Real Time with Bill Maher: Season 16
Season 16 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Real Time with Bill Maher Season 15.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 16 Progress Shield
Episode 446
Jan 19, 2018 · 60 min
Guests: Michael Wolff, Saru Jayaraman, Andrew Sullivan, & Larry Wilmore
Episode 447
Jan 26, 2018 · 60 min
Guests: Roger McNamee, Zooey Deschanel, Michelle Goldberg, Rep. Ro Khanna, & Rick Wilson
Episode 448
Feb 2, 2018 · 60 min
Guests: Richard Haass, Anthony Scaramucci, David Frum, & Donna Brazile
Episode 449
Feb 9, 2018 · 60 min
Guests: Rep. Adam Schiff, April Ryan, Johann Hari, Richard Painter & Bari Weiss
Episode 450
Feb 16, 2018 · 60 min
Guests: Anna Deavere Smith, Fran Lebowitz, Salman Rushdie & Vicente Fox
Episode 451
Mar 2, 2018 · 60 min
Guests: David Hogg, Cameron Kasky, Amy Chua, Eric Holder & Jon Meacham
Episode 452
Mar 9, 2018 · 60 min
Guests: Kathy Griffin, Erick Erickson, Ana Navarro, Trae Crowder & Bari Weiss
Episode 453
Mar 16, 2018 · 60 min
Guests: Congressman Beto O'Rourke, Billy Bush, Pete Dominick, Nayyera Haq & Andrew Ross Sorkin
Episode 454
Mar 23, 2018 · 60 min
Guests: Mitch Landrieu, Gina McCarthy, Mona Charen, Chris Hayes & Malcolm Nance
Episode 455
Apr 6, 2018 · 60 min
Guests: Geraldo Rivera, Heather McGhee, Max Boot, Eliot Spitzer & Louie Anderson
Episode 456
Apr 13, 2018 · 60 min
Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) and TV host Andy Cohen are the interview guests. The panelists are columnist Jonathan Chait, Let America Vote founder Jason Kander and civil rights act
Episode 457
Apr 20, 2018 · 60 min
Guests: Michael Avenatti, Jordan Peterson, Frank Bruni, Gov. Jay Inslee & Alex Wagner
Episode 458
Apr 27, 2018 · 60 min
Guests: Ronan Farrow, Ross Douthat, Ian Bremmer, Ana Marie Cox & John Podhoretz
Episode 459
May 4, 2018 · 60 min
Guests: Jon Meacham, Mayor Michael Tubbs, Michael Hayden, Sally Kohn & Matt Welch
Episode 460
May 11, 2018 · 60 min
Guests: Rep. Duncan Hunter, Robert Reich, Michael Render & Ethan Hawke
Episode 461
May 18, 2018 · 60 min
Guests: Clint Watts, Dambisa Moyo, Evan McMullin, Dan Savage & Bari Weiss
Episode 462
Jun 1, 2018 · 60 min
Guests: Sen. Bernie Sanders, Paul Begala, Natasha Bertrand, Bret Stephens & Charlamagne Tha God
Episode 463
Jun 8, 2018 · 60 min
Guests: Michael Eric Dyson, Fareed Zakaria, Linda Chavez, John Heilemann & Shermichael Singleton
Episode 464
Jun 15, 2018 · 60 min
Columnist George Will and comedian Billy Eichner are the interview guests. The panelists are Rep. Karen Bass (D-Cal.), commentator Margaret Hoover and journalist Michael Weiss.
Episode 465
Jun 22, 2018 · 60 min
Guests: Colion Noir, Michael Pollan, Josh Barro, Michael Smerconish & Neera Tanden
Episode 466
Jun 29, 2018 · 60 min
Political commentator Ben Shapiro is the top-of-show interview guest. Documentary filmmaker Michael Moore is the mid-show interview guest. The roundtable guests are journalist Jenn
Episode 467
Aug 3, 2018 · 60 min
Counterterrorism expert Malcolm Nance is an interview guest. The panelists are political analyst Kristen Soltis Anderson, columnist Charles Blow, author Nancy MacLean, and politica
Episode 468
Aug 10, 2018 · 60 min
Guests: Lawrence O'Donnell, Rep. Seth Moulton, D.L. Hughley, Christina Bellantoni & Steven Pinker
Episode 469
Aug 17, 2018 · 60 min
Guests: Preet Bharara, Adam Conover, Jennifer Granholm, Charlie Sykes & Jonathan Swan
Episode 470
Aug 24, 2018 · 60 min
Former CIA director John Brennan; journalist Kara Swisher; journalist David Corn; activist Saru Jayaraman; political strategist Rick Wilson.
Episode 471
Sep 7, 2018 · 60 min
Guests: Jack Bryan, Jim Carrey, David Axelrod, Michelle Goldberg & Former Congressman Charlie Dent
Episode 472
Sep 14, 2018 · 60 min
Guests: John Kerry, S.E. Cupp, Mark Leibovich, Richard Clarke & Steve Ballmer
Episode 473
Sep 21, 2018 · 60 min
Guests: Michael Moore, Catherine Rampell, Thom Hartmann, Steve Hilton & PJ O'Rourke
Episode 474
Sep 28, 2018 · 60 min
Political strategist Steve Bannon; astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson; author Max Brooks; national security analyst Evelyn Farkas; reporter April Ryan.
Episode 475
Oct 5, 2018 · 60 min
Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin; actor Jeff Bridges; former Fla. Rep. David Jolly; journalist Soledad O'Brien; author Andrew Sullivan.
Episode 476
Oct 12, 2018 · 60 min
Former White House aide Omarosa Manigault Newman and journalist Steve Kornacki are interviewed. The panelists are Princeton professor Eddie Glaude Jr., political commentator Reihan
Episode 477
Oct 26, 2018 · 60 min
Guests: Stormy Daniels, Anthony Scaramucci, Betsy Woodruff, Max Boot & Jonathan Haidt
Episode 478
Nov 2, 2018 · 60 min
Guests: Barbra Streisand, Bari Weiss, Chelsea Handler, Jim VandeHei & Anthony Romero
Episode 479
Nov 9, 2018 · 60 min
Guests: Bob Woodward, Sarah Silverman, Cornell Belcher, Katty Kay & Bret Stephens
Episode 480
Nov 16, 2018 · 60 min
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.); former world chess champion Garry Kasparov; political commentator Van Jones; historian Nancy MacLean; political analyst Steve Schmidt.