Real Time with Bill Maher returns Friday, October 2, with Malcolm Gladwell joining Bill Maher for the one-on-one interview. Fareed Zakaria and Anand Giridharadas will take part in this week’s panel discussion.
The episode airs at 10:00 p.m. ET/7:00 p.m. PT on HBO and will also be available to stream on HBO Max. Along with the guest conversations, the hour features Maher’s opening monologue and signature “New Rules” segment.
Who Is on Real Time With Bill Maher This Week?
Malcolm Gladwell — The host of the Revisionist History podcast joins Maher for the one-on-one interview. His new book is The American Way of Killing: The Invention of an Epidemic.
Fareed Zakaria — The host of CNN’s Fareed Zakaria GPS joins the panel. He is also a columnist at The Washington Post and the author of Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present.
Anand Giridharadas — The publisher of The Ink newsletter rounds out the panel. His new book is Man in the Mirror: Hope, Struggle, and Belonging in an American City.
When Is Real Time With Bill Maher on This Week?
The October 2 episode of Real Time with Bill Maher airs Friday from 10:00–11:00 p.m. ET/7:00–8:00 p.m. PT on HBO. It will also be available on HBO Max. The guest lineup is listed on Bill Maher’s official site.
Catch up with the September 25 guest lineup, and follow our Real Time with Bill Maher coverage for upcoming guests and schedule updates.
In 2023, Mediaite named Bill Maher #6 on their list of the most influential names in news media and noted, “Each Friday, Maher is able to hit the right topic and right guests to dominate Saturday’s social media buzz, and the comments made by those guests follow them into Sunday interviews and the next week’s conversations in politics and culture.”
Maher headlined his first special on HBO in 1989 and has starred in 12 solo specials for the network to date including, “Bill Maher: Be More Cynical” (2000), “I’m Swiss” (2005), “Bill Maher… But I’m Not Wrong” (2010), “Bill Maher: Live from Oklahoma” (2018), and his most recent, “#Adulting” (2022).
First on “Politically Incorrect” and for more than twenty years on “Real Time,” Maher’s combination of unflinching honesty and big laughs have garnered him 41 Emmy nominations.
Maher’s 13th comedy special for the network “Bill Maher: Is Anyone Else Seeing This?” debuted January 10 on HBO and is available to stream on Max.
The executive producers of REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER are Bill Maher, Sheila Griffiths, Marc Gurvitz, Dean Johnsen, Billy Martin; co-executive producer, Chris Kelly; producer, Matt Wood; director, Paul Casey.
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