Real Time With Bill Maher: Summary
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- Airs Next:HBO at Friday 11:00 PM (60 min.)
- Status:Returning Series
- Premiered:February 21, 2003
- Show Categories:Talk Shows, Comedy
"Real Time with Bill Maher" is a weekly HBO talk show series hosted by comedian and political satirist Bill Maher. Episodes include an opening political sketch, a monologue, a panel of three well educated celebrities, two guests (live or via satellite), and at the end, "New Rules."
The panel members normally represent a wide spectrum of American politics, which results in an interesting discussion and a fair presentation of the current events. While Bill Maher acts as the panel's head, he doesn't hide his ideological viewpoints. He'll end up agreeing with and attacking both sides of the political spectrum.
The last segment, "New Rules," is political satire and covers Bill Maher's personal peeves of the week.
The fore-runner of this series is the series Politically Incorrect (shown first on Comedy Central and then later on ABC). "Real Time with Bill Maher" is a weekly HBO talk show series hosted by comedian and political satirist Bill Maher. Episodes include an opening political sketch, a monologue, a panel of three well educated celebrities, two guests (live or via satellite), and at the end, "New Rules."
The panel members normally represent a wide spectrum of American politics, which results in an...
The panel members normally represent a wide spectrum of American politics, which results in an interesting discussion and a fair presentation of the current events. While Bill Maher acts as the panel's head, he doesn't hide his ideological viewpoints. He'll end up agreeing with and attacking both sides of the political spectrum.
The last segment, "New Rules," is political satire and covers Bill Maher's personal peeves of the week.
The fore-runner of this series is the series Politically Incorrect (shown first on Comedy Central and then later on ABC). "Real Time with Bill Maher" is a weekly HBO talk show series hosted by comedian and political satirist Bill Maher. Episodes include an opening political sketch, a monologue, a panel of three well educated celebrities, two guests (live or via satellite), and at the end, "New Rules."
The panel members normally represent a wide spectrum of American politics, which results in an...
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February 20, 2009
Aired: Friday February 20, 2009
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Comedy nods go to Office, 30 Rock, Betty; Heroes, Grey's, Sopranos up for drama, Lost isn't.
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- The Bottom Line: "Unoriginal"09/17/08 09:29am | report abuse
The poem "The Emperor of Ice Cream" by Wallace Stevens should be used one day for his eulogy should an audience remain. ...Continue »
- The Bottom Line: "Complete waste of time"09/01/08 02:13pm | report abuse
This show has become a complete farce, imagine a show where everyone agrees and pretends they are having a serious political debate. Thats this show! ...Continue »
- The Bottom Line: "Past its prime"05/28/08 12:15pm | report abuse
left wing nutcases love this show because it is left wing. Boring, repetitve and not funny. ...Continue »
- The Bottom Line: "Informative"03/24/08 09:34am | report abuse
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- The Bottom Line: "Informative"01/21/08 12:05pm | report abuse
Bill Maher rocks!!!! He's just telling you how it is without the 'BS' we've been spoon fed since 2000! ...Continue »
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