
Real Time with Bill Maher — Season 17
Still in it for the likes
About this season
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.
Episodes (35)

1. Episode 481
Aired 18 January 2019 • 60 min
Guests: John Kasich, Marshawn Lynch, Erick Erickson, Barney Frank, Catherine Rampell.

2. Episode 482
Aired 25 January 2019 • 60 min
Guests: Ann Coulter, Michael McFaul, Joshua Green, Dan Savage, Heather McGhee.

3. Episode 483
8.0Aired 1 February 2019 • 60 min
Guests: Will Hurd, Bill de Blasio, Peter Hamby, Jon Meacham, Jennifer Rubin.

4. Episode 484
8.0Aired 8 February 2019 • 60 min
Guests: Chris Christie, Eric Idle, Natasha Bertrand, Jack Kingston, Malcolm Nance.

5. Episode 485
8.0Aired 15 February 2019 • 60 min
Guests: Mayor Rahm Emanuel, John Legend, Paul Begala, David Frum & Maya Wiley.

6. Episode 486
8.0Aired 22 February 2019 • 60 min
Guests: Congressman Adam Schiff, Bernard-Henri Lévy, Donna Brazile, Claire McCaskill & Rick Wilson.

7. Episode 487
8.0Aired 8 March 2019 • 60 min
Guests: Matt Schlapp, Noah Rothman, Jonathan Alter, Mary Katharine Ham, Michael Steele.

8. Episode 488
7.0Aired 15 March 2019 • 60 min
Guests: Andrew McCabe, Andrew Gillum, John Heilemann, Jon Tester, Jessica Yellin.

9. Episode 489
8.0Aired 22 March 2019 • 60 min
Guests: Irshad Manji, Larry Charles, Kristen Soltis Anderson, Evelyn Farkas, Rep. Eric Swalwell.

10. Episode 490
8.0Aired 29 March 2019 • 60 min
Guests: Pete Buttigieg, Preet Bharara, S.E. Cupp, Elissa Slotkin, Andrew Sullivan.

11. Episode 491
7.0Aired 5 April 2019 • 60 min
Guests: Julian Castro, Chelsea Handler, Danielle Pletka, Gideon Rose, Salman Rushdie.

12. Episode 492
7.0Aired 12 April 2019 • 60 min
Guests: Seth Abramson, Dave Barry, Cornell Belcher, Wendy R. Sherman, Matt Welch.

13. Episode 493
Aired 26 April 2019 • 60 min
Guests: Adam Schiff, Bob Costas, John Avlon, Zerlina Maxwell, Grover Norquist.

14. Episode 494
9.0Aired 3 May 2019 • 60 min
Guests: Jay Inslee, Moby, Bakari Sellers, Bret Stephens, Kara Swisher.

15. Episode 495
Aired 10 May 2019 • 60 min
Guests: Michael Lewis, Tim Ryan, Nayyera Haq, Van Jones, Matt Lewis.

16. Episode 496
Aired 17 May 2019 • 60 min
Guests: Fran Lebowitz, Jonathan Metzl, James Kirchick, George Packer, Neera Tanden.

17. Episode 497
8.0Aired 31 May 2019 • 60 min
Guests: William Weld, John Waters, Kirsten Powers, Jonathan Swan, Lawrence Wilkerson.

18. Episode 498
8.0Aired 7 June 2019 • 60 min
Guests: Andrew Yang, Bret Easton Ellis, Charles Blow, Katie Porter, Clint Watts.

19. Episode 499
7.0Aired 14 June 2019 • 60 min
Guests: George Will, Martin Short, Eliot Spitzer, Charlie Sykes, Bari Weiss.

20. Episode 500
9.0Aired 21 June 2019 • 60 min
Guests: Allan Lichtman, Dr. Debra Soh, Thom Hartmann, Liz Mair, Dan Savage.

21. Episode 501
8.0Aired 28 June 2019 • 60 min
Guests: Tulsi Gabbard, Seth MacFarlane, Max Brooks, Adam Gopnik, Joy Reid.

22. Episode 502
8.0Aired 2 August 2019 • 60 min
Guests: New York Congressman Hakeem Jeffries, Democratic Presidential candidate Marianne Williamson, journalist Josh Barro, former Governor of Michigan Jennifer Granholm, radio host Buck Sexton.

23. Episode 503
8.0Aired 9 August 2019 • 60 min
Guests: Former Governor of Virginia Terry McAuliffe, NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel, author Tom Nichols, columnist Catherine Rampell, former White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci.

24. Episode 504
7.0Aired 16 August 2019 • 60 min
Guests: Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, Carl Hulse, Betsy Woodruff, Rick Wilson & Michael Render

25. Episode 505
9.0Aired 23 August 2019 • 60 min
Guests: Rep. Katie Porter, Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, Michael Smerconish, Eric Klinenberg & Kevin D. Williamson

26. Episode 506
8.0Aired 6 September 2019 • 60 min
Guests: Rep. Joe Walsh, Christina Hoff Sommers, Rep. John Delaney, María Teresa Kumar & Matt Welch

27. Episode 507
8.0Aired 13 September 2019 • 60 min
Guests: Michael Moore, Krystal Ball, Michael Steele, Fernand Amandi & Bari Weiss

28. Episode 508
8.0Aired 20 September 2019 • 60 min
Guests: Amb. Samantha Power, Heather McGhee, Tim Naftali, Andrew Sullivan & Sarah Haider

29. Episode 509
8.0Aired 27 September 2019 • 60 min
Guests: Gina McCarthy, Linette Lopez, Noah Rothman, Salman Rushdie & Barney Frank

30. Episode 510
9.0Aired 11 October 2019 • 60 min
Guests: Howard Stern, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Ben Domenech, Shawna Thomas & John Heilemann

31. Episode 511
7.0Aired 18 October 2019 • 60 min
Guests: Susan Rice, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Sam Stein, Danielle Pletka & Thomas Chatterton Williams

32. Episode 512
8.0Aired 25 October 2019 • 60 min
Guests: Zach Galifianakis, Chris Cuomo, Rep. Elissa Slotkin, Dan Carlin, Donny Deutsch.

33. Episode 513
10.0Aired 1 November 2019 • 60 min
Guests: Ronan Farrow, Rick Stengel, Christina Bellantoni, Dennis Prager, & Dr. Jay Gordon.

34. Episode 514
7.0Aired 8 November 2019 • 60 min
Guests: Judd Apatow, Gov. Steve Bullock, Rahm Emanuel, Steve Schmidt, and Judge Judy.

35. Episode 515
7.0Aired 15 November 2019 • 60 min
First interview: Sen. Sherrod Brown. On the panel: Ian Bremmer, Donna Brazile, Frank Bruni. Second interview: Jaime Harrison.