Real Time with Bill Maher season 21

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Real Time with Bill Maher
Season 21
Release
Original network HBO
Original releaseJanuary 20 (2023-01-20) 
December 15, 2023 (2023-12-15)
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This is a list of episodes from the twenty-first season of Real Time with Bill Maher . The season premiered on January 20, 2023. [1] On February 3, the post-show Overtime segment was added as part of the CNN Tonight programming airing Friday nights at 11:30 pm EST. [2] On May 2, it was announced that production of the show was shut down due to the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike. [3]

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On September 13, Maher announced on Twitter his intention to go back on the air, but due to the strike, only unscripted portions of his show were to return. [4] The show was supposed to return on September 22. [5] However, five days later Maher further postponed his show out of respect for the writers' strike. [6] Following an agreement reached between the WGA and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, the strike ended on September 27 allowing the show to return two days later on September 29. [7]

Episodes

No.
overall
No. in
season
GuestsOriginal air dateU.S. viewers
(millions)
6211 William Barr, Andrew Sullivan, Nancy Mace January 20, 2023 (2023-01-20)0.80 [8]
6222 Frances Haugen, Tim Ryan, Bari Weiss January 27, 2023 (2023-01-27)0.90 [9]
6233 Medaria Arradondo, Ruben Gallego, Bret Stephens February 3, 2023 (2023-02-03)0.80 [10]
6244 Malcolm Nance, Kristen Soltis Anderson, Paul Begala February 10, 2023 (2023-02-10)0.83 [11]
6255 Christoph Waltz, Sarah Isgur, Ari Melber February 17, 2023 (2023-02-17)0.78 [12]
6266 Bernie Sanders, John Heilemann, Russell Brand March 3, 2023 (2023-03-03)0.73 [13]
6277 David Byrne, John McWhorter, Josh Tyrangiel March 10, 2023 (2023-03-10)0.76 [14]
6288 Noa Tishby, Elissa Slotkin, Andrew Yang March 17, 2023 (2023-03-17)0.82 [15]
6299 David Sedaris, Scott Galloway, Annie Lowrey March 24, 2023 (2023-03-24)0.86 [16]
63010 Chris Sununu, Winsome Sears, James Kirchick March 31, 2023 (2023-03-31)0.81 [17]
63111 Ben McKenzie, Katie Porter, Piers Morgan April 14, 2023 (2023-04-14)0.83 [18]
63212 Esther Perel, Glenn Loury, Daniel BessnerApril 21, 2023 (2023-04-21)0.71 [19]
63313 Elon Musk, Michael Moynihan, Konstantin Kisin April 28, 2023 (2023-04-28)0.80 [20]
63414 Ron DeSantis, Sam Harris, Mary Katharine Ham September 29, 2023 (2023-09-29)N/A
63515 Keegan-Michael Key, Elle Key, Matt Welch, Sarah Isgur October 6, 2023 (2023-10-06)0.69 [21]
63616 Tristan Harris, James Kirchick, Matt DussOctober 13, 2023 (2023-10-13)0.69 [22]
63717 Alexandra Pelosi, Paul Begala, Bret Stephens October 20, 2023 (2023-10-20)0.63 [23]
63818 Andrew Cuomo, Melissa DeRosa, Scott Galloway, Jessica Tarlov October 27, 2023 (2023-10-27)0.60 [24]
63919 Dean Phillips, Fareed Zakaria, Ian Bremmer November 3, 2023 (2023-11-03)0.70 [25]
64020 Ted Cruz, Pamela Paul, Jordan Peterson November 10, 2023 (2023-11-10)0.74 [26]
64121 Albert Brooks, Rob Reiner, Donna Brazile, Adam Kinzinger November 17, 2023 (2023-11-17)0.72 [27]
64222 David Mamet, James Carville, Dave Rubin December 1, 2023 (2023-12-01)0.76 [28]
64323 Greg Lukianoff, Jane Ferguson, John Avlon December 8, 2023 (2023-12-08)0.76 [29]
64424 Ray Romano, Laura Coates, Walter Kirn December 15, 2023 (2023-12-15)0.77 [30]

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