Here’s the Real Time with Bill Maher lineup for Nov. 9
By Matt Moore
Real Time with Bill Maher is back with another new episode for Nov. 9. Here’s everything you need to know about tonight’s guests.
It was a big week in the world of politics. Just when we thought that the midterm elections would dominate the week’s news cycle, things changed in a hurry. Attorney General Jeff Sessions gave his resignation at the request of President Trump. Bill Maher will have a tough task of shifting through it all on Real Time.
Maher was adamant about the importance of these elections in the build up to voting day. He’s suggested it was a do-or-die type situation for Democrats to keep Trump in check as best as possible. That plan may have taken a hit with Sessions’ resignation and the interim appointment of Matt Whitaker. Whitaker has been vocal about the need to limit the scope of Robert Mueller’s investigation.
It seems like a lifetime ago that Maher was lamenting about political correctness infecting Halloween. Now he has much bigger topics to tackle for the Nov. 9 show. Let’s take a look at who will be joining him.
Top-of-Show Interview
Things will lead off with Maher sitting down with legendary journalist Bob Woodward. Woodward made his name alongside Carl Bernstein at the Washington Post investigating the Watergate scandal. This will be his third appearance on Real Time and first since 2010.
Woodward was back prominently in the news earlier this year when he released his book Fear: Trump in the White House. That book had a not so flattering picture of President Trump’s administration.
Expect Maher to ask Woodward for how he perceives things are going at the White House following the Democrats taking control of the House of Representatives, the fallout of Sessions’ resignation, and Trump’s continued attacks on the press.
Mid-Show Interview
Next, Maher will be joined by comedian Sarah Silverman. She has been one of the many celebrities active in encouraging voter registration and turnout prior to election day. Silverman is a frequent guest of the show and will be making her ninth appearance.
Silverman hosts her own politics-comedy hybrid series on Hulu titled I Love You, America with Sarah Silverman. It has received critical acclaim and was Emmy nominated in 2018. She is also a star of the animated film Ralph Breaks the Internet out Nov. 21.
The Panel
The panel will feature two returning guests and one guest making his first appearance on Real Time with Bill Maher.
Bret Stephens is a political commentator who has been published in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and The Jerusalem Post. His political views have been described as “neoconservative” and he has been an outspoken critic of President Trump since the 2016 election.
Katty Kay is a journalist and anchor of BBC World News America. She has also co-authored the books Womenomics: Write Your Own Rules for Success and The Confidence Code: The Science and Art of Self-Assurance—What Women Should Know. Kay last appeared on Real Time in June 2017.
Making his debut as a guest of Bill Maher is Cornell Belcher. Belcher is a political strategist and pollster. He founded Brilliant Corners Research & Strategies in 2001 and the firm was considered instrumental in the 2008 election of President Barack Obama.
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Real Time with Bill Maher airs Friday, Nov. 8 on HBO at 10 PM EST. It will be the second-to-last episode of season 16. The show has lost some momentum in the ratings the past couple weeks. However, the results of the midterm election and Jeff Sessions’ resignation are sure to have audiences eager for Maher’s take on it all.