REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER CONTINUES ITS 16TH SEASON MAY 4, EXCLUSIVELY ON HBO; JON MEACHAM IS THE TOP-OF-SHOW INTERVIEW GUEST; MICHAEL TUBBS IS THE MID-SHOW INTERVIEW GUEST; MICHAEL HAYDEN, SALLY KOHN AND MATT WELCH ARE THE ROUNDTABLE GUESTS

REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER continues its 16th season FRIDAY, MAY 4 (10:00-11:00 p.m. live ET/tape-delayed PT), with a replay at midnight, exclusively on HBO. Allowing Maher to offer his unique perspective on contemporary issues, the show includes an opening monologue, roundtable discussions with panelists and interviews with guests. Historian Jon Meacham is the top-of-show interview guest. Stockton, Calif. Mayor Michael Tubbs is the mid-show interview guest. The roundtable guests are national security expert Michael Hayden, political commentator Sally Kohn and editor Matt Welch.

The show is also available on HBO NOW, HBO GO, HBO On Demand and partners' streaming platforms.

REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER has already been renewed through 2020.

Politico has hailed Maher as "a pugnacious debater and a healthy corrective to the claptrap of cable news," while Variety noted, "There may not be a more eclectic guest list on all of television."

Maher headlined his first special on the network in 1989 and has starred in ten HBO solo specials to date. He is also an executive producer of the innovative news magazine show "VICE," which is now in its sixth season on HBO.

The executive producers of REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER are Bill Maher, Scott Carter, Sheila Griffiths, Dean Johnsen, Billy Martin; co-executive producer, Chris Kelly; producer, Matt Wood; co-producer, TJ Baldino; associate producer, Miles Leicher; director, Paul Casey.