Bill Maher was off television for five months, thanks to the WGA strike. So naturally, he had a lot to catch up on in Friday’s edition of Real Time on HBO.
Maher kept the focus squarely on politics in his opening monologue and in his panel discussion, with particular emphasis on covering the immigration border crisis. The panel was composed of Matt Welch, editor-at-large of Reason Magazine, and Sarah Isgur, senior editor for the online magaine The Dispatch.
The migrants issue has mushroomed into “a national crisis,” Maher noted. Panelists Welch and Isgur talked about the fentanyl plague that’s part and parcel of the loose border enforcement. Welch indicated that the crackdown on opioids is part of the reason that fentanyl has risen in popularity, turning “into a hockey stick” of overdose charting. He later referred to it as “bathtub heroin.”
Isgur advocated for patients in hospitals to...
Maher kept the focus squarely on politics in his opening monologue and in his panel discussion, with particular emphasis on covering the immigration border crisis. The panel was composed of Matt Welch, editor-at-large of Reason Magazine, and Sarah Isgur, senior editor for the online magaine The Dispatch.
The migrants issue has mushroomed into “a national crisis,” Maher noted. Panelists Welch and Isgur talked about the fentanyl plague that’s part and parcel of the loose border enforcement. Welch indicated that the crackdown on opioids is part of the reason that fentanyl has risen in popularity, turning “into a hockey stick” of overdose charting. He later referred to it as “bathtub heroin.”
Isgur advocated for patients in hospitals to...
- 10/7/2023
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Real Time With Bill Maher continues Friday, October 6 (10:00-11:00 p.m. Et/7:00-8:00 p.m. Pt). Allowing Maher to offer his unique perspective on contemporary issues, the show continues with its opening monologue, one-on-one interviews with notable guests, roundtable discussions with panelists, and its signature “New Rules.” The series airs on HBO and is available to stream on Max. This week features a one-on-one interview with Emmy and Peabody Award-winning actor, writer, and producer, Keegan-Michael Key and award-winning film and TV director, writer, and producer, Elle Key, who together wrote the new book “The History of Sketch Comedy.” This week’s panel discussion includes Matt Welch, editor-at-large of Reason Magazine and ... Read more...
- 10/6/2023
- by Thomas Miller
- Seat42F
Bill Maher saved his best for last on his Friday night Real Time on HBO. After bland discussions on civil liberties, Covid-19 rules, affirmative action, and whether actual partisan combat may be brewing, he turned his guns on an unexpected target – the leftist progressives whose crazy demands have turned real life into comedy gold.
Maher noted a recent statement by a Fox News commentator, who suggested he’s gearing up to run for president, which critics saw as a sign that he’s changed. “I am not,” he insisted. “I am still the same unmarried, pot-smoking libertine I always was.” The recently turned 66-year-old added, “I have many flaws, but you can’t accuse me of maturing.”
“Let’s get this straight,” Maher said. “It’s not me who’s changed, it’s the left. A large contingent has gone mental, and I’m willing to call them out.”
That willingness to keep it real,...
Maher noted a recent statement by a Fox News commentator, who suggested he’s gearing up to run for president, which critics saw as a sign that he’s changed. “I am not,” he insisted. “I am still the same unmarried, pot-smoking libertine I always was.” The recently turned 66-year-old added, “I have many flaws, but you can’t accuse me of maturing.”
“Let’s get this straight,” Maher said. “It’s not me who’s changed, it’s the left. A large contingent has gone mental, and I’m willing to call them out.”
That willingness to keep it real,...
- 1/29/2022
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Bill Maher isn’t a spokesman for TV’s late-night programs, but on one recent Friday night, he expressed a sentiment other members of that club would have been happy to adopt. Wrapping a taped exchange between himself and two panelists, Maher cited a desire to break free of his home, which for weeks has been the center stage of HBO’s “Real Time.”
“I hope I get to go out very soon,” he told his guests, Larry Wilmore and Matt Welch. “Because, really, we could be doing this from the studio.”
As long as safety standards can be met, “Real Time” producers would like to return to the show’s set at Television City, says Sheila Griffiths, one of the program’s executive producers. That’s where Maher typically does his program, live – not taped. “There is a certain dynamic and energy that comes out of being able to have a discussion,...
“I hope I get to go out very soon,” he told his guests, Larry Wilmore and Matt Welch. “Because, really, we could be doing this from the studio.”
As long as safety standards can be met, “Real Time” producers would like to return to the show’s set at Television City, says Sheila Griffiths, one of the program’s executive producers. That’s where Maher typically does his program, live – not taped. “There is a certain dynamic and energy that comes out of being able to have a discussion,...
- 6/23/2020
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Defunding the police, Black Lives Matter, coronavirus, and the Donald Trump of it all were all points for discussion tonight on HBO’s Real Time With Bill Maher. The host held a virtual panel with former Comedy Central Nightly Show host Larry Wilmore and Fifth Column podcast host Matt Welch.
Maher brought to the panel’s attention how tone deaf Trump was in resuming election rallies on June 19 (“Juneteenth”) in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the date that African Americans celebrate the end of slavery.
“Not since Reagan went to Philadelphia, Mississippi to open his campaign in 1980 have I seen a racist dog whistle that loud,” remarked Maher.
“Trump is past dog-whistling, it really is a dog mega phone,” said Wilmore, “Even if it’s not that, Bill, the insensitivity to it — just do your f***king research! Do your homework! Be more conscientious about your actions.”
“Even the way he did his silly walk to (St.
Maher brought to the panel’s attention how tone deaf Trump was in resuming election rallies on June 19 (“Juneteenth”) in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the date that African Americans celebrate the end of slavery.
“Not since Reagan went to Philadelphia, Mississippi to open his campaign in 1980 have I seen a racist dog whistle that loud,” remarked Maher.
“Trump is past dog-whistling, it really is a dog mega phone,” said Wilmore, “Even if it’s not that, Bill, the insensitivity to it — just do your f***king research! Do your homework! Be more conscientious about your actions.”
“Even the way he did his silly walk to (St.
- 6/13/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Matt Welch, an editor-at-large at the libertarian magazine Reason, said MSNBC hosts have routinely complained to him about their viewers when he has been a guest on the network.
Welch said on Thursday’s episode of his podcast “The Fifth Column,” that hosts have told him during commercial breaks that they were fed up with complaints they get from viewers whenever they ask Democrats tough questions or engage in debate with “the bad people.” Welch said:
I’m starting to hear more and more — and this happened this week and it happened probably every week that I’ve been on MSNBC recently — in commercial breaks the hosts lean over and say “God I’m sick of our viewers. Not sick of our viewers but I’m tired of getting dragged on Twitter every time I ask a Democrat a tough question. And I am also tired of people who are...
Welch said on Thursday’s episode of his podcast “The Fifth Column,” that hosts have told him during commercial breaks that they were fed up with complaints they get from viewers whenever they ask Democrats tough questions or engage in debate with “the bad people.” Welch said:
I’m starting to hear more and more — and this happened this week and it happened probably every week that I’ve been on MSNBC recently — in commercial breaks the hosts lean over and say “God I’m sick of our viewers. Not sick of our viewers but I’m tired of getting dragged on Twitter every time I ask a Democrat a tough question. And I am also tired of people who are...
- 8/10/2018
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
Real Time on Bill Maher will feature political historical analysts and journalists this week on HBO. Tonight Maher welcomes frequent guest historian Jon Meacham as the top-of-show interview guest. Meacham is a distinguished visiting professor at Vanderbilt University and a contributing writer for The New York Times Book Review. Meacham is most famous for penning several presidential biographies, including American Lion: Andrew Jackson In The White House which won the Pulitzer Prize. He will likely discuss his new book, The Soul Of America: The Battle For Our Better Angels, when he chats with Maher at the top spot of the […]
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- 5/4/2018
- by April Neale
- Monsters and Critics
Fox Business has canceled the libertarian-oriented program “The Independents,” an insider familiar with the situation told TheWrap.
Fox Business confirmed the cancellation to TheWrap. The last episode of the show aired Jan. 9.
Also Read: Watch Fox News Anchor Neil Cavuto’s Touching Tribute to Former Colleague Who Died of Cancer (Video)
The program featured a panel of hosts including former MTV VJ Lisa “Kennedy” Montgomery alongside contributors Matt Welch and Kmele Foster.
But Kennedy will not be leaving the network: On Jan. 26, she’ll debut her own program, self-titled “Kennedy” at 10 p.m. Et on Fox Business. The show will concentrate on water-cooler topics,...
Fox Business confirmed the cancellation to TheWrap. The last episode of the show aired Jan. 9.
Also Read: Watch Fox News Anchor Neil Cavuto’s Touching Tribute to Former Colleague Who Died of Cancer (Video)
The program featured a panel of hosts including former MTV VJ Lisa “Kennedy” Montgomery alongside contributors Matt Welch and Kmele Foster.
But Kennedy will not be leaving the network: On Jan. 26, she’ll debut her own program, self-titled “Kennedy” at 10 p.m. Et on Fox Business. The show will concentrate on water-cooler topics,...
- 1/15/2015
- by Jordan Chariton
- The Wrap
Lisa Kennedy Montgomery is best known to a generation as, simply, Kennedy — the hip MTV VJ who helped introduce America to Nirvana and Soundgarden on Alternative Nation, mimed oral sex on a mic during the 1994 VMAs — while standing next to Rudy Giuliani, no less — and eventually came out as a die-hard Republican. (In a ’94 Vanity Fair profile, she even declared her ardent love for former vice president Dan Quayle.)
Nearly 20 years later, the 41-year-old mother of two has left her wild-child past behind for a career as a writer, radio host, and Fox Business contributor. But while her political views haven’t really changed,...
Nearly 20 years later, the 41-year-old mother of two has left her wild-child past behind for a career as a writer, radio host, and Fox Business contributor. But while her political views haven’t really changed,...
- 12/9/2013
- by Hillary Busis
- EW - Inside TV
Fox Business Network will debut a new show on Monday, December 9th called The Independents. The Independents with host Lisa Kennedy Montgomery and co-hosts Reason magazine’s Matt Welch and America’s Future Foundation’s Kmele Foster debuts Monday, December 9th at 9 Pm/Et on Fox Business Network (Fbn). Kennedy will be joined by co-hosts: Reason magazine’s Matt Welch and America’s Future Foundation’s Kmele Foster, as well as a rotating panel of experts. The new program replaces the rerun showing of The Willis Report (Fbn’s Stossel, hosted by John Stossel, will continue to appear at 9 Pm Et on Thursdays). With the addition of The Independents, Fbn will now be live each weekday from 6 Am to 10 Pm. Kennedy joined Fbn...
- 12/9/2013
- by April Neale
- Monsters and Critics
What’s next — Downtown Julie Brown moving to CNBC?
Fox Business announced Tuesday that Lisa Kennedy Montgomery — better known as ex-mtv VJ Kennedy, the hipster conservative host of Alternative Nation from 1992 to 1997 — is joining the network as host of a new program called The Independents. The series, which will air Monday through Wednesday and Friday nights at 9 p.m. Et, will feature “a roundtable discussion about the day’s news, with a focus on the protection of economic and civil liberties.”
Montgomery isn’t a new addition to the Fox family — she joined the company’s business network as a...
Fox Business announced Tuesday that Lisa Kennedy Montgomery — better known as ex-mtv VJ Kennedy, the hipster conservative host of Alternative Nation from 1992 to 1997 — is joining the network as host of a new program called The Independents. The series, which will air Monday through Wednesday and Friday nights at 9 p.m. Et, will feature “a roundtable discussion about the day’s news, with a focus on the protection of economic and civil liberties.”
Montgomery isn’t a new addition to the Fox family — she joined the company’s business network as a...
- 12/4/2013
- by Hillary Busis
- EW - Inside TV
Fox Business Network will debut “The Independents,” a new primetime program hosted by Lisa Kennedy Montgomery (formerly known as MTV VJ Kennedy), on Monday, Dec. 9. The program, which will appear Monday through Wednesday and Friday nights at 9 p.m. Et, will feature a roundtable discussion on the news of the day with an emphasis on the protection of economic and civil liberties, the network said. Each evening, Kennedy will be joined by her co-hosts, Reason magazine’s Matt Welch and America’s Future Foundation’s Kmele Foster, as well as a rotating panel of experts. Fox Business News’ “Stossel,” hosted by John Stossel,...
- 12/4/2013
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
Fox Business Network announced today it will debut The Independents, a new primetime program hosted by Lisa Kennedy Montgomery, on Monday, December 9. The program, which will appear Monday through Wednesday and Friday nights at 9 Pm Et, will feature a roundtable discussion on the news of the day “with a special emphasis on the protection of economic and civil liberties..” Kennedy will be joined by co-hosts: Reason magazine’s Matt Welch and America’s Future Foundation’s Kmele Foster, as well as a rotating panel of experts. The new program replaces the rerun showing of The Willis Report (Fbn’s Stossel, hosted by John Stossel, will continue to appear at 9 Pm Et on Thursdays). With the addition of The Independents, Fbn will now be live each weekday from 6 Am to 10 Pm. Kennedy joined Fbn as a contributor and special correspondent to Stossel in 2012. She is the author of two books: The...
- 12/3/2013
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
In a move that's bound to make many a Gen-x-er feel a little old, Fox Business Network announced Tuesday that '90s MTV VJ Kennedy has just been tapped to host a primetime series about economics. Lisa Kennedy Montgomery, who first joined Fbn in 2012 as a Stossel contributor, will topline The Independents -- a new program that intends to direct the financial network's lens at the protection of economic and civil liberties. Photos: The Most Talked-About Faces of TV News Kennedy will serve as a co-host alongside Reason magazine's Matt Welch, America’s Future Foundation’s Kmele Foster and
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- 12/3/2013
- by Michael O'Connell
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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