Episode
Real Time with Bill Maher: Al Franken; Penn Jillette; Amy Holmes; Gavin Newsom
Overview
Bill's roundtable panel includes the Democratic U.S. senator from Minnesota, Al Franken, the Democratic Lieutenant Governor from California, Gavin Newsome, political analyst for the Rasmussen Reports, Amy Holmes and comedian/magician Penn Gillette.
Details
- Series
- Real Time with Bill Maher
- Season
- Season 15
- Episode
- Episode 24
- Air date
- 2017-08-18
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
Al Franken; Penn Jillette; Amy Holmes; Gavin Newsom is Episode 24 in Season 15 of Real Time with Bill Maher. It aired on 2017-08-18. The runtime is 60 min.
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