Real Time with Bill Maher season 20

This is a list of episodes from the twentieth season of Real Time with Bill Maher. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this is the first season of Real Time where the shows do not premiere live. Rather, they are pre-recorded at 7:00 pm ET with the 10:00 pm ET airing unchanged. Episodes this season are taped from the show's studio with a limited audience due to the pandemic, with all guests appearing in studio.

Real Time with Bill Maher
Season 20
Release
Original network	HBO
Original release	January 21 (2022-01-21) – November 18, 2022 (2022-11-18)
Season chronology
List of episodes

Episodes

See also: List of Real Time with Bill Maher episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Guests	Original release date [1]	U.S. viewers (millions)
586	1	Timothy D. Snyder, Bari Weiss, Ritchie Torres	January 21, 2022 (2022-01-21)	0.86[2]
587	2	Ira Glasser, Fiona Hill, Matt Welch	January 28, 2022 (2022-01-28)	0.89[3]
588	3	Ro Khanna, Johann Hari, Katherine Mangu-Ward	February 4, 2022 (2022-02-04)	0.90[4]
589	4	Ricky Williams, Vivek Ramaswamy, Marianne Williamson	February 11, 2022 (2022-02-11)	0.75[5]
590	5	Brooke Jenkins, John Avlon, Katrina Vanden Heuvel	February 18, 2022 (2022-02-18)	0.86[6]
591	6	Ruben Gallego, Chloé Valdary, Bret Stephens	February 25, 2022 (2022-02-25)	0.95[7]
592	7	Kenneth Branagh, Frank Bruni, Batya Ungar-Sargon	March 11, 2022 (2022-03-11)	0.88[8]
593	8	Ernest Moniz, Max Brooks, Kristen Soltis Anderson	March 18, 2022 (2022-03-18)	0.90[9]
594	9	Julia Ioffe, Jon Tester, John Heilemann	March 25, 2022 (2022-03-25)	0.85[10]
595	10	Nicole Perlroth, Andrew Yang, Laura Coates	April 1, 2022 (2022-04-01)	0.94[11]
596	11	David Mamet, Nancy MacLean, David Leonhardt	April 8, 2022 (2022-04-08)	0.85[12]
597	12	Bob Odenkirk, Mary Katharine Ham, Caitlin Flanagan	April 22, 2022 (2022-04-22)	0.84[13]
598	13	Fran Lebowitz, Ali Velshi, Doug Jones	April 29, 2022 (2022-04-29)	0.72[14]
599	14	Chloe Maxmin, Paul Begala, Michele Tafoya	May 6, 2022 (2022-05-06)	0.87[15]
600	15	Rod Stewart, Ian Bremmer, Jane Harman	May 13, 2022 (2022-05-13)	0.78[16]
601	16	Mark Esper, Donna Brazile, Adam Carolla	May 20, 2022 (2022-05-20)	0.91[17]
602	17	Eric Holder, Michael Shellenberger, Douglas Murray	June 3, 2022 (2022-06-03)	0.74[18]
603	18	Cornel West, Kellyanne Conway, Josh Barro	June 10, 2022 (2022-06-10)	0.75[19]
604	19	Danny Strong, Krystal Ball, James Kirchick	June 17, 2022 (2022-06-17)	0.81[20]
605	20	Christine Emba, Andrew Sullivan, Katie Herzog	June 24, 2022 (2022-06-24)	0.81[21]
606	21	Chris Cuomo, Sam Stein, John McWhorter	July 29, 2022 (2022-07-29)	0.65[22]
607	22	David Duchovny, Matt Taibbi, Lis Smith	August 5, 2022 (2022-08-05)	0.78[23]
608	23	Ross Douthat, Piers Morgan, Rikki Schlott	August 12, 2022 (2022-08-12)	0.78[24]
609	24	B. J. Novak, Catherine Rampell, Noah Rothman	August 19, 2022 (2022-08-19)	0.81[25]
610	25	John Waters, Amy Klobuchar, Rob Reiner	August 26, 2022 (2022-08-26)	0.75[26]
611	26	Wynton Marsalis, Scott Galloway, Matt Welch	September 9, 2022 (2022-09-09)	0.86[27]
612	27	Trace Adkins, Jon Meacham, Julia Ioffe	September 16, 2022 (2022-09-16)	0.83[28]
613	28	Michael Moore, Jonathan Lemire, Vivek Ramaswamy	September 23, 2022 (2022-09-23)	0.87[29]
614	29	Masih Alinejad, Caitlin Flanagan, Van Jones	September 30, 2022 (2022-09-30)	0.87[30]
615	30	Chris Wallace, Chris Christie, Katty Kay	October 7, 2022 (2022-10-07)	0.76[31]
616	31	Benjamin Netanyahu, Michael Smerconish, Neil DeGrasse Tyson	October 14, 2022 (2022-10-14)	0.79[32]
617	32	Quentin Tarantino, Gillian Tett, Yuval Noah Harari	October 28, 2022 (2022-10-28)	0.74[33]
618	33	Richard Reeves, Fareed Zakaria, Maggie Haberman	November 4, 2022 (2022-11-04)	0.74[34]
619	34	Jared Polis, Robert Costa, Ro Khanna	November 11, 2022 (2022-11-11)	0.81[35]
620	35	Matthew Perry, Laura Coates, Jonathan Haidt	November 18, 2022 (2022-11-18)	0.83[36]