The BEST episodes of Real Time with Bill Maher season 15

Every episode of Real Time with Bill Maher season 15, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Real Time with Bill Maher season 15!

Each week Bill Maher surrounds himself with a panel of guests which include politicians, actors, comedians, musicians and the like to discuss what's going on in the world.

Last Updated: 4/22/2024Network: HBOStatus: Continuing
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Episode 439
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8.11
293 votes

#1 - Episode 439

Season 15 - Episode 29 - Aired 9/29/2017

Guests Paul Hawken, Tom Morello, April Ryan, John Heilemann, and Kurt Andersen.

Episode 414
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8.05
418 votes

#2 - Episode 414

Season 15 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/10/2017

Bill's interview guests are Minnesota Democratic Senator Al Franken and filmmaker John Waters. Bill's roundtable includes: Mail Online editor-at-large Piers Morgan, comic and writer Jim Jeffries and Karine Jean-Pierre from MoveOn.org.

Episode 425
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8.00
374 votes

#3 - Episode 425

Season 15 - Episode 15 - Aired 5/12/2017

Bill's interview guest is the Democratic U.S. Representative for California’s 28th district and the Ranking Member of the House Intelligence Committee, Adam Schiff. Bill's roundtable includes: rapper, actor and activist Michael Render (aka Killer Mike), blogger and libertarian political pundit Matt Welch, political commentator and the former Director of Speechwriting for President Barack Obama Jon Favreau, and actress/comedian Annabelle Gurwitch.

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Episode 441
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8.00
280 votes

#4 - Episode 441

Season 15 - Episode 31 - Aired 10/20/2017

The Interview: Janice Min. The Panel: James Carville (aka The Ragin’ Cajun), Erick Erickson, and Margaret Hoover. Mid-Show Interview: Daryl Davis.

Episode 419
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8.00
414 votes

#5 - Episode 419

Season 15 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/24/2017

Bill's interview guests are: Matt Schlapp, chairman of the American Conservative Union and historian Timothy Snyder. Bill's roundtable guests are: MSNBC commentator Chris Hayes, Congressman Ted Lieu (D-CA) and British commentator and former member of Parliament, Louise Mensch.

Episode 426
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7.97
423 votes

#6 - Episode 426

Season 15 - Episode 16 - Aired 5/19/2017

Bill's interview guest is former special assistant to President Donald Trump, Boris Epshteyn. Bill's roundtable include: Princeton professor and social justice activist Cornell West, former Obama advisor and senior editor of the Atlantic, David Frum and astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson.

Episode 445
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7.96
248 votes

#7 - Episode 445

Season 15 - Episode 35 - Aired 11/17/2017

The Interview: Bill McKibben. The Panel: Carl Bernstein, Max Brooks and Rebecca Traister. Mid-Show Interview: Chelsea Handler.

Episode 417
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7.94
434 votes

#8 - Episode 417

Season 15 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/3/2017

Bill's interview guests are: Environmentalist and founder of 350.org, Bill McKibben and Charlie Sykes from Indivisible. Bill's roundtable include: CNN political commentator Jeffrey Lord, the MSNBC's Joy Reid and author and former Pentagon policy advisor Rosa Brooks.

Episode 438
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7.93
286 votes

#9 - Episode 438

Season 15 - Episode 28 - Aired 9/22/2017

Guests Barney Frank, Martin Short, Rick Wilson, Catherine Rampell, and Robert Costas.

Episode 433
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7.92
316 votes

#10 - Episode 433

Season 15 - Episode 23 - Aired 8/11/2017

Bill's interview guest is English ethologist, evolutionary biologist and author of the new book, 'Science in the Soul', Richard Dawkins. Bill's roundtable panel includes Washington Post columnist and CNN commentator Fareed Zakaria, Pulitizer Prize winning author and presidential historian Jon Meacham and four-time Emmy winning actor Jim Parsons.

Episode 412
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7.90
364 votes

#11 - Episode 412

Season 15 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/27/2017

Richard Haass, president of the Council of Foreign Relations and John Avlon, editor-in-chief of the Daily Beast are the interview guests. Bill's roundtable panel includes: actress Eva Longoria, Ohio's Democratic congressman Tim Ryan and the founder and president of Americans for Tax Reform, Grover Norquist.

Episode 420
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7.89
402 votes

#12 - Episode 420

Season 15 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/31/2017

Bill's interview guests are: Republican Political Consultant and Trump Confidant, Roger Stone and the Former Director of the National Security Agency, General Michael Hayden. Bill's roundtable guests are: Former Republican US Senator and Presidential Candidate from Pennsylvania, Rick Santorum, President for the Center for American Progress, Neera Tanden and the Founder and CEO of Define America and EmergingUS, Jose Antonio Vargas.

Episode 437
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7.88
275 votes

#13 - Episode 437

Season 15 - Episode 27 - Aired 9/15/2017

Episode 424
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7.87
383 votes

#14 - Episode 424

Season 15 - Episode 14 - Aired 5/5/2017

Bill's interview guest is Ohio's Republican Governor and former Presidential Candidate, John Kasich. The Governor's new book is "Two Paths: America Divided or United." Bill's roundtable guests are Civil Rights Activist Maya Wiley, Novelist and Journalist George Packer, Ex-Deputy Director of the CIA's Counter-Terrorism Center Phillip Mudd and the National Affairs Editor of New York Magazine, Gabriel Sherman.

Episode 413
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7.87
374 votes

#15 - Episode 413

Season 15 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/3/2017

Bill's interview guests are African American academic Michael Eric Dyson and actress Leah Remini. Bill's roundtable includes: Missouri's Secretary of State and US veteran Jason Kander, conservative political commentator for 'The Blaze', Tomi Lahren and Republican strategist and Daily Beast contributor Rick Wilson.

Episode 444
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7.86
249 votes

#16 - Episode 444

Season 15 - Episode 34 - Aired 11/10/2017

The Interview: Donna Brazile. The Panel: Chris Matthews and Michael Moore. Mid-Show Interview: Sarah Silverman.

Episode 435
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7.86
311 votes

#17 - Episode 435

Season 15 - Episode 25 - Aired 8/25/2017

Bill's interview guest is the Rev. Jesse Jackson. Bill's roundtable panel includes Democratic strategist and CNN political contributor Paul Begala, former White House and State Department advisor Nayyera Haq, Editor-At-Large for Reason Magazine Matt Welch and New York Times columnist Frank Bruni.

Episode 442
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7.84
289 votes

#18 - Episode 442

Season 15 - Episode 32 - Aired 10/27/2017

The Interview: Woody Harrelson. The Panel: David French, Betsy Woodruff and Van Jones. Mid-Show Interview: Joy Behar.

Episode 416
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7.83
428 votes

#19 - Episode 416

Season 15 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/24/2017

Bill's interview guests are: California Republican congressman Darrell Issa, and author Fran Lebowitz. Bill's roundtable includes: actor/producer Seth McFarlane, activist Asra Nomani, and Maine's US Senator Angus King.

Episode 423
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7.83
369 votes

#20 - Episode 423

Season 15 - Episode 13 - Aired 4/28/2017

Bill's interview guest is Democratic Senator from Massachusetts, Elizabeth Warren, author of the book, "This Is Our Fight: The Battle to Save America's Middle Class." Bill's roundtable guests are: venture capitalist Nick Hanauer, film director Rob Reiner, CNN political commentator and editor of "Voices", Tara Setmayer and former Secretary of Energy, Ernest Moniz.

Episode 430
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7.80
336 votes

#21 - Episode 430

Season 15 - Episode 20 - Aired 6/23/2017

Bill's interview guest is Maajid Nawaz. He is the founder of the world’s first counter-extremism think tank, Quilliam. He is co-author with Sam Harris of Islam and the Future of Tolerance: A Dialogue. Bill's roundtable panel includes: conservative political commentator and prominent 'Never-Trump' member Charlie Sykes, Bianna Golodryga from Yahoo News, the former White House ethics lawyer from the Bush (2) administration, Richard Painter and actor/political activist Bradley Whitford.

Episode 411
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7.79
336 votes

#22 - Episode 411

Season 15 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/20/2017

Season 15 opens on inauguration day with actress Jane Fonda and GQ special correspondent Keith Olbermann as the interview guests. The roundtable includes: Demos president Heather McGhee, author and presidential historian Jon Meacham and former Secretary of Labor and DNC chair candidate Thomas Perez.

Episode 429
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7.78
313 votes

#23 - Episode 429

Season 15 - Episode 19 - Aired 6/16/2017

Bill's interview guest is Alex Marlow, who was the first employee of Breitbart News and has been the site's editor-in-chief since 2013. In 2015, Marlow was named to Forbes "30 Under 30" list. Bill's roundtable panel includes MSNBC's chief analyst for terrorism, torture and cyber intelligence, Malcolm Nance, Eurasia Group President Ian Bremmer and actor and comic Eddie Izzard.

Episode 418
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7.76
395 votes

#24 - Episode 418

Season 15 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/17/2017

Bill's roundtable guests include: Democratic US Senator from Rhode Island Sheldon Whitehouse, former Democratic US Congressman from Massachusetts Barney Frank, CNN anchor and host of "The Lead" Jake Tapper and conservative blogger and contributing editor of New York magazine Andrew Sullivan.

Episode 436
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7.75
295 votes

#25 - Episode 436

Season 15 - Episode 26 - Aired 9/8/2017

Bill's interview guest is that man that wears the red sweaters, Ken Bone. Bill's roundtable panel includes author of 'Strangers at the Gate: Arrivals in New York', Adam Gopnik, political commentator S.E. Cupp and climate activist, hip-hop artist and author of the book 'We Rise', Xiuhtezcatz Martinez.