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SummaryReal Time with Bill Maher is an HBO panel talk show series hosted by comedian and Bill Maher. Episodes generally feature an opening political sketch, a monologue, a panel of three celebrities and/or politicians, a guest or two live or via satellite, and a New Rules segment.

Real Time With Bill Maher

27 Seasons
Season 1 Premiere: 
Feb 21, 2003
Metascore
43
User score
Generally Favorable
7.3
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Metascore
43
20% Positive
1 Review
40% Mixed
2 Reviews
40% Negative
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Sep 29, 2014
70
Variety
But as for the overall approach, it's hard to nick any latenighter that actually tries to say something and doesn't have a sidekick or a bandleader. From the Twin Tower reconstruction efforts to duct tape mania to his ceremonial kick in the ass after ABC dumped him, Maher alone is ready to take on the universe, and that's a gutsier fight than most.
Sep 29, 2014
50
The New York Times
Even for many liberals there is something inherently silly about actors' staking out a high moral ground from Bel Air mansions and Aspen-bound private jets. [14 Mar 2003, p.E1]
User score
Generally Favorable
7.3
75% Positive
95 Ratings
1% Mixed
1 Rating
24% Negative
31 Ratings
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Mar 11, 2022
10
Furrycat
Best TV show around It is informative, gives the current news and funny and entertaining. Provides varying points of view on controversial subjects with an emphasis on truth and common sense. Show should get an EMMY! Shirley
Jan 8, 2022
10
prodiJy2000
Best show ever. I love that conservative bigots hate it! The narrow minded and racists can watch fox err faux news which masquerade as real news. Watch Bill if you true intellectual stimulation!
Sep 29, 2014
50
Chicago Sun-Times
This effort should be called "Hollywood Babble On." [14 Mar 2003, p.37]
Sep 29, 2014
30
The New Yorker
There's also more of Maher in the new show, and it's no big surprise that more Maher is less. He's a jerk of the old school, full of unexamined anxiety and arrogance, with a habit of using sexual stereotypes from half a century ago both to put down and to compliment people. [17 Mar 2003, p.152]
Jun 14, 2013
16
Entertainment Weekly
Why would HBO, cable's most innovative network ... think it's a good idea to let Bill Maher bring the skeleton of his canceled ABC show, 'Politically Incorrect,' and stuff it into the tattered corpse of 'Dennis Miller Live'?
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Feb 25, 2020
9
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I used to think maher was too abrasive for political talk, but now he feels like the only one who makes sense as politics has become more abrasive in general.
Mar 9, 2020
1
AnthonyThiessen
Could not watch for more than 5 minutes, his foul mouth and abuse of Jesus name is repugnant.
May 16, 2025
0
Erimud
I always find it crazy when I log onto the HBO app on Sundays to watch 'Last Week Tonight with John Oliver' just to have this hack as the first recommendation for me to watch - then I have to dig through their horrible app just to find LWT. No HBO, I do not want to watch this guy complain about liberals and his complaints with installing his fkn solar panels on his hooker bang shed. This guy can't help but gawk down every load from every billionaire in his proximity and then try to regurgitate it to his audience. That's gonna be a hard pass. Now put John Oliver at the front of my queue FFS.
Sep 27, 2024
0
RefinedInsights
I was unfortunate enough to watch this show in my 20s, believing Maher to be a credible voice at the time. Since then, I have come to discover that he is nothing more than a sell-out puppet who pretends to believe in democracy while peddling globalist agendas and calling for the death of the nuclear family, Christianity, and the American way of life. He is nothing more than a liberal fascist with back-door dealings, Don't waste your time with this show.
Oct 12, 2021
0
Handwran
The guy is a total a hole who makes fun of dead instagramers in a way that screams insecurity and fear of becoming irrelevant, while making shockingly hypocritical comments along the lines of, you should stop looking at yourself all day, when thats literally what he does. The guy's a disgusting human being and the epitome of the term "ok boomer"
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  • Bill Maher Productions
  • Brad Grey Television
  • Home Box Office (HBO)
  • Kid Love Productions
Feb 21, 2003
27 Seasons
TV-MA
Primetime Emmy Awards
• 22 Nominations
PGA Awards
• 1 Win & 13 Nominations
Writers Guild of America, USA
• 1 Win & 13 Nominations
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