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REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER March 13 lineup

Real Time with Bill Maher

David Ropeik Is The Top-Of-Show Interview Guest; Andrew Zimmern Is The Mid-Show Interview Guest; Tim Miller, Edward Luce And Lis Smith Are The Roundtable Guests

REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER continues its 18th season FRIDAY, MARCH 13 (10:00-11:00 p.m. live ET/tape-delayed PT), with a replay at 12:30 a.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. Author David Ropeik is the top-of-show interview guest. Chef, writer and host of MSNBC’s limited series “What’s Eating America” Andrew Zimmern is the mid-show interview guest. The roundtable guests are former Republican National Committee spokesman, Tim Miller; U.S. national editor for The Financial Times, Edward Luce; and Democratic strategist and former senior advisor to Pete Buttigieg, Lis Smith.

The show is also available on HBO NOW, HBO GO, HBO On Demand and partners’ streaming platforms.

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.”

Maher headlined his first special on the network in 1989 and has starred in 11 HBO solo specials to date.

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.