{"id":234334,"date":"2026-01-08T14:31:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T14:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/234334\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T14:31:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T14:31:09","slug":"bill-mahers-real-time-renewed-through-2028-at-hbo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/234334\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Maher’s ‘Real Time’ Renewed Through 2028 at HBO"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\u201cReal Time With Bill Maher<\/a>\u201d has been renewed for two additional seasons, extending the political talk series through 2028 on HBO.<\/p>\n

\n\tAs previously announced, Maher will return on air on Jan. 23 for the Season 24 premiere, which will be available on cable and HBO Max. The show has also aired on CNN the next day.<\/p>\n

\n\tAiring on Friday nights, \u201cReal Time\u201d is a topical and often unfiltered series that brings together figures in politics, tech, media and entertainment in lively and sometimes tense panel discussions. Each episode also features a monologue from Maher, a one-on-one interview and the signature editorial segment \u201cNew Rules.\u201d The show\u2019s \u201cOvertime\u201d segment has become a draw on YouTube.<\/p>\n

\n\tMaher has hosted \u201cReal Time\u201d since 2003, after the fallout of his previous series \u201cPolitically Incorrect,\u201d which aired on Comedy Central and then ABC. The show boasts more than 700 episodes and has featured guests including Elon Musk, Bernie Sanders, Ben Shapiro, Joe Biden, Robin Williams, Nancy Pelosi, Charlie Sheen, Marjorie Taylor Green, Mark Cuban and Ben Affleck.<\/p>\n

\n\tMaher has become a hallmark of HBO\u2019s programming, having headlined his first comedy special on the network in 1989 and racking up 13 solo specials to date on the cabler. His latest hour, \u201cBill Maher: Is Anyone Else Seeing This?,\u201d is nominated for a Golden Globe.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cReal Time\u201d is executive produced by Maher, Sheila Griffiths, Dean Johnsen, Billy Martin and Marc Gurvitz. Chris Kelly is a co-executive producer, Matt Wood is a producer and Paul Casey is the director.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cReal Time With Bill Maher\u201d has been renewed for two additional seasons, extending the political talk series through…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":234335,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[17236,93,61,60,282],"class_list":{"0":"post-234334","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-bill-maher","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland","12":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234334\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/234335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}