List of Real Time with Bill Maher episodes

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This is a list of Real Time with Bill Maher episodes and the show's guests and topics. The show is shown on HBO, with new episodes premiering on Friday nights. It is also available through podcasts on iTunes.

Note that the Iraq War, President George W. Bush, and current/upcoming elections are frequent topics in the show and may not be listed under individual episodes.

1 Season 1: 2003
2 Season 2: 2004
3 Season 3: 2005
4 Season 4: 2006
5 Season 5: 2007
6 External links

[edit] Season 1: 2003

#	Air date	Guests	Topics
1	February 21, 2003	conservative columnist Ann Coulter, comedian/actress Sarah Silverman, actor Chris Rock, comedian Larry Miller, Michael Eric Dyson	The UN, Affirmative Action
2	February 28, 2003	Larry Miller, Monica Crowley, Eric Idle, Dave Matthews, David Horowitz, Ted Rall	possibility of war with Iraq, selection of the new World Trade Center designs
3	March 7, 2003	D. L. Hughley, Arj Barker, Doug Benson, Woody Harrelson	President Bush's press conference, reality TV and terrorism
4	March 14, 2003	Arianna Huffington, Nick Swardson, Dennis Miller, Rev. Jesse Jackson	the coming Iraq war, the stock market
5	March 21, 2003	veterans of past US wars Ward Tayne, Delphine Metcalf-Foster, Shad Meshad; and roundtable guests Larry Miller, Connie Rice, Tim Robbins; musicians Grant-Lee Phillips, Jon Brion closed the show	Iraq war, veterans rights and whether or not support for the troops means supporting the war
6	March 28, 2003	Larry Miller, Michael Graham (II), Janeane Garofalo, Bob Odenkirk, Michael Moore
7	April 4, 2003	Arianna Huffington, Michael Graham (II), Jeffrey Ross, Aaron McGruder	racism
8	April 11, 2003	Arianna Huffington, Doug McIntyre, Jerry Minor (L. Witherspoon), Michael Eric Dyson	developments in the Iraq war, the Supreme Court
9	April 18, 2003	Ann Coulter, Earthquake, Michael Eric Dyson, Dennis Miller
10	April 25, 2003	Ann Coulter, David Koechner (Gerald "T-Bone" Tibbons), Dave (Gruber) Allen (The Naked Trucker), D.L. Hughley, Clive Barker	rights of the unborn child
11	July 25, 2003	Bob Graham, D.L. Hughley, Bay Buchanan, Al Sharpton, Aaron McGruder	congressional report on 9/11, Kobe Bryant, banning ephedra
12	August 1, 2003	Texas State Senator Leticia Van de Putte, conservative commentator Tara Setmayer, columnist Christopher Hitchens, actor Alec Baldwin, Rep. Barney Frank, Raymond Flynn	gay marriage, terrorism, California recall vote
13	August 8, 2003	Janeane Garofalo, Rep. David Dreier, Donna Brazile, Gov. Gray Davis	California recall vote, Arnold Schwarzenegger, airport security, Homeland Security budget, Kobe Bryant
14	August 15, 2003	Ann Coulter, Arianna Huffington, Dana Rohrabacher, Orlando Jones, Jesse Ventura	California recall election, airline security, George Bush action figure
15	August 22, 2003	Margaret Cho, Rep. Harold E. Ford, Jr., Willie Brown , Bob Barr, James Woolsey	Ten Commandments issue, religion, gay rights, California recall
16	August 29, 2003	Larry Miller, Tom McClintock, Bay Buchanan, Dennis Miller, Joe Biden	Iraq and North Korea, Republican Party's convention, influence of MTV and rap music
17	September 5, 2003	comedian D.L. Hughley, Al Franken, William Kristol, Wolf Blitzer, Wesley Clark	John Kerry, Osama Bin Laden, news media behaviour
18	September 12, 2003	Betsy Hart, Paul Krugman, Jesse Ventura, musician Liz Phair, Terry McAuliffe	Saddam Hussein and the 9/11 attack, anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Governor of Alabama, music piracy
19	September 19, 2003	Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Heather Wilson, Christine Todd Whitman, Tim Robbins, Dana Carvey
20	September 26, 2003	Darrell Issa, Michael Moore, Charles Barkley, Sen. John Edwards, Aaron McGruder, John Mellencamp, John Hansen (II)

[edit] Season 2: 2004

#	Air date	Guests	Topics
21	January 16, 2004	Ret. Gen. Wesley Clark, artist Moby, Rev. Al Sharpton, actor Ron Silver, Rep. Darrell Issa	American values, Iraq, MoveOn.org, environment
22	January 23, 2004	Richard Belzer, Farai Chideya, Senator John Edwards, David Frum, Ralph Nader
23	January 30, 2004	comedian Larry Miller, actor Sean Astin, former Bush-Cheney 2000 press secretary Mindy Tucker-Fletcher; on satellite Max Cleland and Michael Moore	Democratic presidential candidates, gay marriage, Israel
24	February 6, 2004	Andrew Sullivan, Ron Suskind, Rob Schneider, Carol Mosely Braun, Jennifer Granholm	Janet Jackson's Super Bowl stunt, Martha Stewart, special interests' power over politicians
25	February 13, 2004	Jason Alexander, writer Deborah Simmons, actor William Baldwin, Bill Burkett (II), James Moore (II), Heather Wilson
26	February 20, 2004	comedian D. L. Hughley, Debra Dickerson, actor Jon Favreau, George Allen, Rep. Dennis Kucinich
27	February 27, 2004	actor Ian McKellen, Christine Todd Whitman, Sandy Rios, Kwame Kilpatrick, Ralph Nader
28	March 5, 2004	Sen. Barbara Boxer and sportscaster Bob Costas via satellite; comedian Martin Short, talk show host Tavis Smiley, economist Stephen Moore	Bush's new ads, Kerry, Haiti, steroid scandal in baseball, Super Size Me and fast food, Martha Stewart found guilty
29	March 12, 2004	George Carlin, Tommy Thompson, former Canadian Prime Minister Kim Campbell, Sandra Tsing Loh
30	March 16, 2004	Howard Dean, David Frum, Eddie Izzard, Gore Vidal, Russell Simmons
31	July 30, 2004	filmmaker Michael Moore, Ralph Nader, Gov. Bill Owens, Rep. David Dreier, and former Canadian Prime Minister Kim Campbell Andre 3000 from Outkast
32	August 6, 2004	comedian Steve Harvey, Rep. Kay Granger, former Rep. Bob Barr, and reporter Cokie Roberts
33	August 13, 2004	comedian D.L. Hughley, former Sen. Gary Hart, writer Michelle Malkin, Rep. Rahm Emanuel, and columnist Maureen Dowd
34	August 27, 2004	author and Vietnam veteran John E. O'Neil, talk show host Chris Matthews, reporter Ashleigh Banfield, Brigadier General Janis Karpinski, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, and author Michael Eric Dyson
35	September 3, 2004	Howard Dean, actor Jason Alexander, Andrew Sullivan, Arianna Huffington, and Pat Buchanan
36	September 17, 2004	Kitty Kelley, Julie Delpy, Cornel West, Christiane Amanpour and P.J. O'Rourke
37	September 24, 2004	Rep. Charles Rangel, comic strip artist Aaron McGruder, columnist Maureen Dowd, screenwriter Larry Gelbart, and actress Drew Barrymore
38	October 1, 2004	The Dixie Chicks, talk show host Tucker Carlson, comedian George Carlin, correspondent Katty Kay, and author Steve Moore
39	October 8, 2004	filmmaker Michael Moore, columnist Frank Rich, comedian David Cross, Lt. Gov. Michael Steele, and commentator Tony Snow
40	October 15, 2004	Dr. Howard Dean, singer Alanis Morissette, former Rep. Jim Rogan, Reverend Jesse Jackson, and radio show host Garrison Keillor
41	October 22, 2004	environmentalist Robert Kennedy, Jr., former CIA director James Woolsey, former Asst. Sec. of State James Rubin, actor Bradley Whitford, and White House advisor Dr. Bernadine Healy
42	October 29, 2004	columnist Thomas Friedman, comedian Richard Belzer, General Wesley Clark, actor Kevin Costner, and commentator Ann Coulter
43	November 5, 2004	former U.S. Senator Alan Simpson, actress Susan Sarandon, linguist and political analyst Noam Chomsky, comedian D. L. Hughley, columnist Andrew Sullivan, and former U.S. Representative Pat Schroeder

[edit] Season 3: 2005

#	Air date	Guests	Topics
44	February 18, 2005	correspondent Lesley Stahl, actor Robin Williams, former H&HS Sec. Tommy Thompson, Sen. Joe Biden, and actor Don Cheadle	On protecting sources, Jeff Gannon, on Interrogating prisoners, Iraq elections, Darfur
45	February 25, 2005	former baseball slugger José Canseco, actor Tim Robbins, Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, talk show host Tucker Carlson, Gov. Mike Huckabee	On steroids, on Iran and Iraq, on religious belief, Ward Churchill, President Bush, on Covenant Marriage, Million Dollar Baby
46	March 4, 2005	former U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno, former NIH administrator Bernadine Healy, actor Dave Foley, Ward Churchill, Michael Faughnan, comic Whoopi Goldberg	BTK killer, on the Ten Commandments, torture, on raising children
47	March 11, 2005	Rep. Barney Frank, comedian Richard Belzer, writer Andrew Breitbart, writer Irshad Manji, writer Camille Paglia	Gay marriage, women of Iraq, war, teachers sleeping with students, Michael Jackson
48	March 18, 2005	Gov. Frank Murkowski, actor Jason Alexander, Gov. Christie Whitman, Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, author Thomas Frank	A.N.W.R., steroids, Republican Party, environment
49	April 1, 2005	TV host Bill O'Reilly, academic Cornel West, actor Alec Baldwin, actor/comedienne Whoopi Goldberg, and Rev. Jesse Jackson	Pope, Terri Schiavo, Republican majority
50	April 8, 2005	former Gov. Mario Cuomo, actor Ian McShane, writer Arianna Huffington, TV host Rev. Joe Watkins, and conservative Richard Perle	Tom DeLay, Iraq, immigration
51	April 15, 2005	columnist Thomas Friedman, writer David Frum, singer Natalie Maines, Gen. Wesley Clark and Sen. Barbara Boxer	Middle East, Darfur, gays in the military, guns, immigration
52	April 22, 2005	actress Jane Fonda, talk show host Joe Scarborough, columnist Maureen Dowd, former Sen. Alan Simpson, environmentalist Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.	Religion, Pope, airport security, environment, John Bolton
53	April 29, 2005	Senator Charles Schumer (D) New York, Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele (R) Maryland, Farai Chideya, Martin Short, Jeff Gannon	Voter issues, US budget, on the Presidential press conference
54	May 6, 2005	former Sec. of State Madeleine Albright, blogger Andrew Sullivan, former Canadian PM Kim Campbell, actor Michael McKean, Rep. Bernie Sanders	Kim Jong Il, Pat Robertson, Pope, censorship, activist Judges
55	May 13, 2005	Sen. Norm Coleman, talk radio's Al Franken, reporter Liz Marlantes, author Gore Vidal, basketball's Charles Barkley	Terror alerts, Voting irregularities, Iraq, Darfur, gay Republicans
56	August 19, 2005	Paul Hackett, Rep. Asa Hutchinson, political analyst Kellyanne Conway, actor Chris Rock	Cindy Sheehan, Iraq, John Kerry, racial profiling, activist judges
57	August 26, 2005	activist Cindy Sheehan, Gov. Mike Huckabee, journalist Dan Savage, feminist activist Eve Ensler, novelist Kinky Friedman	Camp Casey, gay marriage, health, Bush's vacation
58	September 2, 2005	television journalist Anderson Cooper, Stephen Schneider, Michael Eric Dyson, actor Bradley Whitford, professor Mary Frances Berry, journalist Fareed Zakaria	Hurricane Katrina, poverty, Iraq
59	September 9, 2005	Walter Maestri, Joe Scarborough, comedian George Carlin, Cynthia Tucker, conservative editorialist James K. Glassman, writer Kurt Vonnegut	Michael Brown, US political system, on race, on the Administration
60	September 16, 2005	Sen. Charles Schumer, PJ O'Rourke, Joy Behar, Willie Brown, Dan Senor	John Roberts, Bush taking responsibility, poverty, Iraq
61	September 23, 2005	singer Willie Nelson, Rep. David Dreier, author/journalist Christopher Hitchens, BBC News correspondent Katty Kay, British politician George Galloway, journalist Andrea Mitchell	Hurricane Rita, Vice President Cheney, Jet Blue emergency landing, foreign oil dependency, Margaret Thatcher, critiquing the U.S.
62	October 7, 2005	conservative columnist Ann Coulter, journalist Andrew Sullivan, actor Ben Affleck, writer Salman Rushdie, soldier/author Kayla Williams	Harriet Miers, religion, torture
63	October 14, 2005	former Sen. Max Cleland, columnist Tina Brown, actor/comedian Larry Miller, author Tom Wolfe, Richard Pennington, former Sen. John Edwards	President's approval rating, poverty, police beatings, Iraq, Harriet Miers
64	October 21, 2005	Arianna Huffington, Tucker Carlson, Michel Martin, Spike Lee, Chris Webber	Valerie Plame, New York Times, health care, NBA dress code, governments response to Katrina, conspiracy in New Orleans
65	October 28, 2005	Richard A. Clarke, reporter Helen Thomas, actor Billy Connolly, TV host Tony Snow, writer Nadira Hira	Press corps, Scooter Libby
66	November 4, 2005	fmr Pres. Mary Robinson of Ireland, Joe Scarborough, John Waters, fmr. Sen. Tom Daschle, Dr. Sanjay Gupta	Rosa Parks' funeral, national security leak

[edit] Season 4: 2006

#	Air date	Guests	Topics
67	February 17, 2006	Sen. Russ Feingold, commentator Fred Barnes, actor Eddie Griffin, reporter Helen Thomas, Iraq advisor Dan Senor	Cheney shooting, on the Patriot Act, Bush, Mohammad cartoons
68	February 24, 2006	actor Danny Glover, fmr. Sen. Gary Hart, author Irshad Manji, Rep. Heather Wilson, and columnist Nicholas Kristof	Dubai ports, the extreme Left, Iraq, religious use of hallucinogenic tea
69	March 3, 2006	comedian D. L. Hughley, editor/journalist Graydon Carter, correspondent Dana Priest, fmr. Dir. of FEMA Michael Brown, fmr. CIA case officer/author Bob Baer, actor Harry Anderson	Oscars, rebuilding New Orleans, Iraq
70	March 10, 2006	feminist Gloria Steinem, actor Larry Miller, editor Ramesh Ponnuru, baseball's Pete Rose, reporter John Burns	Port security, baseball, Bush, Iraq
71	March 17, 2006	R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe, actor/comedian Richard Belzer, Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), writer Michele Mitchell, television anchor Lou Dobbs	Troops and Iraq, corporate America, Chile's new President
72	March 24, 2006	actor Jason Alexander, author/theologian Reza Aslan, Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA), reporter Michael Ware, talk show host Tavis Smiley	Religion, torture, Katrina
73	March 31, 2006	actor Robert Wuhl, actor Seth Green, author Erica Jong, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, anchorman Jorge Ramos	Immigration, Bush, telling history
74	April 7, 2006	actor Ben Affleck, Sen. Joe Biden, correspondent Bill Sammon, author/former Republican strategist Kevin Phillips, Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-GA)	Tom DeLay, on Bush's war, faith, Intelligent Design, Iraq exit strategy, Rep. Cynthia McKinney
75	April 21, 2006	commentator Heather Higgins, Gen. Anthony Zinni, editor/publisher Mortimer Zuckerman, sports commentator Stephen A. Smith, Rep. Rahm Emanuel	Iran, Iraq media bias, Barry Bonds, Duke University and Jesse Jackson, Bush & Hu
76	April 28, 2006	actor/director George Clooney, actor Ian McKellen, Rep. Barney Frank, correspondent Michel Martin, and historian Victor Davis Hanson	Darfur, gas prices, immigration
77	May 5, 2006	actor Bradley Whitford, Fmr. PM of Canada Kim Campbell, fmr. Gov. Jim Gilmore, Gen. Wesley Clark, and Sen. Mel Martinez	Democrats, terrorism, FEMA, immigration
78	May 12, 2006	fmr. Sec. of State Madeleine Albright, singer/songwriter John Legend, national security expert Richard Clarke, academic Cornel West and Fox News show host John Gibson	NSA, conspiracy theories, 2006 elections, homophobia, Iran
79	August 25, 2006	filmmaker Spike Lee, music legend Elvis Costello, blogger Markos Moulitsas Zúniga, fmr. Sen. Max Cleland, author/scholar Vali Nasr, and columnist Christopher Hitchens
80	September 1, 2006	magician Penn Jillette, Rep. Darrell Issa, scholar Mary Frances Berry; via satellite, intellectual Fouad Ajami and actor Harry Anderson	Katrina, poverty, church and state, Lebanon
81	September 8, 2006	author P. J. O'Rourke, Salon.com editor Joan Walsh, singer Rob Thomas; via satellite, former Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and NBC News correspondent David Gregory	9/11 anniversary
82	September 15, 2006	feminist icon Gloria Steinem, homeland security expert Clark Ervin, actor Michael McKean; via satellite, Pat Buchanan and CNN reporter Christiane Amanpour	Immigration, torture by military, Muslim extremists, airport security, hunt for Osama bin Laden, free speech in media
83	September 22, 2006	Actor Bradley Whitford, Fox News contributor Sandy Rios, author Reza Aslan; via satellite, New York Times columnist Frank Rich and filmmaker C.C. Goldwater	Iraq War, anti-American dictators, torture legislation, religion
84	October 6, 2006	From Washington, D.C.: Sens. John Kerry and Lincoln Chafee; Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, counter-terrorism expert Richard Clarke, comedian/actor Robin Williams, journalist Chris Matthews	Mark Foley scandal, 2004 and 2006 elections, Iraq War, international relations
85	October 13, 2006	Journalist Lou Dobbs, Danielle Pletka of the American Enterprise Institute, actor Ben Affleck; via satellite, fmr. Sen. John Danforth and Richard Branson of Virgin Group	North Korean nuclear test, civilian casualties in Iraq, global warming, immigration and culture wars
86	October 20, 2006	Gov. Bill Richardson, Rep. Barney Frank, actor Jason Alexander, Stephen Moore of The Wall Street Journal; via satellite, author David Kuo	North Korea policy, Congressional scandals, gay marriage, Military Commissions Act
87	October 27, 2006	Journalist Andrew Sullivan, politician Christine Todd Whitman, singer Harry Belafonte; via satellite, Rep. Harold Ford, Jr. and Arianna Huffington	Campaign tactics, gay marriage, toxic chemicals, character of politicians
88	November 3, 2006	Actor Alec Baldwin, Rep. Jack Kingston, The Hill associate editor A.B. Stoddard; via satellite, filmmaker Robert Greenwald and comedienne Roseanne Barr	Cost of Iraq War, Republican fiscal policy, John Kerry remark controversy, energy alternatives, teaching of abstinence, political advertisements
89	November 10, 2006	CNN's Candy Crowley, actor Rainn Wilson, author Salman Rushdie; via satellite, Sen. Charles Schumer and Rep. Jeff Flake	2006 elections, plan for Iraq, Congressional earmarks, resignation of Donald Rumsfeld
90	November 17, 2006	Guitarist Tom Morello of Audioslave, journalist Dana Priest, actor Richard Dreyfuss; via satellite, journalist Dan Rather and television's Norman Lear	Journalistic roles/ethics, strategy for Iraq, incoming Democratic Congress, O.J. Simpson book, future of democracy

[edit] Season 5: 2007

#	Air date	Guests	Topics
91	February 16, 2007	Fmr Lt. Gov. Michael Steele, fmr Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina, TV host Craig Ferguson; via satellite, fmr Sen. John Edwards and basketball player John Amaechi	Developments in North Korea, Iran, and Iraq; global warming; Mitt Romney and Mormonism; Al Franken Senate campaign
92	February 23, 2007	Rep. Darrell Issa, author Ayaan Hirsi Ali, actor Steven Weber; via satellite, Sen. Joe Biden and filmmaker David Mamet	Guantanamo Bay detention camp, clash of civilizations, developments in Iraq, David Geffen political comments, cameras in courtrooms
93	March 2, 2007	Author/commentator John Ridley, MSNBC's Joe Scarborough, Rep. Barney Frank; via satellite, journalist Seymour Hersh and actress Mia Farrow	Middle East dynamics, war criticism from Congress and John McCain, attempt on Dick Cheney, latest on Darfur conflict, James Cameron's Jesus documentary
94	March 9, 2007	Author David Kuo, Washington Post reporter Dana Milbank, comedienne Roseanne Barr, author Deepak Chopra; via satellite, Maj. Gen. Paul Eaton (ret.)	Walter Reed controversy, Scooter Libby verdict, Rudy Giuliani campaign, Ann Coulter comments, afterlife and spirituality
95	March 16, 2007	Actor Jason Alexander, Martha Raddatz of ABC News, journalist Dan Rather; via satellite, comedian Chris Rock and fmr Gov. Mike Huckabee	Dismissal of U.S. attorneys controversy, war on drugs, gays in the military, evolution of news business
96	March 23, 2007	Fmr Bush speechwriter David Frum, Atlanta mayor Shirley Franklin, musician John Legend; via satellite, fmr Natl Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski and Sen. Bernie Sanders	Iraq War anniversary, more on U.S. attorney firings, energy independence, campaign finance, "purity balls"