Real Time with Bill Maher season 18

This is a list of episodes from the eighteenth season of Real Time with Bill Maher.

Real Time with Bill Maher
Season 18
Release
Original network	HBO
Original release	January 17 (2020-01-17) – November 20, 2020 (2020-11-20)
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	U.S. viewers (millions)
516	1	Nancy Pelosi, Andrew Yang, Joe Walsh, Kara Swisher, Jon Meacham	January 17, 2020 (2020-01-17)	1.49[1]
517	2	Megyn Kelly, Ingrid Newkirk, Alex Wagner, Michael McFaul, Erick Erickson	January 24, 2020 (2020-01-24)	1.27[2]
518	3	Pete Buttigieg, Michael Eric Dyson, Mitch Landrieu, Mikie Sherrill, Rick Wilson	January 31, 2020 (2020-01-31)	1.37[3]
519	4	Steve Bannon, Fareed Zakaria, Andrew Gillum, Ezra Klein, Sarah Isgur	February 7, 2020 (2020-02-07)	1.36[4]
520	5	Amy Klobuchar, Pramila Jayapal, Katie Couric, Van Jones, Bret Stephens	February 14, 2020 (2020-02-14)	1.35[5]
521	6	Anne Rimoin, Nicholas Kristof, EJ Dionne, Buck Sexton, Jane Kleeb	February 28, 2020 (2020-02-28)	1.46[6]
522	7	Rachel Bitecofer, Brian Cox, Ross Douthat, Caitlin Flanagan, Anthony Scaramucci	March 6, 2020 (2020-03-06)	1.33[7]
523	8	David Ropeik, Andrew Zimmern, Edward Luce, Tim Miller, Lis Smith	March 13, 2020 (2020-03-13)	1.57[8]
524	9	Eric Garcetti, Bernie Sanders, Seth MacFarlane, Max Brooks, Willie Nelson	April 3, 2020 (2020-04-03)[a]	1.32[9]
525	10	Al Gore, Bill de Blasio, Ian Bremmer, Nikki Glaser	April 10, 2020 (2020-04-10)[a]	1.40[10]
526	11	Fareed Zakaria, Dan Crenshaw, Andrew Sullivan	April 17, 2020 (2020-04-17)[a]	1.33[11]
527	12	Nancy Pelosi, Dr. David Katz, Jay Leno	April 24, 2020 (2020-04-24)[a]	1.30[12]
528	13	Eric Holder, Bret Stephens, Matt Taibbi	May 1, 2020 (2020-05-01)[a]	1.20[13]
529	14	Justin Amash, Amy Holmes, Dan Savage	May 8, 2020 (2020-05-08)[a]	1.16[14]
530	15	Thomas Friedman, Michael Moore, Cate Shanahan	May 22, 2020 (2020-05-22)[a]	1.14[15]
531	16	Tom Colicchio, Jay Leno, Soledad O'Brien, Ian Bremmer	May 29, 2020 (2020-05-29)[a]	1.08[16]
532	17	Michael Render, Frank Figliuzzi, Michael Steele, Rosa Brooks	June 5, 2020 (2020-06-05)[a]	1.22[17]
533	18	Radley Balko, Larry Wilmore, Matt Welch, Dariush Mozaffarian	June 12, 2020 (2020-06-12)[a]	1.09[18]
534	19	Susan Rice, George Will, Malcolm Nance, Andrew Sullivan	June 19, 2020 (2020-06-19)[a]	1.08[19]
535	20	John Bolton, Kara Swisher, Wes Moore, James Carville	June 26, 2020 (2020-06-26)[a]	1.12[20]
536	21	Kerry Washington, Jim Carrey, Thomas Chatterton Williams, Bari Weiss	July 31, 2020 (2020-07-31)[a]	0.99[21]
537	22	Chris Evans, Lawrence Wilkerson, Meghan Daum, Paul Begala	August 7, 2020 (2020-08-07)[a]	1.05[22]
538	23	Keisha Lance Bottoms, Colin Cowherd, Pete Buttigieg, Andrew Yang	August 14, 2020 (2020-08-14)[a]	1.01[23]
539	24	John Kasich, Oliver Stone, William Barber II, Thomas Frank	August 21, 2020 (2020-08-21)[a]	1.08[24]
540	25	Trey Gowdy, Wynton Marsalis, Nina Burleigh, Rick Wilson	August 28, 2020 (2020-08-28)[b]	1.18[25]
541	26	Ewan McGregor, Peter Strzok, Peter Hamby, Jessica Yellin	September 11, 2020 (2020-09-11)[c]	1.10[26]
542	27	Michael Cohen, Jane Fonda, Tim Miller, Trae Crowder	September 18, 2020 (2020-09-18)[c]	0.98[27]
543	28	Bernie Sanders, Jim Belushi, Coleman Hughes, Bakari Sellers	September 25, 2020 (2020-09-25)[c]	1.15[28]
544	29	Adam Schiff, John Brennan, Keli Goff, Bret Stephens	October 9, 2020 (2020-10-09)[c]	1.23[29]
545	30	Fareed Zakaria, John Leguizamo, John Avlon, Noah Rothman	October 16, 2020 (2020-10-16)[c]	1.23[30]
546	31	Matthew McConaughey, Heidi Heitkamp, Anthony Scaramucci, Ben Sheehan	October 23, 2020 (2020-10-23)[c]	1.30[31]
547	32	Al Franken, David E. Sanger, Lis Smith, John Heilemann	October 30, 2020 (2020-10-30)[c]	1.44[32]
548	33	Tristan Harris, Rosa Brooks, Malcolm Nance	November 6, 2020 (2020-11-06)[d]	1.51[33]
549	34	Jenna Ellis, Max Brooks, Caitlin Flanagan	November 13, 2020 (2020-11-13)[c]	1.44[34]
550	35	Michael Eric Dyson, Alex Wagner, Jon Meacham	November 20, 2020 (2020-11-20)[d]	1.39[35]

1. Taped from Maher's home in Los Angeles during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic with guests appearing remotely by video teleconferencing
2. Taped from the show's studio without an audience, and with guests appearing remotely over a video screen
3. Taped from the show's studio with limited audience, and with some guests appearing remotely while others are in studio
4. Taped from the show's studio with limited audience, but all guests appearing in studio