Real Time with Bill Maher - Season 18

Allowing Maher to offer his unique perspective on contemporary issues, the show includes an opening monologue, roundtable discussions with panelists and interviews with guests. Dr. Anne Rimoin, Associate Professor of Epidemiology at UCLA and Director of the Fielding School's Center for Global and Immigrant Health is the top-of-show interview guest. Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof is the mid-show interview guest. The roundtable guests are The Washington Post columnist and New York Times bestselling author E.J. Dionne, author and Nebraska Democratic Party Chair Jane Kleeb and former CIA officer and radio host Buck Sexton.

Election forecaster Rachel Bitecofer is the top-of-show interview guest. Emmy and Golden Globe-winning actor Brian Cox is the mid-show interview guest. The roundtable guests are New York Times columnist and author Ross Douthat, The Atlantic contributing writer Caitlin Flanagan and former White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci.

This week features one-on-one virtual interviews with former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, former National Security Advisor, and author of Tough Love: My Story of the Things Worth Fighting For, Susan Rice; and Pulitzer-Prize winning Washington Post columnist and author of The Conservative Sensibility, George Will. This week will also feature a virtual panel with career U.S. Counterterrorism Intelligence Officer, MSNBC contributor and author of The Plot to Destroy Democracy: How Putin and His Spies are Undermining America and Dismantling the West, Malcolm Nance; and New York Magazine writer-at-large, Andrew Sullivan.

This week features one-on-one virtual interviews with former National Security Advisor under President Trump and author of The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir, John Bolton; and co-host of the award-winning podcast "Pivot" and New York Times columnist Kara Swisher. This week will also feature a virtual panel with president of the Robin Hood Foundation and New York Times bestselling author of Five Days: The Fiery Reckoning of an American City, Wes Moore; and author, Tulane University professor and MSNBC political analyst, James Carville.

This week features one-on-one virtual interviews with former Republican Governor from Ohio John Kasich and Academy Award-winning director and screenwriter Oliver Stone. This week will also feature a virtual panel with co-chair of Poor People's Campaign and author of the new book We Are Called to Be a Movement, Rev. Dr. William Barber, II; and author of The People, No. A Brief History of Anti-Populism, Thomas Frank.

This week features one-on-one virtual interviews with former Republican Congressman from South Carolina and New York Times bestselling author of Doesn't Hurt to Ask: Using the Power of Questions to Communicate, Connect, and Persuade, Trey Gowdy; and nine-time Grammy award winner and Pulitzer Prize-winning jazz musician Wynton Marsalis. This week will also feature a virtual panel with author of The Trump Women: Part of the Deal, Nina Burleigh; and Co-Founder of The Lincoln Project and author of the New York Times bestseller, Running Against the Devil: A Plot to Save America From Trump - And Democrats From Themselves, Rick Wilson.

This week features one-on-one virtual interviews with actor Ewan McGregor about his upcoming motorcycle docu-series "Long Way Up" and former FBI agent and author of the new book Compromised: Counterintelligence and the Threat of Donald J. Trump, Peter Strzok. This week's panel discussion will include Peter Hamby, host of Snapchat's political show "Good Luck America" and contributing writer for Vanity Fair as well as Jessica Yellin, former CNN Chief White House Correspondent, author of the novel Savage News and founder of #NewsNotNoise on Instagram.

This week features one-on-one virtual interviews with Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee and Congressman for California's 28th district, Adam Schiff; and former CIA Director and author of the new book Undaunted: My Fight Against America's Enemies, At Home and Abroad, John O. Brennan. This week's in-studio panel discussion will include The Daily Beast columnist and contributor to KCRW's "Left, Right and Center," Keli Goff; and New York Times columnist and MSNBC contributor Bret Stephens.

This week features one-on-one virtual interviews with host of CNN's "Fareed Zakaria GPS" and author of the new book Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World, Fareed Zakaria; and Emmy® and Tony Award-winning actor, comedian and director of "Critical Thinking," John Leguizamo. This week's in-studio panel discussion will include associate editor of Commentary Magazine and author of Unjust: Social Justice and the Unmaking of America, Noah Rothman; and CNN senior political analyst and author of Washington's Farewell: The Founding Father's Warning to Future Generations, John Avlon.

This week features one-on-one interviews with author of OMG WTF Does The Constitution Actually Say?, Ben Sheehan (in studio); and Academy Award® and Golden Globe winning actor and author of Greenlights, Matthew McConaughey (virtual). This week's in-studio panel discussion will include former Democratic Senator from North Dakota and co-founder of the organization, One Country Project, Heidi Heitkamp; and former White House Communications Director under President Trump and author of Trump: The Blue-Collar President, Anthony Scaramuuci.

This week features one-on-one interviews with former Democratic senator from Minnesota who now hosts The Al Franken Podcast, Al Franken ; and New York Times National Correspondent and executive producer of HBO's "The Perfect Weapon," David Sanger. This week's in-studio panel discussion will include executive editor of The Recount and host of Showtime's "The Circus," John Heilemann; and fellow at the Georgetown Institute of Politics and former Senior Advisor to Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Lis Smith.

This week features a one-on-one interview with Co-Founder of The Center for Humane Technology who is featured in the new Netflix's "The Social Dilemma," Tristan Harris. This week's in-studio panel discussion will include career U.S. Counterterrorism Intelligence Officer and MSNBC contributor, Malcolm Nance; and law professor at Georgetown School of Law, founder of The Transition Integrity Project and author of "Tangled Up in Blue: Policing the American City," Rosa Brooks.

This week features an interview with Jenna Ellis, a constitutional law attorney and Senior Legal Adviser for the Trump 2020 campaign. This week's in-studio panel discussion will include The Atlantic staff writer and author of "Girl Land," Caitlin Flanagan; and Atlantic Council and Modern War Institute fellow and author of the novel "Devolution," Max Brooks.

This week features a one-on-one, in-studio interview with Distinguished Professor of African American Studies and Ethics at Vanderbilt University and author of Long Time Coming: Reckoning with Race in America, Michael Eric Dyson. This week's in-studio panel discussion will include contributing writer for The Atlantic and the co-host and executive producer of Showtime's "The Circus," Alex Wagner; and informal adviser to President-elect Biden and author of His Truth Is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope, Jon Meacham.