Real Time with Bill Maher: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Real Time with Bill Maher includes an opening monologue, roundtable discussions with panelists, and interviews with in-studio and satellite guests. Politico hailed Maher as "a pugnacious debater and a healthy corrective to the claptrap of cable news", while Variety noted, "There may not be a more eclectic guest list on all of television".

Series details

• Title: Real Time with Bill Maher
• Format: Talk Show
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2003-02-21
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: HBO
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 5.1/10
• TVMaze ID: 279

Cast and credited roles

• Bill Maher — Bill Maher

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2003-02-21; final listed air date 2003-09-26.
• Season 2: premiered 2004-01-16; final listed air date 2004-11-05.
• Season 3: premiered 2005-02-18; final listed air date 2005-11-04.
• Season 4: premiered 2006-02-17; final listed air date 2006-11-17.
• Season 5: premiered 2007-02-16; final listed air date 2007-11-02.
• Season 6: premiered 2008-01-11; final listed air date 2008-11-14.
• Season 7: premiered 2009-02-20; final listed air date 2010-06-11.
• Season 8: premiered 2010-09-17; final listed air date 2010-11-12.
• Season 9: premiered 2011-01-14; final listed air date 2011-11-11.
• Season 10: premiered 2012-01-13; final listed air date 2012-11-16.
• Season 11: premiered 2013-01-18; final listed air date 2013-11-22.
• Season 12: premiered 2014-01-17; final listed air date 2014-11-21.
• Season 13: premiered 2015-01-09; final listed air date 2015-11-20.
• Season 14: premiered 2016-01-15; final listed air date 2016-11-11; episode order: 38.
• Season 15: premiered 2017-01-20; final listed air date 2017-11-17.
• Season 16: premiered 2018-01-19; final listed air date 2018-11-16.
• Season 17: premiered 2019-01-18; final listed air date 2019-11-15.
• Season 18: premiered 2020-01-17; final listed air date 2020-11-20; episode order: 35.
• Season 19: premiered 2021-01-15; final listed air date 2021-11-19; episode order: 35.
• Season 20: premiered 2022-01-21; final listed air date 2022-11-18; episode order: 35.
• Season 21: premiered 2023-01-20; final listed air date 2023-12-15; episode order: 24.
• Season 22: premiered 2024-01-19; final listed air date 2024-11-22; episode order: 36.
• Season 23: premiered 2025-01-17; final listed air date 2025-11-21; episode order: 35.
• Season 24: premiered 2026-01-23; final listed air date 2026-10-02.

Source and licence

Adapted from Real Time with Bill Maher on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.