But he’s hardly the first host to fit that description.

Bill Maher is a national treasure. Real Time has been a Saturday morning ritual for so many years. He speaks truths, is really funny, and has interesting discussions.

The people who hate Bill Maher can’t accept that he can’t be pigeonholed. They need people on TV to be either Rachel Maddow or Sean Hannity.

Finally somebody’s got Bill Maher pegged correctly. It’s too easy to get confused and even angry when we can’t pigeonhole someone with assurance. It’s unsettling. This is how Maher leaves people feeling. Unsettled. And that’s a damn good thing!

Well said 

Totally agree. It never ceases to amaze me why the AV Club talks about Maher while wondering why people talk about Maher. An now they justify it by calling it hate-watching. If you’re so disgusted, have the balls/integrity to not report on it, you ouroboros of snark you.

I guess Sam isn’t a fan of the show lol

I used to really dislike him but like Howard Stern I think Maher aged into a much better person than he used to be. I understand the hate though and wouldn’t try to convince anyone otherwise.

You don’t know what you’re talking about, cha-cha...

While Maher is a dyed in the wool contrarian and generally delights in being a pain in the ass, I’ve found that I often have to grudgingly agree with him on a lot of issues.

I do like Bill Maher. From the success of his show, it’s clear that many other people do too. If you think nobody likes him, you may be mistaking twitter for the real world. Sure, sometimes he is completely wrong about some things, but often he is also spot on. What this article and some of his other detractors don’t…

I used to watch the show about once a month. He’s not a libertarian. He was, back in the Politically Incorrect days, but not in the last 20 years or so.

Your commitment to this bit of “how could Richard Nixon have been elected when no one I know voted for him?” is impressive.

You could say the same thing about John Oliver’s show, couldn’t you?

He’s a liberal but not a progressive.

this is just another version of “nobody watches the Big Bang Theory”...Maher is one of the most successful standup comics in the country, regularly selling out arenas, being in denial about his popularity is asinine

“neoliberal” is what schmucks who don’t read books call everyone they don’t like

...or not. 

Bill Maher gets a lot of shit here, but he is successful and has an audience, despite the “complaints on social media.” I for one like that someone on our side will take his side to task. Also, as I think I’ve said on this site before, Bill Maher was one of the first to come out against Donald Trump when he displayed…

“There’s no real explanation for why HBO continues to hand out renewals to Real Time With Bill Maher even though nobody likes the show,”