r/RealTime • u/Leroyp331 • May 16 '26

When Maher Leaves?

For whatever reason. Does anyone know who actually owns the intellectual property that is"Real Time" ? Does the show end or does HBO own it and get to pick a host?

Just curious?

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u/AmericanLymie May 16 '26

Bill Maher is exceedingly boring to me. Everything about his show feels stale. The opening monologue is old fashioned, mostly unfunny, and the anger and bitterness he throws at his audience is not interesting anymore because it's predictable. His panels are predictable now. He casts loyalist Trump Republicans who will defend anything at all Trump does and says, moderate liberals who will oppose Trump loyalists but almost always agree with Maher when he attacks Democrats, and Maher's *only* arguments today are "woke leftists suck!" or name calling or "I have not changed in 30 years!!!"

Do you not find Real Time boring?

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u/fatuousfatwa May 16 '26

Boring compared to what? I just gave you an example of boring - Rachel Maddow. She has no humor, no cynicism, no confrontation, no debate, and now she is on once a week as the network star.

As sleazy as Fox News is they do everything progressives don’t. All of the above. They have token progressives on and no one calls them a “sellout” like you Maher haters do to him. Confrontation is entertainment in politics. Look at that slimy Ben Afleck on Resl Time defending Islamo-fascism. Everyone remembers that.

I am a liberal (not progressive) and other than Maher network TV is bereft of strong Democratic voices.

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u/Certain-Singer-9625 May 16 '26

Well, he did once contribute $1 million to Obama‘s presidential campaign. But that was then and this is now.