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Bill Maher had an important message for his viewers during last night's show: avoid the celebrity candidates for president.

A fearless observer of current events and longtime HBO favorite takes a (brief) pause from the nonstop news cycle later this month to look back on his groundbreaking career. Celebrating 25 years of pioneering political comedy talk shows on TV, including 15 years on his current weekly HBO series, REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER: ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL debuts FRIDAY, OCT. 19 (10:00-11:00 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on HBO.

See highlight's from this week's REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER on HBO! This week featured guests Kara Swisher, John Brennan, Rick Wilson, Saru Jayaraman and David Corn.

See highlight's from this week's REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER on HBO! This week featured guests Preet Bharara, Gov. Jennifer Granholm, Jonathan Swan, Charlie Sykes and Adam Conover.

See highlight's from this week's REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER on HBO! This week featured guests Lawrence O'Donnell, Rep. Seth Moulton, D.L. Hughley, Christina Bellantoni, and Steven Pinker.

See highlight's from this week's REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER on HBO! This week featured guests Malcolm Nance, Steve Schmidt, Charles Blow, Kristen Soltis Anderson, and Nancy MacLean.

See highlight's from this week's REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER on HBO! This week featured guests Bradley Whitford, Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, Jennifer Rubin and Michael Moore.

In his editorial New Rule, Bill Maher reiterates that economic recessions are survivable events; what Trump is doing to this country is not.

See highlight's from this week's REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER on HBO! This week featured guests Michael Eric Dyson, Linda Chavez, John Heilemann, Shermichael Singleton and Fareed Zakaria.

See highlight's from this week's REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER on HBO! Check out the clips below, featuring Sen. Bernie Sanders, Paul Begala, Natasha Bertrand, Bret Stephens & Charlamagne Tha God.

See highlight's from this week's REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER on HBO, featuring this week's guests Clint Watts, Dan Savage, Bari Weiss, Evan McMullin, and Dambisa Moyo.

See highlight's from this week's REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER on HBO, featuring Bill and his guests – Rep. Duncan Hunter, Ethan Hawke, Robert Reich, and Michael 'Killer Mike' Render.

Primary Stages' (Casey Childs, Founder & Executive Producer; Andrew Leynse, Artistic Director; Shane D. Hudson, Executive Director) 2018 Spring Fling benefitting their Free Student Matinee Program will take place tonight, Thursday, May 10, 2018, at 6:00 pm. The event will be held at Ramscale Studio (463 West Street) and will honor Kimberly Senior (Disgraced, Discord) with the Einhorn Mentorship Award.

See highlight's from this week's REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER on HBO! Check out the clips below, featuring Jon Meacham, Gen. Michael Hayden, Sally Kohn, Matt Welch, and Mayor Michael Tubbs.

See highlight's from this week's REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER on HBO!

Primary Stages (Casey Childs, Founder & Executive Producer; Andrew Leynse, Artistic Director; Shane D. Hudson, Executive Director) announced today that the Primary Stages 2018 Spring Fling will benefit their Free Student Matinee Program on Thursday, May 10, 2018 at 6:00 pm.

PRIMARY STAGES (Andrew Leynse, Artistic Director; Shane D. Hudson, Executive Director; Casey Childs, Founder) is proud to announce a special talkback for FEEDING THE DRAGON with guest Colman Domingo following the performance on Sunday, April 15, 2018.

PRIMARY STAGES (Andrew Leynse, Artistic Director; Shane D. Hudson, Executive Director; Casey Childs, Founder) is proud to announce its complete 2018/19 Season, which will kick off in Fall 2018 with FINAL FOLLIES, by A.R. Gurney (Love Letters, Sylvia, Black Tie at Primary Stages) and directed by David Saint (Clever Little Lies). DOWNSTAIRS by Theresa Rebeck ("Smash," Dead Accounts, Poor Behavior at Primary Stages), directed by Adrienne Campbell-Holt (What We're Up Against) in November 2018 will star Tyne Daly (Mother & Sons, Master Class) and Tim Daly ("Wings," "Madam Secretary") sharing the New York stage for the first time. Early 2019 will bring GOD SAID THIS by Leah Nanako Winkler (Two Mile Hollow), directed by Morgan Gould (Kentucky); and the season will conclude in Spring 2019 with LITTLE WOMEN, written by Kate Hamill (Pride and Prejudice), based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott, and directed by Sarna Lapine (Sunday in the Park with George). Performance schedules, additional casting, and full creative teams will be announced at a later date.

PRIMARY STAGES (Andrew Leynse, Artistic Director; Shane D. Hudson, Executive Director; Casey Childs, Founder) announced today Saturday Night Strings, a special post-show concert series following select Saturday night performances of A WALK WITH MR. HEIFETZ, written by James Inverne and directed by Andrew Leynse. All ticketholders for the evenings of Saturday, February 10 (Mariella Haubs); Saturday, February 17 (Edward W. Hardy of Sterling Strings); and Saturday, February 24 (Luisa Bastidas) are invited to remain after the performance to enjoy live music performed by special guest violinists. The concerts are free for all ticketholders for that evening's performance.

PRIMARY STAGES (Andrew Leynse, Artistic Director; Shane D. Hudson, Executive Director; Casey Childs, Founder) announced today additional programming and events for the Winter 2018 season.