Bill Maher Will Stick Around for a 13th Season

Real Time with Bill Maher Renewed
Bill Maher (Photo: Janet Van Ham / HBO)
HBO’s already renewed Real Time with Bill Maher for a 13th season before season 12 even premieres. The network’s asked Maher to stick around at least through 35 more editions, with season 13 set for a January 2015 premiere. The series has been averaging 4.1 million viewers.
 
“Bill Maher has been a treasured member of the HBO family since the late ‘80s, and his irreverent wit and fearless insights make him the perfect observer for these unpredictable times,” said Michael Lombardo, president, HBO programming. “I’m delighted that we can continue to offer an uncensored forum for his original and thoughtful humor.”
 
Maher stated, “It’s a pleasure to be returning for a 13th season on HBO. It’s something you rarely see in Hollywood: an on-again, on-again relationship.”
 
Season 12 will premiere on Friday, January 17th at 10pm ET/PT. Maher serves as an executive producer along with Scott Carter, Sheila Griffiths, Marc Gurvitz, Brad Grey and Billy Martin.
 
More on Bill Maher [Courtesy of HBO]:

Bill Maher headlined his first special on the network in 1989, starring in nine solo specials, including the hour-long presentations Bill Maher…But I’m Not Wrong, The Decider and I’m Swiss (both nominated for an Emmy® in the Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special category), Victory Begins at Home, Be More Cynical, The Golden Goose Special and Stuff That Struck Me Funny, and two half-hour stand-up specials, plus the specials 30 Seconds Over Washington and Comic Relief VI™. Maher is also an executive producer of the innovative news magazine show VICE, which returns for its second season March 14 on HBO.
 
He was the creator and host of Politically Incorrect, which was produced by HBO Downtown Productions and debuted on Comedy Central in 1993. The series moved to ABC in 1997 and ran through 2002.
 
His last book, The New New Rules: A Funny Look at How Everybody but Me Has Their Head Up Their Ass, was published in November 2011 and made the New York Times bestseller list. Maher’s 2006 book, New Rules: Polite Musings from a Timid Observer, also made the New York Times list, as well as bestseller lists across the country. He is also author of the books When You Ride Alone You Ride with Bin Laden: What the Government Should Be Telling Us to Help Fight the War on Terrorism, Does Anybody Have a Problem with That? The Best of Politically Incorrect and the novel True Story. Maher produced and starred in the 2008 feature film Religulous, the seventh most successful documentary of all time.

 
Source: HBO
 
-Posted by Rebecca Murray

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