annabelle Gurwitch Heidi Heitkamp Quentin Tarantino Jennifer Rubin Steven Pinker Batya Ungar-Sargon David Mamet Mary Katharine Ham Josh Barro Krystal Ball Lis Smith Jonathan Haidt Nancy Mace David Sedaris Angus King Chris Dodd Seth Moulton Andrew Cuomo Jessica Tarlov Pamela Paul Tara Palmeri John Fetterman Kevin McCarthy Byron Donalds Stephanie Ruhle Loretta Sanchez Monica Crowley Pat Buchanan Michael McKean John Mellencamp Russ Feingold Beto O'Rourke Michael McFaul Ian McKellen Dennis Miller Margaret Cho Susan Sarandon Craig Ferguson Dana Carvey Catherine Crier Benjamin Netanyahu Lisa Schiffren R. James Woolsey, Jr. Lesley Stahl Robin Williams Whoopi Goldberg Charles Barkley Chuck Schumer Spike Lee Sanjay Gupta Rob Schneider Yasiin Bey Robin B. Wright Terry McAuliffe Leah Remini Jon Favreau Tara Setmayer David Miliband Suzy Eddie Izzard Russell Brand Woody Harrelson Thomas Perez John Cleese Josh Gad Matthew Perry Eric Swalwell John Kerry Preet Bharara Jordan B. Peterson Andy Cohen Ashton Kutcher Richard Haass Hill Harper

January 23, 2026: Major General Paul Eaton, Sen. John Kennedy, Kasie Hunt

2026-01-23

January 30, 2026: Nate Bargatze, Joe Scarborough, Marjorie Taylor Greene

2026-01-30

February 6, 2026: John Mellencamp, Chris Christie, Chrystia Freeland

2026-02-06

February 13, 2026: Jonathan Haidt, Stephanie Ruhle, Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster

2026-02-13

February 20, 2026: Paul Anka, Rep. Lauren Boebert, James Talarico

2026-02-20

March 6, 2026: Annabelle Gurwitch, Sen. Adam Schiff, Don Lemon

2026-03-06

March 13, 2026: Gov. Josh Shapiro, Anthony Scaramucci, Lloyd Blankfein

2026-03-13

March 20, 2026: Tristan Harris, Paul Begala, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna

2026-03-20

March 27, 2026: Sen. Elissa Slotkin, Laura Coates, Stephen A. Smith

2026-03-27

April 10, 2026: Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, Douglas Murray, Paul Rieckhoff

2026-04-10

April 17, 2026: Kara Swisher, Rahm Emanuel, Jake Sullivan

2026-04-17

April 24, 2026: Gov. Wes Moore, Chris Cuomo, Sarah Isgur

2026-04-24

May 1, 2026: Gov. Gavin Newsom, Bret Stephens, Gillian Tett

2026-05-01

May 8, 2026: Sen. John Fetterman, Rep. Dan Crenshaw, Donna Brazile

2026-05-08

May 15, 2026: Ben McKenzie, Dan Jones, David French

2026-05-15

May 29, 2026: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Katy Tur, Kevin McCarthy

2026-05-29

June 5, 2026: Mike Pence, Sen. Chris Murphy, Susan Rice

2026-06-05

June 12, 2026: David Sedaris, Ian Bremmer, Hagar Chemali

2026-06-12

June 19, 2026: Sam Levinson, Rep. Ro Khanna, Jonathan Martin

2026-06-19

June 26, 2026: V.P. JD Vance, Sen. Raphael Warnock, Larry Wilmore

2026-06-26

July 31, 2026: Erin Brockovich, Scott Galloway, Peter Hamby

2026-07-31

August 7, 2026: Mike Rowe, Tara Palmeri, Matt Welch

2026-08-07

August 14, 2026: Ryan Holiday, Andrew Cuomo, Kristen Soltis Anderson

2026-08-14

August 21, 2026: Hunter Biden, Jeremy Peters, Dana Bash

2026-08-21

August 28, 2026: Michael S. Roth, Molly Jong-Fast, Rep. Byron Donalds

2026-08-28

September 11, 2026: Terry Bradshaw, Max Brooks, Sarah Longwell

2026-09-11

September 18, 2026: Kevin Roose, Jessica Tarlov, Christopher Rufo

2026-09-18

September 25, 2026: Andrew Huberman, Jonathan Swan, James Kirchick

2026-09-25

October 2, 2026: Malcolm Gladwell, Fareed Zakaria, Anand Giridharadas

2026-10-02

October 9, 2026

2026-10-09