
Real Time with Bill Maher
Let's get America re-hinged.
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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.
Production
Bill Maher Productions, Brad Grey Television, Kid Love Productions, HBO
Language
EN
Status
Returning Series
First Aired
February 21, 2003
Last Aired
January 30, 2026
Networks
HBO
Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
US
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Seasons & Episodes
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Season

E1
February 21, 2003
Air date: 2003-02-21
Guests: Author Ann Coulter, actor Larry Miller, author Michael Eric Dyson, comedian Sarah Silverman, comedian Chris Rock
Topics: The United Nations, Affirmative Action

E2
February 28, 2003
Air date: 2003-02-28
Guests: Actor Larry Miller, conservative commentator Monica Crowley, comedian Eric Idle, musician Dave Matthews, author David Horowitz, columnist Ted Rall
Topics: Possibility of war with Iraq, selection of the new World Trade Center designs

E3
March 07, 2003
Air date: 2003-03-07
Guests: Michael Graham, Danielle Pletka, cartoonist Ted Rall, actor D. L. Hughley, comedian Arj Barker, Doug Benson, actor Woody Harrelson
Topics: President Bush's press conference, reality TV and terrorism

E4
March 14, 2003
Air date: 2003-03-14
Guests: Monica Crowley, Arianna Huffington, comedian Dennis Miller, comedian Nick Swardson, Rev. Jesse Jackson
Topics: The coming Iraq war, the stock market

E5
March 21, 2003
Air date: 2003-03-21
Guests: Actor Larry Miller, Constance L. Rice, Tim Robbins, musician Grant-Lee Phillips, Jon Brion, US war veterans Ward Tayne, Delphine Metcalf-Foster, Shad Meshad
Topics: Iraq war, veterans rights and whether or not support for the troops means supporting the war, the Oscars

E6
March 28, 2003
Air date: 2003-03-28
Guests: Actor Larry Miller, Michael Graham (II), Janeane Garofalo, Bob Odenkirk, Michael Moore
Topics: Iraq war, southern states, Dixie Chicks controversy

E7
April 04, 2003
Air date: 2003-04-04
Guests: Arianna Huffington, radio host Michael Graham, Aaron McGruder, Jeffrey Ross, Joe Scarborough
Topics: Iraq war, SARS, Peter Arnett, Geraldo Rivera, Affirmative Action

E8
April 11, 2003
Air date: 2003-04-11
Guests: Author and columnist Arianna Huffington, writer, radio host and professor Michael Eric Dyson, radio host Doug McIntyre, musician Jerry Minor (L. Witherspoon), professor of political science As'ad AbuKhalil
Topics: Developments in the Iraq war, the Supreme Court, Augusta National Golf Club membership controversy

E9
April 18, 2003
Air date: 2003-04-18
Guests: Author Ann Coulter, author Michael Eric Dyson, comedian Dennis Miller, journalist Fareed Zakaria, Earthquake
Topics: Iraq, New York smoking ban

E10
April 25, 2003
Air date: 2003-04-25
Guests: Author Ann Coulter, author Clive Barker, actor D. L. Hughley, economist Stephen Moore, musical guests The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show
Topics: Santorum controversy, Iraq, rights of the unborn child

E11
July 25, 2003
Air date: 2003-07-25
Guests: Actor D. L. Hughley, cartoonist Aaron McGruder, former US treasurer Bay Buchanan, Rev. Al Sharpton, senator (presidential candidate) Bob Graham
Topics: Congressional report on 9/11, Liberia, Kobe Bryant, banning ephedra

E12
August 01, 2003
Air date: 2003-08-01
Guests: Columnist Christopher Hitchens, conservative commentator Tara Setmayer, actor Alec Baldwin, former Boston mayor Raymond Flynn, Rep. Barney Frank, Texas State Senator Leticia Van de Putte
Topics: Gay marriage, terrorism, California recall vote, runaway Texas State Senate members

E13
August 08, 2003
Air date: 2003-08-08
Guests: Actress Janeane Garofalo, Rep. David Dreier, political strategist Donna Brazile, Gov. Gray Davis
Topics: California recall vote, Arnold Schwarzenegger, airport security, Homeland Security budget, Kobe Bryant

E14
August 15, 2003
Air date: 2003-08-15
Guests: Author Ann Coulter, Arianna Huffington, Dana Rohrabacher, Orlando Jones, Jesse Ventura
Topics: California recall election, airline security, George Bush action figure

E15
August 22, 2003
Air date: 2003-08-22
Guests: Comedian Margaret Cho, Rep. Harold E. Ford, Jr., Willie Brown, Bob Barr, James Woolsey
Topics: Ten Commandments issue, religion, gay rights, California recall

E16
August 29, 2003
Air date: 2003-08-29
Guests: Actor Larry Miller, Tom McClintock, Bay Buchanan, comedian Dennis Miller, Senator Joe Biden
Topics: Iraq and North Korea, Republican Party's convention, influence of MTV and rap music

E17
September 05, 2003
Air date: 2003-09-05
Guests: Comedian D. L. Hughley, Al Franken, William Kristol, Wolf Blitzer, Wesley Clark
Topics: John Kerry, Osama Bin Laden, news media behaviour

E18
September 12, 2003
Air date: 2003-09-12
Guests: Betsy Hart, Paul Krugman, Jesse Ventura, musician Liz Phair, Terry McAuliffe
Topics: Saddam Hussein and the 9/11 attack, anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Governor of Alabama, music piracy

E19
September 19, 2003
Air date: 2003-09-19
Guests: Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Heather Wilson, Christine Todd Whitman, Tim Robbins, Dana Carvey
Topics: The environment, women and politics, the Iraq War

E20
September 26, 2003
Air date: 2003-09-26
Guests: Darrell Issa, filmmaker Michael Moore, basketball player Charles Barkley, Sen. John Edwards, Aaron McGruder, John Mellencamp, John Hansen (II)
Topics: Terrorism, agricultural subsidies, R. Kelly
























