The Best Episodes of Real Time with Bill Maher Season 3
Every episode of Real Time with Bill Maher Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Real Time with Bill Maher Season 3!
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 in the world.
Season 3 Ratings Summary
The best episode of "Real Time with Bill Maher" season 3 is "February 18, 2005", rated 5.8/10 from 19 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by N/A. "February 18, 2005" aired on 2/18/2005 and is rated 1.1 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "February 25, 2005".
5.8/10 19 votes#1 - February 18, 2005
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 2/18/2005
Guests: Correspondent Lesley Stahl, actor Robin Williams, former HHS Sec. Tommy Thompson, Sen. Joe Biden, actor Don Cheadle Topics: On protecting sources, Jeff Gannon, on interrogating prisoners, Iraq elections, Darfur
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4.7/10 18 votes#2 - February 25, 2005
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 2/25/2005
Guests: Former baseball slugger José Canseco, actor Tim Robbins, Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, talk show host Tucker Carlson, Gov. Mike Huckabee Topics: On steroids, on Iran and Iraq, on religious belief, Ward Churchill, President Bush, on Covenant Marriage, Million Dollar Baby
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5.2/10 24 votes#3 - March 04, 2005
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 3/4/2005
Guests: Former U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno, former NIH administrator Bernadine Healy, actor Dave Foley, Ward Churchill and Michael Faughnan, and comic Whoopi Goldberg via satellite. Topics: BTK killer, on the Ten Commandments, torture, on raising children
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5.2/10 12 votes#4 - March 11, 2005
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 3/11/2005
Guests: Rep. Barney Frank, comedian Richard Belzer, writer Andrew Breitbart, writer Irshad Manji, and writer Camille Pagila. Topics: Gay marriage, women of Iraq, war, teachers sleeping with students, Michael Jackson
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5.8/10 13 votes#5 - March 18, 2005
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 3/18/2005
Guests: Gov. Frank Murkowski, actor Jason Alexander, Gov. Christie Whitman, Rep. Ileana Ross-Lehtinen, and author Thomas Frank. Topics: ANWR, steroids, Republican Party, environment
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3.9/10 17 votes#6 - April 01, 2005
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 4/1/2005
Guests: TV host Bill O'Reilly, academic Cornel West, actor Alec Baldwin, actor/comedienne Whoopi Goldberg, and Rev. Jesse Jackson. Topics: Pope, Terri Schiavo, Republican majority
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4.5/10 15 votes#7 - April 08, 2005
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 4/8/2005
Guests: former Gov. Mario Cuomo, actor Ian McShane, writer Arianna Huffington, TV host Rev. Joe Watkins, and conservative Richard Perle. Topics: Tom DeLay, Iraq, immigration
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5.1/10 13 votes#8 - April 15, 2005
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 4/15/2005
Guests: Columnist Thomas Friedman, writer David Frum, singer Natalie Mames, Gen. Wesley Clark and Sen. Barbara Boxer. Topics: Middle East, Darfur, gays in the military, guns, immigration
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4.4/10 24 votes#9 - April 22, 2005
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 4/22/2005
Guests: Actress Jane Fonda, talk show host Joe Scarborough, columnist Maureen Dowd, former Sen. Alan Simpson, environmentalist Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Topics: Religion, Pope, airport security, environment, John Bolton
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4.0/10 11 votes#10 - April 29, 2005
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 4/29/2005
Guests: Senator Charles Schumer (D) New York, Lt. Gov. Michael Steele (R) Maryland, Farai Chideya, Martin Short, and Jeff Gannon. Topics: Voter issues, US budget, on the Presidential press conference
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4.0/10 11 votes#11 - May 06, 2005
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 5/6/2005
Guests: Former Sec. of State Madeleine Albright, blogger Andrew Sullivan, former Canadian PM Kim Campbell, actor Michael McKean, and Rep. Bernie Sanders. Topics: Kim Jong Il, Pat Robertson, Pope, censorship, activist judges
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4.2/10 11 votes#12 - May 13, 2005
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 5/13/2005
Guests: Sen. Norm Coleman, talk radio's Al Franken, reporter Liz Marlantes, author Gore Vidal, and basketball's Charles Barkley. Topics: Terror alerts, Voting irregularities, Iraq, Darfur, gay Republicans
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5.3/10 11 votes#13 - August 19, 2005
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 8/19/2005
Guests: Conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly; Iraq war veteran, Paul Hackett; former Homeland Security Under Secretary Asa Hutchinson; political consultant Kellyanne Conway; actor/comic Chris Rock. Topics: Cindy Sheehan, Iraq, John Kerry, racial profiling, activist judges
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3.6/10 13 votes#14 - August 26, 2005
Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 8/26/2005
Guests: Activist Cindy Sheehan, Gov. Mike Huckabee, journalist Dan Savage, feminist activist Eve Ensler, novelist Kinky Friedman Topics: Camp Casey, gay marriage, health, Bush's vacation
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4.0/10 11 votes#15 - September 02, 2005
Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 9/2/2005
Guests: Television journalist Anderson Cooper, Stephen Schneider, Michael Eric Dyson, actor Bradley Whitford, professor Mary Frances Berry, journalist Fareed Zakaria Topics: Hurricane Katrina, poverty, Iraq
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8.1/10 25 votes#16 - September 09, 2005
Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 9/9/2005
Guests: Walter Maestri, Joe Scarborough, comedian George Carlin, Cynthia Tucker, conservative editorialist James K. Glassman, writer Kurt Vonnegut Topics: Michael D. Brown, US political system, on race, on the Administration
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4.2/10 11 votes#17 - September 16, 2005
Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 9/16/2005
Guests: Sen. Charles Schumer, PJ O'Rourke, Joy Behar, Willie Brown, Dan Senor Topics: John Roberts, Bush taking responsibility, poverty, Iraq
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5.0/10 17 votes#18 - September 23, 2005
Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 9/23/2005
Guests: Singer Willie Nelson, Rep. David Dreier, author/journalist Christopher Hitchens, BBC News correspondent Katty Kay, British politician George Galloway, journalist Andrea Mitchell Topics: Hurricane Rita, Vice President Cheney, Jet Blue emergency landing, foreign oil dependency, Margaret Thatcher, critiquing the U.S.
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4.2/10 18 votes#19 - October 07, 2005
Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 10/7/2005
Guests: Conservative columnist Ann Coulter, journalist Andrew Sullivan, actor Ben Affleck, writer Salman Rushdie, soldier/author Kayla Williams Topics: Harriet Miers, religion, torture
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4.0/10 13 votes#20 - October 14, 2005
Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 10/14/2005
Guests: Former Sen. Max Cleland, columnist Tina Brown, actor/comedian Larry Miller, author Tom Wolfe, police chief Richard Pennington, former Sen. John Edwards Topics: President's approval rating, poverty, police beatings, Iraq, Harriet Miers
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4.5/10 47 votes#21 - October 21, 2005
Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 10/21/2005
Guests: Arianna Huffington, Tucker Carlson, Michel Martin, Spike Lee, Chris Webber Topics: Valerie Plame, New York Times, health care, NBA dress code, governments response to Katrina, conspiracy in New Orleans
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4.0/10 11 votes#22 - October 28, 2005
Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 10/28/2005
Guests: Richard A. Clarke, reporter Helen Thomas, actor Billy Connolly, TV host Tony Snow, writer Nadira Hira Topics: Press Corps, Scooter Libby
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4.9/10 16 votes#23 - November 04, 2005
Season 3 Episode 23 - Aired 11/4/2005
Guests: fmr Pres. Mary Robinson of Ireland, Joe Scarborough, John Waters, fmr. Sen. Tom Daschle, Dr. Sanjay Gupta Topics: Rosa Parks' funeral, national security leak
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