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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.
Real Time with Bill Maher (Season 3)
February 18, 2005 (Episode 1)
Air date: 2005-02-18
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Guests: Correspondent Lesley Stahl, actor Robin Williams, former HHS Sec. Tommy Thompson, Sen. Joe Biden, actor Don Cheadle Topics: On protecting sources, Jeff Gannon, on interrogating prisoners, Iraq elections, Darfur
February 25, 2005 (Episode 2)
Air date: 2005-02-25
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Guests: Former baseball slugger José Canseco, actor Tim Robbins, Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, talk show host Tucker Carlson, Gov. Mike Huckabee Topics: On steroids, on Iran and Iraq, on religious belief, Ward Churchill, President Bush, on Covenant Marriage, Million Dollar Baby
March 04, 2005 (Episode 3)
Air date: 2005-03-04
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Guests: Former U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno, former NIH administrator Bernadine Healy, actor Dave Foley, Ward Churchill and Michael Faughnan, and comic Whoopi Goldberg via satellite. Topics: BTK killer, on the Ten Commandments, torture, on raising children
March 11, 2005 (Episode 4)
Air date: 2005-03-11
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Guests: Rep. Barney Frank, comedian Richard Belzer, writer Andrew Breitbart, writer Irshad Manji, and writer Camille Pagila. Topics: Gay marriage, women of Iraq, war, teachers sleeping with students, Michael Jackson
March 18, 2005 (Episode 5)
Air date: 2005-03-18
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Guests: Gov. Frank Murkowski, actor Jason Alexander, Gov. Christie Whitman, Rep. Ileana Ross-Lehtinen, and author Thomas Frank. Topics: ANWR, steroids, Republican Party, environment
April 01, 2005 (Episode 6)
Air date: 2005-04-01
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Guests: TV host Bill O'Reilly, academic Cornel West, actor Alec Baldwin, actor/comedienne Whoopi Goldberg, and Rev. Jesse Jackson. Topics: Pope, Terri Schiavo, Republican majority
April 08, 2005 (Episode 7)
Air date: 2005-04-08
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Guests: former Gov. Mario Cuomo, actor Ian McShane, writer Arianna Huffington, TV host Rev. Joe Watkins, and conservative Richard Perle. Topics: Tom DeLay, Iraq, immigration
April 15, 2005 (Episode 8)
Air date: 2005-04-15
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Guests: Columnist Thomas Friedman, writer David Frum, singer Natalie Mames, Gen. Wesley Clark and Sen. Barbara Boxer. Topics: Middle East, Darfur, gays in the military, guns, immigration
April 22, 2005 (Episode 9)
Air date: 2005-04-22
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Guests: Actress Jane Fonda, talk show host Joe Scarborough, columnist Maureen Dowd, former Sen. Alan Simpson, environmentalist Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Topics: Religion, Pope, airport security, environment, John Bolton
April 29, 2005 (Episode 10)
Air date: 2005-04-29
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Guests: Senator Charles Schumer (D) New York, Lt. Gov. Michael Steele (R) Maryland, Farai Chideya, Martin Short, and Jeff Gannon. Topics: Voter issues, US budget, on the Presidential press conference
May 06, 2005 (Episode 11)
Air date: 2005-05-06
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Guests: Former Sec. of State Madeleine Albright, blogger Andrew Sullivan, former Canadian PM Kim Campbell, actor Michael McKean, and Rep. Bernie Sanders. Topics: Kim Jong Il, Pat Robertson, Pope, censorship, activist judges
May 13, 2005 (Episode 12)
Air date: 2005-05-13
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Guests: Sen. Norm Coleman, talk radio's Al Franken, reporter Liz Marlantes, author Gore Vidal, and basketball's Charles Barkley. Topics: Terror alerts, Voting irregularities, Iraq, Darfur, gay Republicans
August 19, 2005 (Episode 13)
Air date: 2005-08-19
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Guests: Conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly; Iraq war veteran, Paul Hackett; former Homeland Security Under Secretary Asa Hutchinson; political consultant Kellyanne Conway; actor/comic Chris Rock. Topics: Cindy Sheehan, Iraq, John Kerry, racial profiling, activist judges
August 26, 2005 (Episode 14)
Air date: 2005-08-26
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Guests: Activist Cindy Sheehan, Gov. Mike Huckabee, journalist Dan Savage, feminist activist Eve Ensler, novelist Kinky Friedman Topics: Camp Casey, gay marriage, health, Bush's vacation
September 02, 2005 (Episode 15)
Air date: 2005-09-02
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Guests: Television journalist Anderson Cooper, Stephen Schneider, Michael Eric Dyson, actor Bradley Whitford, professor Mary Frances Berry, journalist Fareed Zakaria Topics: Hurricane Katrina, poverty, Iraq
September 09, 2005 (Episode 16) 9.0
Air date: 2005-09-09
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Guests: Walter Maestri, Joe Scarborough, comedian George Carlin, Cynthia Tucker, conservative editorialist James K. Glassman, writer Kurt Vonnegut Topics: Michael D. Brown, US political system, on race, on the Administration
September 16, 2005 (Episode 17)
Air date: 2005-09-16
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Guests: Sen. Charles Schumer, PJ O'Rourke, Joy Behar, Willie Brown, Dan Senor Topics: John Roberts, Bush taking responsibility, poverty, Iraq
September 23, 2005 (Episode 18) 7.0
Air date: 2005-09-23
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Guests: Singer Willie Nelson, Rep. David Dreier, author/journalist Christopher Hitchens, BBC News correspondent Katty Kay, British politician George Galloway, journalist Andrea Mitchell Topics: Hurricane Rita, Vice President Cheney, Jet Blue emergency landing, foreign oil dependency, Margaret Thatcher, critiquing the U.S.
October 07, 2005 (Episode 19)
Air date: 2005-10-07
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Guests: Conservative columnist Ann Coulter, journalist Andrew Sullivan, actor Ben Affleck, writer Salman Rushdie, soldier/author Kayla Williams Topics: Harriet Miers, religion, torture
October 14, 2005 (Episode 20)
Air date: 2005-10-14
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Guests: Former Sen. Max Cleland, columnist Tina Brown, actor/comedian Larry Miller, author Tom Wolfe, police chief Richard Pennington, former Sen. John Edwards Topics: President's approval rating, poverty, police beatings, Iraq, Harriet Miers
October 21, 2005 (Episode 21)
Air date: 2005-10-21
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Guests: Arianna Huffington, Tucker Carlson, Michel Martin, Spike Lee, Chris Webber Topics: Valerie Plame, New York Times, health care, NBA dress code, governments response to Katrina, conspiracy in New Orleans
October 28, 2005 (Episode 22)
Air date: 2005-10-28
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Guests: Richard A. Clarke, reporter Helen Thomas, actor Billy Connolly, TV host Tony Snow, writer Nadira Hira Topics: Press Corps, Scooter Libby
November 04, 2005 (Episode 23)
Air date: 2005-11-04
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Guests: fmr Pres. Mary Robinson of Ireland, Joe Scarborough, John Waters, fmr. Sen. Tom Daschle, Dr. Sanjay Gupta Topics: Rosa Parks' funeral, national security leak
