7.1/1034 votes#1 - January 18, 2013
Season 11 Episode 1 - Aired 1/18/2013
Guests: Comedian Martin Short, former Governor & Senator Bob Kerrey (D-NE), journalist Rula Jebreal, reporter Michelle Caruso-Cabrera, and former Rep. Steve LaTourette. Topics: The future of the Republicans, gun control, Israeli elections, revolution in Syria, torture, Manti Te'o girlfriend hoax, the media, neither party cares about privacy
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7.5/1029 votes#2 - January 25, 2013
Season 11 Episode 2 - Aired 1/25/2013
GOPAC president David Avella; former Vt. Gov. Howard Dean; political strategist Kristen Soltis; House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi; Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont).
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7.4/1030 votes#3 - February 1, 2013
Season 11 Episode 3 - Aired 2/1/2013
Interview Guests: Alex Gibney, Sam Harris Panelists: Cory Booker, Jackie Kucinich, Eva Longoria Alex Gibney is an American documentary filmmaker. His latest documentary "Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God" apparently debuts Feb 4, 2013 on HBO. Sam Harris is a philosopher whose latest book is "Free Will". He blogs at samharris.org and has recently written on the gun control issue. Cory Booker is the mayor of Newark, New Jersey and is a high-profile Democrat. Jackie Kucinich is a reporter covering politics for USA Today and is a frequent guest commentator on MSNBC. Eva Longoria is an American television and film actress, best known for her roles on "The Young and the Restless" and "Desperate Housewives".
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7.1/1036 votes#4 - February 8, 2013
Season 11 Episode 4 - Aired 2/8/2013
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange; editor Tina Brown; journalist Josh Barro; jouralist Martin Bashir; theoretical physicist Lawrence Krauss.
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7.3/1030 votes#5 - February 15, 2013
Season 11 Episode 5 - Aired 2/15/2013
Robert Zimmerman; actor Joel McHale; political strategist Donna Brazile; author Jon Meacham; editor Jamie Weinstein.
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7.5/1030 votes#6 - March 1, 2013
Season 11 Episode 6 - Aired 3/1/2013
Cybersecurity expert James Lyne; musician Snoop Lion (formerly Snoop Dogg); finance expert Monica Mehta; Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA); political strategist Steve Schmidt.
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7.1/1029 votes#7 - March 8, 2013
Season 11 Episode 7 - Aired 3/8/2013
Journalist Charlies LeDuff; author Arianna Huffington; health care expert Avik Roy; former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele; actor/comic David Cross.
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6.9/1028 votes#8 - March 15, 2013
Season 11 Episode 8 - Aired 3/15/2013
Education reformer Michelle Rhee, chef Tom Colicchio, economist Jared Bernstein, former Rep. Tom Davis (R-VA), and TV host Rachel Maddow.
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6.7/1026 votes#9 - March 22, 2013
Season 11 Episode 9 - Aired 3/22/2013
Economist Austan Goolsbee; music-business executive Clive Davis; journalist John Feehery; voter registration advocate Maria Teresa Kumar; former Gov. Jim McGreevey (D-NJ).
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7.3/1026 votes#10 - April 5, 2013
Season 11 Episode 10 - Aired 4/5/2013
Interview Guest: Sebastian Junger Panelists: Abby Huntsman, Stephen Moore, Bernie Sanders Panel Guest: Zack Kopplin Sebastian Junger is an award-winning Afghanistan war correspondent and filmmaker. His latest project is a film for HBO titled "Which Way Is the Front Line from Here? The Life and Time of Tim Hetherington". Abby Huntsman is a political commentator and host of HuffPost Live. Stephen Moore is an economist, conservative commentator and the author of "Who’s The Fairest of Them All: The Truth About Opportunity, Taxes, and Wealth in America". Bernie Sanders is the independent senator from Vermont. Zack Kopplin is a science education activist.
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7.0/1027 votes#11 - April 12, 2013
Season 11 Episode 11 - Aired 4/12/2013
Gun control advocate Colin Goddard; sportscaster Bob Costas; political strategist Stephanie Cutter; economist David Stockman; activist Saru Jayaraman.
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7.2/1028 votes#12 - April 19, 2013
Season 11 Episode 12 - Aired 4/19/2013
Tonight's guests are director Brian Levin, gun control advocate Colin Goddard, TV anchor Amy Holmes, columnist & author Nicholas Kristof and author Salman Rushdie.
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7.1/1027 votes#13 - April 26, 2013
Season 11 Episode 13 - Aired 4/26/2013
Guests: Donald Borelli, Jimmy Kimmel, John Avlon, Anna Deavere Smith, Robert Traynham.
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6.9/1029 votes#14 - May 3, 2013
Season 11 Episode 14 - Aired 5/3/2013
Guests: Jeremy Scahill, Lawrence O'Donnell, Pete Hegseth, Mattie Duppler, Marc Maron.
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7.2/1028 votes#15 - May 10, 2013
Season 11 Episode 15 - Aired 5/10/2013
Guests: From "Star Trek: Into Darkness", actor Zachary Quinto; NYT Food & Opinion journalist Mark Bittman; Guardian columnist Glenn Greenwald; MSNBC analyst Joy Reid; National Review journalist Charles Cooke.
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7.5/1029 votes#16 - May 17, 2013
Season 11 Episode 16 - Aired 5/17/2013
Guests: Oscar winning director Michael Moore; from "The Hangover Part III", actor/comedian Zach Galifianakis; from "The Cycle", co-host S.E. Cupp; from "Foreign Policy Begins at Home", author Richard Haas; NYT Finance columnist Andrew Ross Sorkin.
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6.7/1027 votes#17 - May 31, 2013
Season 11 Episode 17 - Aired 5/31/2013
Guests: Actress and screenwriter Brit Marling; humorist Raul Rudnick; from the Center for American Progress, Neera Tanden; Journalist Michael Isikoff; from "HuffPost Live", producer James Poulos.
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7.5/1032 votes#18 - June 7, 2013
Season 11 Episode 18 - Aired 6/7/2013
Guests: Filmmaker & author Tom Shadyac; journalist & author George Packer; GOP strategist Ana Navarro; comedian Dana Gould; author Kevin Williamson.
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7.2/1032 votes#19 - June 14, 2013
Season 11 Episode 19 - Aired 6/14/2013
Guests: Ex U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI); "The Center Holds" author Jonathan Alter; "Gasland Part II" director Josh Fox; "Great Degeneration" author and Harvard professor Niall Ferguson; conservative pollster Kellyanne Conway.
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6.3/1026 votes#20 - June 21, 2013
Season 11 Episode 20 - Aired 6/21/2013
Guests: Ex New York Times Op-Eder & Demos Fellow Bob Herbert; first female Saudi filmmaker Haifaa al-Mansour; "Cooked" author Michael Pollan; "Queen of the Turtle Derby" author Julia Reed; Bloomberg Businessweek journalist Josh Green.
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7.3/1027 votes#21 - June 28, 2013
Season 11 Episode 21 - Aired 6/28/2013
The Interview: Anthony Leiserowitz is the Director of the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication, which "investigates the psychological, cultural, political, and geographic factors that drive public environmental perception and behavior." Twitter: @ecotone2 The Panel: Kristen Soltis has been described as "the Republican Party's leading millennial pollster" and serves as the Vice President of DC-based opinion research and political communications firm The Winston Group. Twitter: @KSoltisAnderson Dan Neil is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and the author of The Wall Street Journal's "Rumble Seat" column, where he reviews everything from the Aston Martin Rapide S to John Deer's latest Gator. Twitter: @Danneilwsj Horace Cooper is a writer and legal commentator who serves at the Co-Chairman of the National Advisory Board for Project 21: "an initiative of The National Center for Public Policy Research to promote the views of African-Americans whose entrepreneurial spirit, dedication to family and commitment to individual responsibility has not traditionally been echoed by the nation's civil rights establishment." He is also a partner at Monument Communications. Adrian Grenier will join the panel mid-show. He is an actor, filmmaker and entrepreneur who recently produced 'How to Make Money Selling Drugs,' a film exploring the failure of American's drug war. It opens in New York on June 26th and Los Angeles on June 28th and is currently available on demand. Adrian recently penned an editorial for The Huffington Post, calling for the "return a sense of rationality and proportion to a justice system that has spun wildly out of control."
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6.7/1026 votes#22 - July 12, 2013
Season 11 Episode 22 - Aired 7/12/2013
Guests: "Hope on a Tightrope" author Dr. Cornel West; "Dirty Jobs" host Mike Rowe; GOP strategist Liz Mair; Daily Caller blogger Matt Lewis.
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6.5/1030 votes#23 - July 19, 2013
Season 11 Episode 23 - Aired 7/19/2013
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7.0/1028 votes#24 - July 26, 2013
Season 11 Episode 24 - Aired 7/26/2013
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6.8/1029 votes#25 - August 2, 2013
Season 11 Episode 25 - Aired 8/2/2013
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The Best Episodes of Real Time with Bill Maher Season 11
Every episode of Real Time with Bill Maher Season 11 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Real Time with Bill Maher Season 11!
Each week Bill Maher surrounds himself with a panel of guests which include politicians, actors, comedians, musicians and the like to discuss what's going on...
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Season 11 Ratings Summary
"January 18, 2013" is the best rated episode of "Real Time with Bill Maher" season 11. It scored 7.1/10 based on 34 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 1/18/2013. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "January 25, 2013".