Episode
Real Time with Bill Maher: Episode 540
Overview
Bill returns to the studio for the first time since March and remote-interviews former federal prosecutor Trey Gowdy and musician Wynton Marsalis, while journalist Nina Burleigh and political strategist Rick Wilson join him for the remote panel discussion.
Details
- Series
- Real Time with Bill Maher
- Season
- Season 18
- Episode
- Episode 25
- Air date
- 2020-08-28
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
Episode 540 is Episode 25 in Season 18 of Real Time with Bill Maher. It aired on 2020-08-28. The runtime is 60 min.
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