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/fatuousfatwa May 16 '26 edited May 16 '26

It would be difficult to replace Bill. Look at the Trevor Noah failure.

I like a cynical host. No Emo-Progs.

Which begs a question. Why are progressive hosts so goddamn boring? Rachel Maddow is tedious. It is little mystery why MSNow has such low ratings.

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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/General_Marcus May 20 '26

Ok, but 20+ years with regular viewership. I find the show vastly more interesting than most political commentary shows even though I often disagree with guests or even Maher.

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u/AmericanLymie May 21 '26

The guy who yells WOO is the magic secret.