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Season 17 - Best Episodes Of Real Time with Bill Maher

Overall Rating: ★ 7.3

Season 17 - Best Episodes Of Real Time with Bill Maher

(Overall Rating: ★ 7.3)

Episode Ratings & Analysis

Explore season 17 episodes of Real Time with Bill Maher. Explore detailed ratings, episode summaries, and visualize how the show's quality evolved over time.

Each week Bill Maher surrounds himself with a panel of guests which include politicians, actors, comedians, musicians and the like to discuss what's going on in the world.

23 Seasons
687 Episodes
Returning Series
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Best Episodes
S17E20 - Episode 500 ★ 7.6
S17E4 - Episode 484 ★ 7.5
S17E14 - Episode 494 ★ 7.4
Worst Episodes
S17E2 - Episode 482 ★ 6.6
S17E7 - Episode 487 ★ 6.8
S17E16 - Episode 496 ★ 6.8
★ 7.6/10 (41 votes)
#1

Episode 500

S17:E20

Guests: Allan Lichtman, Dr. Debra Soh, Thom Hartmann, Liz Mair, Dan Savage.

Atlantis14 Jun 23, 2019

The Oprah bit at the end was not funny because it was too late. He should have used this material mo...

★ 7.5/10 (51 votes)
#2

Episode 484

S17:E4

Guests: Chris Christie, Eric Idle, Natasha Bertrand, Jack Kingston, Malcolm Nance.

★ 7.4/10 (41 votes)
#3

Episode 494

S17:E14

Guests: Jay Inslee, Moby, Bakari Sellers, Bret Stephens, Kara Swisher.

★ 7.4/10 (36 votes)
#4

Episode 497

S17:E17

Guests: William Weld, John Waters, Kirsten Powers, Jonathan Swan, Lawrence Wilkerson.

★ 7.3/10 (49 votes)
#5

Episode 483

S17:E3

Guests: Will Hurd, Bill de Blasio, Peter Hamby, Jon Meacham, Jennifer Rubin.

★ 7.3/10 (39 votes)
#6

Episode 493

S17:E13

Guests: Adam Schiff, Bob Costas, John Avlon, Zerlina Maxwell, Grover Norquist.

iceberrrg Apr 27, 2019

this episode didn't air

★ 7.3/10 (40 votes)
#7

Episode 495

S17:E15

Guests: Michael Lewis, Tim Ryan, Nayyera Haq, Van Jones, Matt Lewis.

★ 7.3/10 (44 votes)
#8

Episode 498

S17:E18

Guests: Andrew Yang, Bret Easton Ellis, Charles Blow, Katie Porter, Clint Watts.

★ 7.3/10 (36 votes)
#9

Episode 501

S17:E21

Guests: Tulsi Gabbard, Seth MacFarlane, Max Brooks, Adam Gopnik, Joy Reid.

★ 7.3/10 (39 votes)
#10

Episode 503

S17:E23

Guests: Former Governor of Virginia Terry McAuliffe, NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel, author Tom Nichols, columnist Catherine Rampell, former White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci.

★ 7.2/10 (33 votes)
#11

Episode 490

S17:E10

Guests: Pete Buttigieg, Preet Bharara, S.E. Cupp, Elissa Slotkin, Andrew Sullivan.

★ 7.2/10 (35 votes)
#12

Episode 492

S17:E12

Guests: Seth Abramson, Dave Barry, Cornell Belcher, Wendy R. Sherman, Matt Welch.

★ 7.2/10 (38 votes)
#13

Episode 504

S17:E24

Guests: Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, Carl Hulse, Betsy Woodruff, Rick Wilson & Michael Render

★ 7.1/10 (53 votes)
#14

Episode 481

S17:E1

Guests: John Kasich, Marshawn Lynch, Erick Erickson, Barney Frank, Catherine Rampell.

★ 7.1/10 (55 votes)
#15

Episode 486

S17:E6

Guests: Congressman Adam Schiff, Bernard-Henri Lévy, Donna Brazile, Claire McCaskill & Rick Wilson.

★ 7.1/10 (47 votes)
#16

Episode 488

S17:E8

Guests: Andrew McCabe, Andrew Gillum, John Heilemann, Jon Tester, Jessica Yellin.

★ 7.1/10 (35 votes)
#17

Episode 491

S17:E11

Guests: Julian Castro, Chelsea Handler, Danielle Pletka, Gideon Rose, Salman Rushdie.

★ 7.1/10 (34 votes)
#18

Episode 502

S17:E22

Guests: New York Congressman Hakeem Jeffries, Democratic Presidential candidate Marianne Williamson, journalist Josh Barro, former Governor of Michigan Jennifer Granholm, radio host Buck Sexton.

★ 7.0/10 (51 votes)
#19

Episode 485

S17:E5

Guests: Mayor Rahm Emanuel, John Legend, Paul Begala, David Frum & Maya Wiley.

★ 7.0/10 (47 votes)
#20

Episode 489

S17:E9

Guests: Irshad Manji, Larry Charles, Kristen Soltis Anderson, Evelyn Farkas, Rep. Eric Swalwell.

★ 6.9/10 (45 votes)
#21

Episode 499

S17:E19

Guests: George Will, Martin Short, Eliot Spitzer, Charlie Sykes, Bari Weiss.

★ 6.8/10 (41 votes)
#22

Episode 487

S17:E7

Guests: Matt Schlapp, Noah Rothman, Jonathan Alter, Mary Katharine Ham, Michael Steele.

★ 6.8/10 (41 votes)
#23

Episode 496

S17:E16

Guests: Fran Lebowitz, Jonathan Metzl, James Kirchick, George Packer, Neera Tanden.

★ 6.6/10 (60 votes)
#24

Episode 482

S17:E2

Guests: Ann Coulter, Michael McFaul, Joshua Green, Dan Savage, Heather McGhee.

★ 0.0/10
#25

Episode 505

S17:E25

Guests: Rep. Katie Porter, Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, Michael Smerconish, Eric Klinenberg & Kevin D. Williamson

★ 6.6/10 (60 votes)
#1

Episode 482

S17:E2

Guests: Ann Coulter, Michael McFaul, Joshua Green, Dan Savage, Heather McGhee.

★ 6.8/10 (41 votes)
#2

Episode 487

S17:E7

Guests: Matt Schlapp, Noah Rothman, Jonathan Alter, Mary Katharine Ham, Michael Steele.

★ 6.8/10 (41 votes)
#3

Episode 496

S17:E16

Guests: Fran Lebowitz, Jonathan Metzl, James Kirchick, George Packer, Neera Tanden.

★ 6.9/10 (45 votes)
#4

Episode 499

S17:E19

Guests: George Will, Martin Short, Eliot Spitzer, Charlie Sykes, Bari Weiss.

★ 7.0/10 (51 votes)
#5

Episode 485

S17:E5

Guests: Mayor Rahm Emanuel, John Legend, Paul Begala, David Frum & Maya Wiley.

★ 7.0/10 (47 votes)
#6

Episode 489

S17:E9

Guests: Irshad Manji, Larry Charles, Kristen Soltis Anderson, Evelyn Farkas, Rep. Eric Swalwell.

★ 7.1/10 (53 votes)
#7

Episode 481

S17:E1

Guests: John Kasich, Marshawn Lynch, Erick Erickson, Barney Frank, Catherine Rampell.

★ 7.1/10 (55 votes)
#8

Episode 486

S17:E6

Guests: Congressman Adam Schiff, Bernard-Henri Lévy, Donna Brazile, Claire McCaskill & Rick Wilson.

★ 7.1/10 (47 votes)
#9

Episode 488

S17:E8

Guests: Andrew McCabe, Andrew Gillum, John Heilemann, Jon Tester, Jessica Yellin.

★ 7.1/10 (35 votes)
#10

Episode 491

S17:E11

Guests: Julian Castro, Chelsea Handler, Danielle Pletka, Gideon Rose, Salman Rushdie.

★ 7.1/10 (34 votes)
#11

Episode 502

S17:E22

Guests: New York Congressman Hakeem Jeffries, Democratic Presidential candidate Marianne Williamson, journalist Josh Barro, former Governor of Michigan Jennifer Granholm, radio host Buck Sexton.

★ 7.2/10 (33 votes)
#12

Episode 490

S17:E10

Guests: Pete Buttigieg, Preet Bharara, S.E. Cupp, Elissa Slotkin, Andrew Sullivan.

★ 7.2/10 (35 votes)
#13

Episode 492

S17:E12

Guests: Seth Abramson, Dave Barry, Cornell Belcher, Wendy R. Sherman, Matt Welch.

★ 7.2/10 (38 votes)
#14

Episode 504

S17:E24

Guests: Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, Carl Hulse, Betsy Woodruff, Rick Wilson & Michael Render

★ 7.3/10 (49 votes)
#15

Episode 483

S17:E3

Guests: Will Hurd, Bill de Blasio, Peter Hamby, Jon Meacham, Jennifer Rubin.

★ 7.3/10 (39 votes)
#16

Episode 493

S17:E13

Guests: Adam Schiff, Bob Costas, John Avlon, Zerlina Maxwell, Grover Norquist.

iceberrrg Apr 27, 2019

this episode didn't air

★ 7.3/10 (40 votes)
#17

Episode 495

S17:E15

Guests: Michael Lewis, Tim Ryan, Nayyera Haq, Van Jones, Matt Lewis.

★ 7.3/10 (44 votes)
#18

Episode 498

S17:E18

Guests: Andrew Yang, Bret Easton Ellis, Charles Blow, Katie Porter, Clint Watts.

★ 7.3/10 (36 votes)
#19

Episode 501

S17:E21

Guests: Tulsi Gabbard, Seth MacFarlane, Max Brooks, Adam Gopnik, Joy Reid.

★ 7.3/10 (39 votes)
#20

Episode 503

S17:E23

Guests: Former Governor of Virginia Terry McAuliffe, NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel, author Tom Nichols, columnist Catherine Rampell, former White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci.

★ 7.4/10 (41 votes)
#21

Episode 494

S17:E14

Guests: Jay Inslee, Moby, Bakari Sellers, Bret Stephens, Kara Swisher.

★ 7.4/10 (36 votes)
#22

Episode 497

S17:E17

Guests: William Weld, John Waters, Kirsten Powers, Jonathan Swan, Lawrence Wilkerson.

★ 7.5/10 (51 votes)
#23

Episode 484

S17:E4

Guests: Chris Christie, Eric Idle, Natasha Bertrand, Jack Kingston, Malcolm Nance.

★ 7.6/10 (41 votes)
#24

Episode 500

S17:E20

Guests: Allan Lichtman, Dr. Debra Soh, Thom Hartmann, Liz Mair, Dan Savage.

Atlantis14 Jun 23, 2019

The Oprah bit at the end was not funny because it was too late. He should have used this material mo...

★ 7.1/10 (53 votes)

Episode 481

S17:E1

Guests: John Kasich, Marshawn Lynch, Erick Erickson, Barney Frank, Catherine Rampell.

★ 6.6/10 (60 votes)

Episode 482

S17:E2

Guests: Ann Coulter, Michael McFaul, Joshua Green, Dan Savage, Heather McGhee.

★ 7.3/10 (49 votes)

Episode 483

S17:E3

Guests: Will Hurd, Bill de Blasio, Peter Hamby, Jon Meacham, Jennifer Rubin.

★ 7.5/10 (51 votes)

Episode 484

S17:E4

Guests: Chris Christie, Eric Idle, Natasha Bertrand, Jack Kingston, Malcolm Nance.

★ 7.0/10 (51 votes)

Episode 485

S17:E5

Guests: Mayor Rahm Emanuel, John Legend, Paul Begala, David Frum & Maya Wiley.

★ 7.1/10 (55 votes)

Episode 486

S17:E6

Guests: Congressman Adam Schiff, Bernard-Henri Lévy, Donna Brazile, Claire McCaskill & Rick Wilson.

★ 6.8/10 (41 votes)

Episode 487

S17:E7

Guests: Matt Schlapp, Noah Rothman, Jonathan Alter, Mary Katharine Ham, Michael Steele.

★ 7.1/10 (47 votes)

Episode 488

S17:E8

Guests: Andrew McCabe, Andrew Gillum, John Heilemann, Jon Tester, Jessica Yellin.

★ 7.0/10 (47 votes)

Episode 489

S17:E9

Guests: Irshad Manji, Larry Charles, Kristen Soltis Anderson, Evelyn Farkas, Rep. Eric Swalwell.

★ 7.2/10 (33 votes)

Episode 490

S17:E10

Guests: Pete Buttigieg, Preet Bharara, S.E. Cupp, Elissa Slotkin, Andrew Sullivan.

★ 7.1/10 (35 votes)

Episode 491

S17:E11

Guests: Julian Castro, Chelsea Handler, Danielle Pletka, Gideon Rose, Salman Rushdie.

★ 7.2/10 (35 votes)

Episode 492

S17:E12

Guests: Seth Abramson, Dave Barry, Cornell Belcher, Wendy R. Sherman, Matt Welch.

★ 7.3/10 (39 votes)

Episode 493

S17:E13

Guests: Adam Schiff, Bob Costas, John Avlon, Zerlina Maxwell, Grover Norquist.

iceberrrg Apr 27, 2019

this episode didn't air

★ 7.4/10 (41 votes)

Episode 494

S17:E14

Guests: Jay Inslee, Moby, Bakari Sellers, Bret Stephens, Kara Swisher.

★ 7.3/10 (40 votes)

Episode 495

S17:E15

Guests: Michael Lewis, Tim Ryan, Nayyera Haq, Van Jones, Matt Lewis.

★ 6.8/10 (41 votes)

Episode 496

S17:E16

Guests: Fran Lebowitz, Jonathan Metzl, James Kirchick, George Packer, Neera Tanden.

★ 7.4/10 (36 votes)

Episode 497

S17:E17

Guests: William Weld, John Waters, Kirsten Powers, Jonathan Swan, Lawrence Wilkerson.

★ 7.3/10 (44 votes)

Episode 498

S17:E18

Guests: Andrew Yang, Bret Easton Ellis, Charles Blow, Katie Porter, Clint Watts.

★ 6.9/10 (45 votes)

Episode 499

S17:E19

Guests: George Will, Martin Short, Eliot Spitzer, Charlie Sykes, Bari Weiss.

★ 7.6/10 (41 votes)

Episode 500

S17:E20

Guests: Allan Lichtman, Dr. Debra Soh, Thom Hartmann, Liz Mair, Dan Savage.

Atlantis14 Jun 23, 2019

The Oprah bit at the end was not funny because it was too late. He should have used this material mo...

★ 7.3/10 (36 votes)

Episode 501

S17:E21

Guests: Tulsi Gabbard, Seth MacFarlane, Max Brooks, Adam Gopnik, Joy Reid.

★ 7.1/10 (34 votes)

Episode 502

S17:E22

Guests: New York Congressman Hakeem Jeffries, Democratic Presidential candidate Marianne Williamson, journalist Josh Barro, former Governor of Michigan Jennifer Granholm, radio host Buck Sexton.

★ 7.3/10 (39 votes)

Episode 503

S17:E23

Guests: Former Governor of Virginia Terry McAuliffe, NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel, author Tom Nichols, columnist Catherine Rampell, former White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci.

★ 7.2/10 (38 votes)

Episode 504

S17:E24

Guests: Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, Carl Hulse, Betsy Woodruff, Rick Wilson & Michael Render

★ 0.0/10

Episode 505

S17:E25

Guests: Rep. Katie Porter, Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, Michael Smerconish, Eric Klinenberg & Kevin D. Williamson

Season Average Rating Episodes Best Episode Worst Episode
18 ★ 7.2 4
★ 7.4 Episode 522
★ 7.0 Episode 524
17 ★ 7.2 24
★ 7.6 Episode 500
★ 6.6 Episode 482
9 ★ 7.1 25
★ 7.6 January 21, 2011
★ 6.3 March 25,2011
11 ★ 7.0 25
★ 7.5 March 1, 2013
★ 6.3 June 21, 2013
7 ★ 6.9 25
★ 7.5 February 20, 2009
★ 5.8 August 28, 2009
10 ★ 6.9 25
★ 7.6 March 02, 2012
★ 6.2 August 31, 2012
12 ★ 6.9 22
★ 7.3 July 25, 2014
★ 6.1 July 18, 2014
21 ★ 6.7 13
★ 7.3 March 10, 2023: David Byrne, John McWhorter, Josh Tyrangiel
★ 5.6 April 28, 2023: Elon Musk, Michael Moynihan, Konstantin Kisin
15 ★ 6.7 25
★ 7.5 Roger Stone; Jose Antonio Vargas; Michael Hayden; Rick Santorum; Neera Tanden
★ 6.0 Elizabeth Warren; Ernest Moniz; Nick Hanauer; Rob Reiner; Tara Setmayer
8 ★ 6.6 24
★ 7.6 February 19, 2010
★ 5.6 November 05, 2010
14 ★ 6.5 25
★ 7.3 Episode 377
★ 5.9 Episode 387
13 ★ 6.5 25
★ 7.1 Episode 360
★ 5.4 Episode 339
6 ★ 5.9 25
★ 6.7 September 12, 2008
★ 5.2 October 31, 2008
1 ★ 5.5 20
★ 6.6 February 21, 2003
★ 4.5 September 19, 2003
4 ★ 5.0 24
★ 7.5 October 20, 2006
★ 3.8 March 17, 2006
5 ★ 4.8 24
★ 6.3 May 04, 2007
★ 3.1 May 25, 2007
2 ★ 4.4 23
★ 7.5 October 01, 2004
★ 3.0 January 23, 2004
3 ★ 4.3 23
★ 7.7 September 09, 2005
★ 3.3 August 26, 2005
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