Episode
Real Time with Bill Maher: April 10, 2009
Overview
Guests: Filmmaker Ron Howard and novelist Gore Vidal Topics: Bill conducts one-on-one interviews
Details
- Series
- Real Time with Bill Maher
- Season
- Season 7
- Episode
- Episode 8
- Air date
- 2009-04-10
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
April 10, 2009 is Episode 8 in Season 7 of Real Time with Bill Maher. It aired on 2009-04-10. The runtime is 60 min.
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