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The Best Episodes of Real Time with Bill Maher Season 3

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Real Time with Bill Maher Season 3 Episode 16 - September 09, 2005
    7.7/10(27 votes)

    S3:E16

    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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Real Time with Bill Maher Season 3 Episode 1 - February 18, 2005
    5.5/10(21 votes)

    S3:E1

    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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Real Time with Bill Maher Season 3 Episode 5 - March 18, 2005
    5.4/10(15 votes)

    S3:E5

    Guests: Gov. Frank Murkowski, actor Jason Alexander, Gov. Christie Whitman, Rep. Ileana Ross-Lehtinen, and author Thomas Frank. Topics: ANWR, steroids, Republican Party, environment

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Real Time with Bill Maher Season 3 Episode 3 - March 04, 2005
    5.0/10(18 votes)

    S3:E3

    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

    Director:Unknown
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  5. Real Time with Bill Maher Season 3 Episode 13 - August 19, 2005
    5.0/10(13 votes)

    S3:E13

    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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Real Time with Bill Maher Season 3 Episode 4 - March 11, 2005
    4.9/10(14 votes)

    S3:E4

    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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Real Time with Bill Maher Season 3 Episode 8 - April 15, 2005
    4.9/10(15 votes)

    S3:E8

    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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Real Time with Bill Maher Season 3 Episode 18 - September 23, 2005
    4.8/10(19 votes)

    S3:E18

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Real Time with Bill Maher Season 3 Episode 23 - November 04, 2005
    4.7/10(18 votes)

    S3:E23

    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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Real Time with Bill Maher Season 3 Episode 2 - February 25, 2005
    4.5/10(19 votes)

    S3:E2

    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

    Director:Unknown
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  11. Real Time with Bill Maher Season 3 Episode 7 - April 08, 2005
    4.4/10(17 votes)

    S3:E7

    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

    Director:Unknown
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  12. Real Time with Bill Maher Season 3 Episode 9 - April 22, 2005
    4.4/10(26 votes)

    S3:E9

    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

    Director:Unknown
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  13. Real Time with Bill Maher Season 3 Episode 21 - October 21, 2005
    4.4/10(20 votes)

    S3:E21

    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

    Director:Unknown
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  14. Real Time with Bill Maher Season 3 Episode 19 - October 07, 2005
    4.2/10(20 votes)

    S3:E19

    Guests: Conservative columnist Ann Coulter, journalist Andrew Sullivan, actor Ben Affleck, writer Salman Rushdie, soldier/author Kayla Williams Topics: Harriet Miers, religion, torture

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Real Time with Bill Maher Season 3 Episode 12 - May 13, 2005
    4.1/10(13 votes)

    S3:E12

    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

    Director:Unknown
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  16. Real Time with Bill Maher Season 3 Episode 17 - September 16, 2005
    4.1/10(13 votes)

    S3:E17

    Guests: Sen. Charles Schumer, PJ O'Rourke, Joy Behar, Willie Brown, Dan Senor Topics: John Roberts, Bush taking responsibility, poverty, Iraq

    Director:Unknown
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  17. Real Time with Bill Maher Season 3 Episode 10 - April 29, 2005
    4.0/10(13 votes)

    S3:E10

    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

    Director:Unknown
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  18. Real Time with Bill Maher Season 3 Episode 11 - May 06, 2005
    4.0/10(13 votes)

    S3:E11

    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

    Director:Unknown
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  19. Real Time with Bill Maher Season 3 Episode 15 - September 02, 2005
    4.0/10(13 votes)

    S3:E15

    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

    Director:Unknown
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  20. Real Time with Bill Maher Season 3 Episode 20 - October 14, 2005
    4.0/10(15 votes)

    S3:E20

    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

    Director:Unknown
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  21. Real Time with Bill Maher Season 3 Episode 22 - October 28, 2005
    4.0/10(13 votes)

    S3:E22

    Guests: Richard A. Clarke, reporter Helen Thomas, actor Billy Connolly, TV host Tony Snow, writer Nadira Hira Topics: Press Corps, Scooter Libby

    Director:Unknown
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  22. Real Time with Bill Maher Season 3 Episode 6 - April 01, 2005
    3.9/10(17 votes)

    S3:E6

    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

    Director:Unknown
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  23. Real Time with Bill Maher Season 3 Episode 14 - August 26, 2005
    3.7/10(15 votes)

    S3:E14

    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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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"September 09, 2005" is the best rated episode of "Real Time with Bill Maher" season 3. It scored 7.7/10 based on 27 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/9/2005. This episode is rated 2.2 points higher than the second-best, "February 18, 2005".