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Rhiannon12866's JournalThe Daily Show: Trump Brings U.S. to Brink of War with Iran
Trump calls off a military strike against Iran minutes before launch, raising questions about when he was briefed on key issues surrounding the decision.
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Bill Maher: As He Hits 500 Episodes, the 'Real Time' Host Can't Talk About Trump Much Longer
Bill Maher isn’t sure what he’ll do if Donald Trump is re-elected president next year.
“I feel exhausted by this man and by working so hard every week to try to find some new angle,” Maher told Variety of his frustration over how much Trump now consumes his show — and his life. “The prospect of another four years of having to do it looms over me like the sword of Damocles. I cannot tell you how much anxiety that causes me.”
Maher has hosted his Emmy-nominated weekly HBO series “Real Time” since 2003, and the show (now in its 17th season) celebrates its 500th episode this Friday, June 21. Born less than a year after ABC canceled “Politically Incorrect,” “Real Time” evolved from that format to focus more on conversations, mostly about politics, with guests from both the celebrity and political world, and from all sides of the political spectrum.
Right now, that means most of the conversation revolves around Trump — and whether the Democrats will be able to organize enough of a message and a strategy to take him on next November.
As he prepared to host his 500th “Real Time,” Maher spoke to Variety about the evolution of him and the show, as well as how he often angers liberal audiences as much as he does conservatives (and why he wears that as a badge of honor). He also addressed a recent on-air debate with Rep. Katie Porter (D-Calif.), how he doesn’t encounter conservative audiences, whether anything has changed under HBO’s new WarnerMedia/AT&T leadership and whether he fears saying or doing something that gets him canceled — like what happened with ABC in 2002.
The host has often courted controversy — including a 2017 episode that got him into some hot water for referencing a racial slur — but he also notes that controversy is part of the Bill Maher brand. “If it ends with me getting canceled or fired, I’ve been through that before,” he said. “All I know is the technology keeps changing, and every time it does, all I hear is, ‘But they need content.’ Well, I’m content, so I think I’ll be okay.
A transcript of that interview, edited for length and clarity, follows.
Much more: https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/bill-maher-real-time-hbo-trump-politically-incorrect-1203249574/
CREDIT: COURTESY OF HBO
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Real Time with Bill Maher guests - Friday, June 21, 2019
Real Time with Bill Maher guests - Friday, June 21, 2019
Real Time with Bill Maher continues its 17th season Friday, June 21 (10:00-11:00 p.m. live ET/tape-delayed PT), with a replay at 11:30 p.m., exclusively on HBO.
Historian Allan Lichtman is the top-of-show interview guest.
Columnist Dr. Debra Soh is the mid-show interview guest.
The roundtable guests are journalist Thom Hartmann, political consultant Liz Mair and columnist Dan Savage.
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