REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER CONTINUES ITS 17TH SEASON SEPTEMBER 6, EXCLUSIVELY ON HBO

Christina Hoff Sommers Is The Top-Of-Show Interview Guest; Joe Walsh Is The Mid-Show Interview Guest; John Delaney, Maria Teresa Kumar And Matt Welch Are The Roundtable Guests

REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER continues its 17th season FRIDAY, SEPT. 6 (10:00-11:00 p.m. live ET/tape-delayed PT), with a replay at 12:30 a.m., 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. American Enterprise Institute resident scholar and "The Factual Feminist" host Christina Hoff Sommers is the top-of-show interview guest. Former Congressman Joe Walsh (R) of Illinois is the mid-show interview guest. The roundtable guests are former Congressman and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate John Delaney, MSNBC contributor and President and CEO of Voto Latino Maria Teresa Kumar, and editor-at-large of Reason Magazine and podcast host 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 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 11 HBO solo specials to date.

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; producers, Matt Wood, TJ Baldino; associate producer, Miles Leicher; director, Paul Casey.