6.3/1081 votes#1 - Jane Fonda; Keith Olbermann; Heather McGhee; Jon Meacham; Thomas Perez
Season 15 Episode 1 - Aired 1/20/2017
Season 15 opens on inauguration day with actress Jane Fonda and GQ special correspondent Keith Olbermann as the interview guests. The roundtable includes: Demos president Heather McGhee, author and presidential historian Jon Meacham and former Secretary of Labor and DNC chair candidate Thomas Perez.
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6.9/1065 votes#2 - Richard Haass; John Avlon; Eva Longoria; Grover Norquist; Tim Ryan
Season 15 Episode 2 - Aired 1/27/2017
Richard Haass, president of the Council of Foreign Relations and John Avlon, editor-in-chief of the Daily Beast are the interview guests. Bill's roundtable panel includes: actress Eva Longoria, Ohio's Democratic congressman Tim Ryan and the founder and president of Americans for Tax Reform, Grover Norquist.
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6.1/1062 votes#3 - Michael Eric Dyson; Jason Kander, Tomi Lahren and Rick Wilson; Leah Remini
Season 15 Episode 3 - Aired 2/3/2017
Bill's interview guests are African American academic Michael Eric Dyson and actress Leah Remini. Bill's roundtable includes: Missouri's Secretary of State and US veteran Jason Kander, conservative political commentator for 'The Blaze', Tomi Lahren and Republican strategist and Daily Beast contributor Rick Wilson.
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6.3/1063 votes#4 - Sen. Al Franken; Piers Morgan, Karine Jean-Pierre and John Waters; Jim Jefferies
Season 15 Episode 4 - Aired 2/10/2017
Bill's interview guests are Minnesota Democratic Senator Al Franken and filmmaker John Waters. Bill's roundtable includes: Mail Online editor-at-large Piers Morgan, comic and writer Jim Jeffries and Karine Jean-Pierre from MoveOn.org.
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7.1/1074 votes#5 - Milo Yiannopoulos; Rep. Jack Kingston, Jeremy Scahill and Larry Wilmore; Leah Remini
Season 15 Episode 5 - Aired 2/17/2017
Bill's interview guests are Milo Yiannopoulos, senior editor of Breitbart News and actress Leah Remini. Bill's roundtable panel includes: comedian and political commentator Larry Wilmore, media commentator and terrorism/intelligence expert Malcolm Nance and former US congressman from Georgia, Jack Kingston.
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6.3/1060 votes#6 - Rep. Darrell Issa; Sen. Angus King, Asra Nomani and Seth MacFarlane; Fran Lebowitz
Season 15 Episode 6 - Aired 2/24/2017
Bill's interview guests are: California Republican congressman Darrell Issa, and author Fran Lebowitz. Bill's roundtable includes: actor/producer Seth McFarlane, activist Asra Nomani, and Maine's US Senator Angus King.
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6.4/1058 votes#7 - Rosa Brooks; Jeffrey Lord, Joy Reid and Charlie Sykes; Bill McKibben
Season 15 Episode 7 - Aired 3/3/2017
Bill's interview guests are: Environmentalist and founder of 350.org, Bill McKibben and Charlie Sykes from Indivisible. Bill's roundtable include: CNN political commentator Jeffrey Lord, the MSNBC's Joy Reid and author and former Pentagon policy advisor Rosa Brooks.
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6.4/1049 votes#8 - Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse; Barney Frank and Andrew Sullivan; Jake Tapper
Season 15 Episode 8 - Aired 3/17/2017
Bill's roundtable guests include: Democratic US Senator from Rhode Island Sheldon Whitehouse, former Democratic US Congressman from Massachusetts Barney Frank, CNN anchor and host of "The Lead" Jake Tapper and conservative blogger and contributing editor of New York magazine Andrew Sullivan.
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6.8/1048 votes#9 - Matt Schlapp; Chris Hayes, Louise Mensch, and Max Brooks; Timothy Snyder
Season 15 Episode 9 - Aired 3/24/2017
Bill's interview guests are: Matt Schlapp, chairman of the American Conservative Union and historian Timothy Snyder. Bill's roundtable guests are: MSNBC commentator Chris Hayes, author Max Brooks, and British commentator and former member of Parliament, Louise Mensch.
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7.5/1039 votes#10 - Roger Stone; Jose Antonio Vargas; Michael Hayden; Rick Santorum; Neera Tanden
Season 15 Episode 10 - Aired 3/31/2017
Bill's interview guests are: Republican Political Consultant and Trump Confidant, Roger Stone and the Former Director of the National Security Agency, General Michael Hayden. Bill's roundtable guests are: Former Republican US Senator and Presidential Candidate from Pennsylvania, Rick Santorum, President for the Center for American Progress, Neera Tanden and the Founder and CEO of Define America and EmergingUS, Jose Antonio Vargas.
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6.4/1047 votes#11 - Chelsea Handler; Ted Lieu; Evan McMullin; Ana Navarro
Season 15 Episode 11 - Aired 4/7/2017
Bill's interview guests are: former Presidential Candidate and CIA Operative Evan McMullin and Actress/Comedian Chelsea Handler. Bill's roundtable guests are: Democratic Congressman from California, Ted Lieu, Republican Strategist and CNN Commentator Ana Navarro and the New Yorker's Lelani Cobb.
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6.3/1043 votes#12 - Arwa Damon; S.E. Cupp, David Miliband, Rep. Seth Moulton; Hanna Rosin
Season 15 Episode 12 - Aired 4/21/2017
Bill's interview guest is Arwa Damon. Arwa Damon is an Emmy-winning journalist and CNN’s Senior International Correspondent. Her documentary, “Return to Mosul,” about going back to the city she spent 28 hours hiding in while it was under siege by ISIS, aired last month on CNN. She is co-founder of INARA, a non-profit that helps war wounded children find medical care. Bill's roundtable guests include the President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee, David Miliband, conservative political commentator S.E. Cupp, writer and author Hanna Rosin and the Democratic congressman from Massachusetts, Seth Moulton.
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6.0/1045 votes#13 - Elizabeth Warren; Ernest Moniz; Nick Hanauer; Rob Reiner; Tara Setmayer
Season 15 Episode 13 - Aired 4/28/2017
Bill's interview guest is Democratic Senator from Massachusetts, Elizabeth Warren, author of the book, "This Is Our Fight: The Battle to Save America's Middle Class." Bill's roundtable guests are: venture capitalist Nick Hanauer, film director Rob Reiner, CNN political commentator and editor of "Voices", Tara Setmayer and former Secretary of Energy, Ernest Moniz.
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6.5/1048 votes#14 - John Kasich; Gabriel Sherman; Philip Mudd; George Packer; Maya Wiley
Season 15 Episode 14 - Aired 5/5/2017
Bill's interview guest is Ohio's Republican Governor and former Presidential Candidate, John Kasich. The Governor's new book is "Two Paths: America Divided or United." Bill's roundtable guests are Civil Rights Activist Maya Wiley, Novelist and Journalist George Packer, Ex-Deputy Director of the CIA's Counter-Terrorism Center Phillip Mudd and the National Affairs Editor of New York Magazine, Gabriel Sherman.
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6.4/1048 votes#15 - Adam Schiff; Annabelle Gurwitch; Jon Favreau; Killer Mike; Matt Welch
Season 15 Episode 15 - Aired 5/12/2017
Bill's interview guest is the Democratic U.S. Representative for California’s 28th district and the Ranking Member of the House Intelligence Committee, Adam Schiff. Bill's roundtable includes: rapper, actor and activist Michael Render (aka Killer Mike), blogger and libertarian political pundit Matt Welch, political commentator and the former Director of Speechwriting for President Barack Obama Jon Favreau, and actress/comedian Annabelle Gurwitch.
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6.9/1046 votes#16 - Boris Epshteyn; Neil deGrasse Tyson; David Frum; Cornel West
Season 15 Episode 16 - Aired 5/19/2017
Bill's interview guest is former special assistant to President Donald Trump, Boris Epshteyn. Bill's roundtable include: Princeton professor and social justice activist Cornell West, former Obama advisor and senior editor of the Atlantic, David Frum and astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson.
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6.2/1053 votes#17 - Ben Sasse; Tristan Harris; Eliot Spitzer; Rebecca Traister; Jim VandeHei
Season 15 Episode 17 - Aired 6/2/2017
Bill's interview guest is the Republican United States Senator from Nebraska, Ben Sasse. Bill's roundtable panel includes: former NY State Attorney General Elliot Spitzer, writer-at-large for New York Magazine, Rebecca Traister, the CEO and Co-Founder of Axios, Jim VandeHei and ex-design ethicist for Google, Tristan Harris.
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6.4/1053 votes#18 - Michael Eric Dyson; Ice Cube; David Gregory; David Jolly; Symone Sanders
Season 15 Episode 18 - Aired 6/9/2017
Bill's interview guest is Michael Eric Dyson, Professor of Sociology at Georgetown University, and the author of "Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America." Dyson regularly writes about race and politics in America as a columnist for The New York Times. Bill's roundtable panel includes: CNN political commentator and former 'Meet The Press' moderator David Gregory, the former Republican Congressman from Florida, David Jolly, rapper and actor Ice Cube and the former national press secretary for the Bernie Sanders campaign, Symone Sanders.
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7.5/1037 votes#19 - Alex Marlow; Eddie Izzard; Ian Bremmer; Malcolm Nance
Season 15 Episode 19 - Aired 6/16/2017
Bill's interview guest is Alex Marlow, who was the first employee of Breitbart News and has been the site's editor-in-chief since 2013. In 2015, Marlow was named to Forbes "30 Under 30" list. Bill's roundtable panel includes MSNBC's chief analyst for terrorism, torture and cyber intelligence, Malcolm Nance, Eurasia Group President Ian Bremmer and actor and comic Eddie Izzard.
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7.1/1040 votes#20 - Maajid Nawaz; Richard Painter; Bianna Golodryga; Charlie Sykes; Bradley Whitford
Season 15 Episode 20 - Aired 6/23/2017
Bill's interview guest is Maajid Nawaz. He is the founder of the world’s first counter-extremism think tank, Quilliam. He is co-author with Sam Harris of Islam and the Future of Tolerance: A Dialogue. Bill's roundtable panel includes: conservative political commentator and prominent 'Never-Trump' member Charlie Sykes, Bianna Golodryga from Yahoo News, the former White House ethics lawyer from the Bush (2) administration, Richard Painter and actor/political activist Bradley Whitford.
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7.3/1036 votes#21 - Dan Savage; Dan Abrams, Katty Kay and Michael Steele; Richard A. Clarke
Season 15 Episode 21 - Aired 6/30/2017
Bill's interview guest is writer Dan Savage. Dan is the writer of the nationally syndicated column, “Savage Love,” and host of the “Savage Lovecast” podcast. Bill's roundtable panel includes the former Republican National Committee chair and MSNBC contributor Michael Steele, BBC America Newsnight anchor Katty Kay, former National Security advisor Richard Clarke and Mediate founder and ABC News chief legal analyst Dan Abrams.
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7.0/1035 votes#22 - Al Gore; Ralph Reed, Jr.; Kristen Soltis Anderson; Joshua Green; Michael Weiss
Season 15 Episode 22 - Aired 8/4/2017
Bill's interview guest is former Vice President Al Gore. The Oscar® winning filmmaker will discuss his latest project, "An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power." Bill's roundtable panel includes political commentator and pollster Kristen Soltis-Anderson, NYT columnist and best selling author of "The Devil's Bargain", Joshua Green, author of "ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror", Michael Weiss and the chairman of the Faith and Freedom Coalition and author of "Awakening", Ralph Reed.
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6.9/1037 votes#23 - Richard Dawkins; Jon Meacham and Fareed Zakaria; Jim Parsons
Season 15 Episode 23 - Aired 8/11/2017
Bill's interview guest is English ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author of the new book, 'Science in the Soul', Richard Dawkins. Bill's roundtable panel includes Washington Post columnist and CNN commentator Fareed Zakaria, Pulitizer Prize winning author and presidential historian Jon Meacham and four-time Emmy winning actor Jim Parsons.
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7.2/1037 votes#24 - Al Franken; Penn Jillette; Amy Holmes; Gavin Newsom
Season 15 Episode 24 - Aired 8/18/2017
Bill's roundtable panel includes the Democratic U.S. senator from Minnesota, Al Franken, the Democratic Lieutenant Governor from California, Gavin Newsome, political analyst for the Rasmussen Reports, Amy Holmes and comedian/magician Penn Gillette.
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6.7/1036 votes#25 - Jesse Jackson; Frank Bruni; Paul Begala; Nayyera Haq; Matt Welch
Season 15 Episode 25 - Aired 8/25/2017
Bill's interview guest is the Rev. Jesse Jackson. Bill's roundtable panel includes Democratic strategist and CNN political contributor Paul Begala, former White House and State Department advisor Nayyera Haq, Editor-At-Large for Reason Magazine Matt Welch and New York Times columnist Frank Bruni.
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The Best Episodes of Real Time with Bill Maher Season 15
Every episode of Real Time with Bill Maher Season 15 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Real Time with Bill Maher Season 15!
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 15 Ratings Summary
"Jane Fonda; Keith Olbermann; Heather McGhee; Jon Meacham; Thomas Perez" is the best rated episode of "Real Time with Bill Maher" season 15. It scored 6.3/10 based on 81 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 1/20/2017. This episode is rated 0.6 points higher than the second-best, "Richard Haass; John Avlon; Eva Longoria; Grover Norquist; Tim Ryan".