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The Best Episodes of Real Time with Bill Maher Season 4

Every episode of Real Time with Bill Maher Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Real Time with Bill Maher Season 4!

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 4 Ratings Summary

"February 17, 2006" is the best rated episode of "Real Time with Bill Maher" season 4. It scored 4.9/10 based on 13 votes. Directed by Hal Grant and written by N/A, it aired on 2/17/2006. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "February 24, 2006".

  • February 17, 2006
    4.9/1013 votes

    #1 - February 17, 2006

    Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 2/17/2006

    Guests: Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI), commentator Fred Barnes, actor Eddie Griffin, reporter Helen Thomas, Iraq advisor Dan Senor Topics: Cheney shooting, on the Patriot Act, Bush, Mohammad cartoons

    Director: Hal Grant

    Writer: N/A

  • February 24, 2006
    5.1/1019 votes

    #2 - February 24, 2006

    Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 2/24/2006

    Guests: actor Danny Glover, fmr. Sen. Gary Hart, author Irshad Manji, Rep. Heather Wilson, and columnist Nicholas Kristof Topics: Dubai ports, the extreme Left, Iraq, religious use of hallucinogenic tea

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • March 03, 2006
    4.6/1013 votes

    #3 - March 03, 2006

    Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 3/3/2006

    Guests: Comedian D. L. Hughley, editor/journalist Graydon Carter, correspondent Dana Priest, fmr. Dir. of FEMA Michael Brown, fmr. CIA case officer/author Bob Baer, actor Harry Anderson Topics: Oscars, rebuilding New Orleans, Iraq

    Director: Hal Grant

    Writer: N/A

  • March 10, 2006
    4.0/1011 votes

    #4 - March 10, 2006

    Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 3/10/2006

    Guests: Feminist Gloria Steinem, actor Larry Miller, editor Ramesh Ponnuru, baseball's Pete Rose, reporter John Burns Topics: Port security, baseball, Bush, Iraq

    Director: Hal Grant

    Writer: N/A

  • March 17, 2006
    3.8/1013 votes

    #5 - March 17, 2006

    Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 3/17/2006

    Guests: R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe, actor/comedian Richard Belzer, Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), writer Michele Mitchell, television anchor Lou Dobbs Topics: Troops and Iraq, corporate America, Chile's new President

    Director: Hal Grant

    Writer: N/A

  • March 24, 2006
    6.0/1015 votes

    #6 - March 24, 2006

    Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 3/24/2006

    Guests: Actor Jason Alexander, author/theologian Reza Aslan, Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA), reporter Michael Ware, talk show host Tavis Smiley Topics: Religion, torture, Katrina

    Director: Hal Grant

    Writer: N/A

  • March 31, 2006
    4.2/1013 votes

    #7 - March 31, 2006

    Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 3/31/2006

    Guests: Actor Robert Wuhl, actor Seth Green, author Erica Jong, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, anchorman Jorge Ramos Topics: Immigration, Bush, telling history

    Director: Hal Grant

    Writer: N/A

  • April 07, 2006
    4.5/1012 votes

    #8 - April 07, 2006

    Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 4/7/2006

    Guests: Actor Ben Affleck, Sen. Joe Biden, correspondent Bill Sammon, author/former Republican strategist Kevin Phillips, Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-GA) Topics: Tom DeLay, on Bush's war, faith, Intelligent Design, Iraq exit strategy

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • April 21, 2006
    4.7/1012 votes

    #9 - April 21, 2006

    Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 4/21/2006

    Guests: Commentator Heather Higgins, Gen. Anthony Zinni, editor/publisher Mortimer Zuckerman, sports commentator Stephen A. Smith, Rep. Rahm Emanuel Topics: Iran, Iraq media bias, Barry Bonds, Duke University and Jesse Jackson, Bush & Hu

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • April 28, 2006
    5.7/1039 votes

    #10 - April 28, 2006

    Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 4/28/2006

    Guests: Actor/director George Clooney, actor Ian McKellen, Rep. Barney Frank, correspondent Michel Martin, and historian Victor Davis Hanson Topics: Darfur, gas prices, immigration, The Da Vinci Code controversy

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • May 05, 2006
    4.0/1011 votes

    #11 - May 05, 2006

    Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 5/5/2006

    Guests: Actor Bradley Whitford, Fmr. PM of Canada Kim Campbell, fmr. Gov. Jim Gilmore, Gen. Wesley Clark, and Sen. Mel Martinez Topics: Democrats, terrorism, Federal Emergency Management Agency, immigration

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • May 12, 2006
    4.8/1017 votes

    #12 - May 12, 2006

    Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 5/12/2006

    Guests: Fmr. Sec. of State Madeleine Albright, singer/songwriter John Legend, national security expert Richard Clarke, academic Cornel West and Fox News show host John Gibson Topics: NSA, conspiracy theories, 2006 elections, homophobia, Iran

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • August 25, 2006
    5.5/1051 votes

    #13 - August 25, 2006

    Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 8/25/2006

    Guests: Filmmaker Spike Lee, music legend Elvis Costello, blogger Markos Moulitsas, fmr. Sen. Max Cleland, author/scholar Vali Nasr, and columnist Christopher Hitchens Topics: Katrina, war on terror

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • September 01, 2006
    5.1/1019 votes

    #14 - September 01, 2006

    Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 9/1/2006

    Guests: Magician Penn Jillette, Rep. Darrell Issa, scholar Mary Frances Berry; via satellite, intellectual Fouad Ajami and actor Harry Anderson Topics: Katrina, poverty, church and state, Lebanon

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • September 08, 2006
    5.3/1016 votes

    #15 - September 08, 2006

    Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 9/8/2006

    Guests: Author P. J. O'Rourke, Salon.com editor Joan Walsh, singer Rob Thomas; via satellite, former Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and NBC News correspondent David Gregory Topics: 9/11 anniversary

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • September 15, 2006
    5.2/1021 votes

    #16 - September 15, 2006

    Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 9/15/2006

    Guests: Feminist icon Gloria Steinem, homeland security expert Clark Ervin, actor Michael McKean; via satellite, Pat Buchanan and CNN reporter Christiane Amanpour Topics: Immigration, torture by military, Muslim extremists, airport security, hunt for Osama bin Laden, free speech in media

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • September 22, 2006
    5.7/1017 votes

    #17 - September 22, 2006

    Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 9/22/2006

    Guests: Actor Bradley Whitford, Fox News contributor Sandy Rios, author Reza Aslan; via satellite, New York Times columnist Frank Rich and filmmaker C.C. Goldwater Topics: Iraq War, anti-American dictators, torture legislation, religion

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • October 06, 2006
    5.6/1019 votes

    #18 - October 06, 2006

    Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 10/6/2006

    Guests: From Washington, D.C.: Sens. John Kerry and Lincoln Chafee; Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, counter-terrorism expert Richard Clarke, comedian/actor Robin Williams, journalist Chris Matthews Topics: Mark Foley scandal, 2004 and 2006 elections, Iraq War, international relations

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • October 13, 2006
    4.7/1017 votes

    #19 - October 13, 2006

    Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 10/13/2006

    Guests: Journalist Lou Dobbs, Danielle Pletka of the American Enterprise Institute, actor Ben Affleck; via satellite, fmr. Sen. John Danforth and Richard Branson of Virgin Group Topics: North Korean nuclear test, civilian casualties in Iraq, global warming, immigration and culture wars

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • October 20, 2006
    7.5/1031 votes

    #20 - October 20, 2006

    Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 10/20/2006

    Guests: Gov. Bill Richardson, Rep. Barney Frank, actor Jason Alexander, Stephen Moore of The Wall Street Journal; via satellite, author David Kuo Topics: North Korea policy, Congressional scandals, gay marriage, Military Commissions Act

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • October 27, 2006
    5.0/1019 votes

    #21 - October 27, 2006

    Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 10/27/2006

    Guests: Journalist Andrew Sullivan, politician Christine Todd Whitman, singer Harry Belafonte; via satellite, Rep. Harold Ford, Jr. and Arianna Huffington Topics: Campaign tactics, gay marriage, toxic chemicals, character of politicians

    Director: Hal Grant

    Writer: N/A

  • November 03, 2006
    4.5/1019 votes

    #22 - November 03, 2006

    Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 11/3/2006

    Guests: Actor Alec Baldwin, Rep. Jack Kingston, The Hill associate editor A.B. Stoddard; via satellite, filmmaker Robert Greenwald and comedienne Roseanne Barr Topics: Cost of Iraq War, Republican fiscal policy, John Kerry remark controversy, energy alternatives, teaching of abstinence, political advertisements

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • November 10, 2006
    5.5/1018 votes

    #23 - November 10, 2006

    Season 4 Episode 23 - Aired 11/10/2006

    Guests: CNN's Candy Crowley, actor Rainn Wilson, author Salman Rushdie; via satellite, Sen. Charles Schumer and Rep. Jeff Flake Topics: 2006 elections, plan for Iraq, Congressional earmarks, resignation of Donald Rumsfeld

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • November 17, 2006
    4.5/1011 votes

    #24 - November 17, 2006

    Season 4 Episode 24 - Aired 11/17/2006

    Guests: Guitarist Tom Morello of Audioslave, journalist Dana Priest, actor Richard Dreyfuss; via satellite, journalist Dan Rather and television's Norman Lear Topics: Journalistic roles/ethics, strategy for Iraq, incoming Democratic Congress, O.J. Simpson book, future of democracy

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A