REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER Continues 15th Season on HBO Today

REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER continues its 15th season FRIDAY, JAN. 27 (10:00-11:00 p.m. live ET/tape-delayed PT), with a replay at midnight, exclusively on HBO. Allowing Maher to offer his unique perspective on contemporary issues, the show includes an opening monologue, roundtable discussions with panelists and interviews with guests. Foreign policy expert Richard Haass is the top-of-show interview guest. Journalist John Avlon is the mid-show interview guest. The roundtable guests are actress Eva Longoria, tax-reform advocate Grover Norquist and Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan.

REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER is also available on HBO NOW, HBO GO, HBO On Demand and affiliate portals.

The show has been already renewed through 2018.

Politico has hailed Maher as "a pugnacious debater and a healthy corrective to the claptrap of cable news," while Varietynoted, "There may not be a more eclectic guest list on all of television."

Maher headlined his first special on the network in 1989 and has starred in ten HBO solo specials to date He is also an executive producer of the innovative news magazine show "VICE," which returns for its fifth season Feb. 24 on HBO.

The executive producers of REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER are Bill Maher, Scott Carter, Sheila Griffiths, Brad Grey, Marc Gurvitz, Dean E. Johnsen and Billy Martin; co-executive producer, Chris Kelly; producer, Matt Wood; director, Paul Casey.