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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!

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...
  1. 7.7/10(27 votes)

    #1 - September 09, 2005

    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

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  2. 5.5/10(21 votes)

    #2 - February 18, 2005

    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

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  3. 5.4/10(15 votes)

    #3 - March 18, 2005

    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

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  4. 5.0/10(26 votes)

    #4 - March 04, 2005

    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

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  5. 5.0/10(13 votes)

    #5 - August 19, 2005

    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

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  6. 4.9/10(14 votes)

    #6 - March 11, 2005

    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

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  8. 4.9/10(15 votes)

    #7 - April 15, 2005

    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

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  9. 4.8/10(19 votes)

    #8 - September 23, 2005

    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.

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  10. 4.7/10(18 votes)

    #9 - November 04, 2005

    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

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  11. 4.5/10(20 votes)

    #10 - February 25, 2005

    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

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  12. 4.4/10(17 votes)

    #11 - April 08, 2005

    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

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  13. 4.4/10(26 votes)

    #12 - April 22, 2005

    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

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  14. 4.4/10(49 votes)

    #13 - October 21, 2005

    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

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  15. 4.2/10(20 votes)

    #14 - October 07, 2005

    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

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  16. 4.1/10(13 votes)

    #15 - May 13, 2005

    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

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  17. 4.1/10(13 votes)

    #16 - September 16, 2005

    S3:E17

    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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  18. 4.0/10(13 votes)

    #17 - April 29, 2005

    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

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  19. 4.0/10(13 votes)

    #18 - May 06, 2005

    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

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  20. 4.0/10(13 votes)

    #19 - September 02, 2005

    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

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  21. 4.0/10(15 votes)

    #20 - October 14, 2005

    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

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  22. 4.0/10(13 votes)

    #21 - October 28, 2005

    S3:E22

    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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  23. 3.9/10(19 votes)

    #22 - April 01, 2005

    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

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  24. 3.7/10(15 votes)

    #23 - August 26, 2005

    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 N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/9/2005. This episode is rated 2.2 points higher than the second-best, "February 18, 2005".