REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER continues its 12th season FRIDAY, SEPT. 19 (10:00-11:00 p.m. live ET/tape-delayed PT), with a replay at 11:00 p.m., exclusively on HBO. Allowing Maher to offer his unique perspective on contemporary issues, the show includes an opening monologue, roundtable discussions with panelists, and interviews with guests. Former Secretary of State Gen. Colin Powell is the top-of-show interview guest. Political activist Matthew Segal is the mid-show interview guest. The roundtable guests are Ga. Rep. Jack Kingston, editor and publisher of The Nation Katrina vanden Heuvel and actor/producer Wendell Pierce.
Other HBO playdates: Sept. 19 (11:00 p.m.), 21 (1:00 p.m.), 22 (3:40 a.m.), 23 (7:00 p.m.) and 24 (11:30 p.m.) HBO2 playdates: Sept. 19 (1:30 a.m.), 20 (10:00 a.m., 12:20 a.m.), 21 (7:00 p.m.), 22 (8:00 p.m.) and 23 (10:00 p.m.) Bill Maher headlined his first special on the network in 1989 and has starred in nine solo specials to date, including the hour-long presentations "Bill Maher...But I'm Not Wrong," "The Decider" and "I'm Swiss" (both nominated for an Emmy® in the Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special category), "Victory Begins at Home," "Be More Cynical," "The Golden Goose Special" and "Stuff That Struck Me Funny," and two half-hour stand-up specials, plus THE SPECIALS "30 Seconds Over Washington" and "Comic Relief VI™." Maher is also an executive producer of the innovative news magazine show "VICE," which concluded its second season on HBO earlier this year and returns in 2015. Politico has 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."Videos