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Seasons:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 full episode list
Release Date:
21 February 2003 (USA) more
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Tagline:
It's 11PM. Do You Know Where Your Country Is? (season 2) more
Awards:
Nominated for 10 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 win & 9 nominations more
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one of the best topical shows, certainly one of the funniest, on TV now more (23 total)

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Bill Maher ... Himself - Host / ... (168 episodes, 2003-2009)
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Also Known As:
Real Time with Bill Maher: Electile Dysfunction '08 (USA) (promotional title)
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USA:60 min
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The series is broadcast live and uncensored. more
Quotes:
George Carlin: Jim, Jim, calm down, calm down. You began a sentence a little while ago with 'It shouldn't be a surprise'. It shouldn't be a surprise that rich, white men don't care about poor, black people, period. So they're not high on the list.
Jim Glassman: George, I love you, George, but that's nonsense.
George Carlin: I don't care if you love me or not. They're not high on the conscious or the subconscious list of those people how are in charge of things in this country, the owners. Forget these foolish elections. The owners of this country don't care about the poor, in general.
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Featured in Shut Up & Sing (2006) more

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one of the best topical shows, certainly one of the funniest, on TV now, 14 August 2005
Author: MisterWhiplash from United States

In an time when the pundits and talking heads on the "news" networks, or what constitutes as them, bring on guests with usually partisan sides, and making wisecracks that aren't funny, there's Bill Maher. While his counterpart, Jon Stewart, has perhaps the best overall program of political/social satire on cable, Maher's program follows very close behind. The show starts off often with a great opening joke of the week, with Maher sometimes in costume (I think I once saw him as the Pope), or with actors playing some strange, hilarious part. Then he moves into the typical news of the week. But then come the guests, and this is where the goods come in. Often news shows try and make things "fair and balanced" (and the station that professes this the most does it the least), but Maher keeps it real. While his audience is sometimes more leaning to the left, he doesn't shy away from having on the right wing or conservatives, and then it brings about intelligent, sometimes cringe-worthy, discussions. Finally the show ends with "New Rules", that vary from small laughs to the biggest Maher gives on the show. There's something about Real Time- not just that Maher is funny and is on the ball with current events- that makes it a solid, thought provoking hour of television, especially in times like these. We need people to really be discussing the issues, even if its for laughs.

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