Real Time with Bill Maher season 18

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Real Time with Bill Maher
Season 18
Release
Original network HBO
Original releaseJanuary 17 (2020-01-17) 
November 20, 2020 (2020-11-20)
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List of episodes

This is a list of episodes from the eighteenth season of Real Time with Bill Maher .

Episodes

No.
overall
No. in
season
GuestsOriginal release dateU.S. viewers
(millions)
5161 Nancy Pelosi, Andrew Yang, Joe Walsh, Kara Swisher, Jon Meacham January 17, 2020 (2020-01-17)1.49 [1]
5172 Megyn Kelly, Ingrid Newkirk, Alex Wagner, Michael McFaul, Erick Erickson January 24, 2020 (2020-01-24)1.27 [2]
5183 Pete Buttigieg, Michael Eric Dyson, Mitch Landrieu, Mikie Sherrill, Rick Wilson January 31, 2020 (2020-01-31)1.37 [3]
5194 Steve Bannon, Fareed Zakaria, Andrew Gillum, Ezra Klein, Sarah Isgur February 7, 2020 (2020-02-07)1.36 [4]
5205 Amy Klobuchar, Pramila Jayapal, Katie Couric, Van Jones, Bret Stephens February 14, 2020 (2020-02-14)1.35 [5]
5216 Anne Rimoin, Nicholas Kristof, EJ Dionne, Buck Sexton, Jane Kleeb February 28, 2020 (2020-02-28)1.46 [6]
5227 Rachel Bitecofer, Brian Cox, Ross Douthat, Caitlin Flanagan, Anthony Scaramucci March 6, 2020 (2020-03-06)1.33 [7]
5238 David Ropeik, Andrew Zimmern, Edward Luce, Tim Miller, Lis Smith March 13, 2020 (2020-03-13)1.57 [8]
5249 Eric Garcetti, Bernie Sanders, Seth MacFarlane, Max Brooks, Willie Nelson April 3, 2020 (2020-04-03) [a] 1.32 [9]
52510 Al Gore, Bill de Blasio, Ian Bremmer, Nikki Glaser April 10, 2020 (2020-04-10) [a] 1.40 [10]
52611 Fareed Zakaria, Dan Crenshaw, Andrew Sullivan April 17, 2020 (2020-04-17) [a] 1.33 [11]
52712 Nancy Pelosi, Dr. David Katz, Jay Leno April 24, 2020 (2020-04-24) [a] 1.30 [12]
52813 Eric Holder, Bret Stephens, Matt Taibbi May 1, 2020 (2020-05-01) [a] 1.20 [13]
52914 Justin Amash, Amy Holmes, Dan Savage May 8, 2020 (2020-05-08) [a] 1.16 [14]
53015 Thomas Friedman, Michael Moore, Cate ShanahanMay 22, 2020 (2020-05-22) [a] 1.14 [15]
53116 Tom Colicchio, Jay Leno, Soledad O'Brien, Ian Bremmer May 29, 2020 (2020-05-29) [a] 1.08 [16]
53217 Michael Render, Frank Figliuzzi, Michael Steele, Rosa Brooks June 5, 2020 (2020-06-05) [a] 1.22 [17]
53318 Radley Balko, Larry Wilmore, Matt Welch, Dariush Mozaffarian June 12, 2020 (2020-06-12) [a] 1.09 [18]
53419 Susan Rice, George Will, Malcolm Nance, Andrew Sullivan June 19, 2020 (2020-06-19) [a] 1.08 [19]
53520 John Bolton, Kara Swisher, Wes Moore, James Carville June 26, 2020 (2020-06-26) [a] 1.12 [20]
53621 Kerry Washington, Jim Carrey, Thomas Chatterton Williams, Bari Weiss July 31, 2020 (2020-07-31) [a] 0.99 [21]
53722 Chris Evans, Lawrence Wilkerson, Meghan Daum, Paul Begala August 7, 2020 (2020-08-07) [a] 1.05 [22]
53823 Keisha Lance Bottoms, Colin Cowherd, Pete Buttigieg, Andrew Yang August 14, 2020 (2020-08-14) [a] 1.01 [23]
53924 John Kasich, Oliver Stone, William Barber II, Thomas Frank August 21, 2020 (2020-08-21) [a] 1.08 [24]
54025 Trey Gowdy, Wynton Marsalis, Nina Burleigh, Rick Wilson August 28, 2020 (2020-08-28) [b] 1.18 [25]
54126 Ewan McGregor, Peter Strzok, Peter Hamby, Jessica Yellin September 11, 2020 (2020-09-11) [c] 1.10 [26]
54227 Michael Cohen, Jane Fonda, Tim Miller, Trae Crowder September 18, 2020 (2020-09-18) [c] 0.98 [27]
54328 Bernie Sanders, Jim Belushi, Coleman Hughes, Bakari Sellers September 25, 2020 (2020-09-25) [c] 1.15 [28]
54429 Adam Schiff, John Brennan, Keli Goff, Bret Stephens October 9, 2020 (2020-10-09) [c] 1.23 [29]
54530 Fareed Zakaria, John Leguizamo, John Avlon, Noah Rothman October 16, 2020 (2020-10-16) [c] 1.23 [30]
54631 Matthew McConaughey, Heidi Heitkamp, Anthony Scaramucci, Ben SheehanOctober 23, 2020 (2020-10-23) [c] 1.30 [31]
54732 Al Franken, David E. Sanger, Lis Smith, John Heilemann October 30, 2020 (2020-10-30) [c] 1.44 [32]
54833 Tristan Harris, Rosa Brooks, Malcolm Nance November 6, 2020 (2020-11-06) [d] 1.51 [33]
54934 Jenna Ellis, Max Brooks, Caitlin Flanagan November 13, 2020 (2020-11-13) [c] 1.44 [34]
55035 Michael Eric Dyson, Alex Wagner, Jon Meacham November 20, 2020 (2020-11-20) [d] 1.39 [35]


  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Taped from Maher's home in Los Angeles during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic with guests appearing remotely by video teleconferencing
  2. Taped from the show's studio without an audience, and with guests appearing remotely over a video screen
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Taped from the show's studio with limited audience, and with some guests appearing remotely while others are in studio
  4. 1 2 Taped from the show's studio with limited audience, but all guests appearing in studio

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