Season 3

Season 3

Real Time with Bill Maher

2005 Episodes
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Episodes

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February 18, 2005
EP 1
60m

February 18, 2005

2/18/2005

Guests: Correspondent Lesley Stahl, actor Robin Williams, former HHS Sec. Tommy Thompson, Sen. Joe Biden, actor Don Cheadle Topics: On protecting sources, Jeff Gannon, on interrogating prisoners, Iraq elections, Darfur

Guest Stars

Don CheadleLesley StahlRobin WilliamsJoe Biden
February 25, 2005
EP 2
60m

February 25, 2005

2/25/2005

Guests: Former baseball slugger José Canseco, actor Tim Robbins, Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, talk show host Tucker Carlson, Gov. Mike Huckabee Topics: On steroids, on Iran and Iraq, on religious belief, Ward Churchill, President Bush, on Covenant Marriage, Million Dollar Baby

Guest Stars

Stephanie Tubbs JonesTucker CarlsonMike HuckabeeTim Robbins
March 04, 2005
EP 3
60m

March 04, 2005

3/4/2005

Guests: Former U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno, former NIH administrator Bernadine Healy, actor Dave Foley, Ward Churchill and Michael Faughnan, and comic Whoopi Goldberg via satellite. Topics: BTK killer, on the Ten Commandments, torture, on raising children

Guest Stars

Dave FoleyJanet RenoWhoopi Goldberg
March 11, 2005
EP 4
60m

March 11, 2005

3/11/2005

Guests: Rep. Barney Frank, comedian Richard Belzer, writer Andrew Breitbart, writer Irshad Manji, and writer Camille Pagila. Topics: Gay marriage, women of Iraq, war, teachers sleeping with students, Michael Jackson

Guest Stars

Camille PagliaRichard BelzerAndrew BreitbartIrshad ManjiBarney Frank
March 18, 2005
EP 5
60m

March 18, 2005

3/18/2005

Guests: Gov. Frank Murkowski, actor Jason Alexander, Gov. Christie Whitman, Rep. Ileana Ross-Lehtinen, and author Thomas Frank. Topics: ANWR, steroids, Republican Party, environment

Guest Stars

Ileana Ros-LehtinenJason Alexander
April 01, 2005
EP 6
60m

April 01, 2005

4/1/2005

Guests: TV host Bill O'Reilly, academic Cornel West, actor Alec Baldwin, actor/comedienne Whoopi Goldberg, and Rev. Jesse Jackson. Topics: Pope, Terri Schiavo, Republican majority

Guest Stars

Whoopi GoldbergJesse JacksonAlec BaldwinBill O'ReillyCornel West
April 08, 2005
EP 7
60m

April 08, 2005

4/8/2005

Guests: former Gov. Mario Cuomo, actor Ian McShane, writer Arianna Huffington, TV host Rev. Joe Watkins, and conservative Richard Perle. Topics: Tom DeLay, Iraq, immigration

Guest Stars

Ian McShaneRichard PerleArianna HuffingtonJoe Watkins
April 15, 2005
EP 8
60m

April 15, 2005

4/15/2005

Guests: Columnist Thomas Friedman, writer David Frum, singer Natalie Mames, Gen. Wesley Clark and Sen. Barbara Boxer. Topics: Middle East, Darfur, gays in the military, guns, immigration

Guest Stars

Barbara BoxerNatalie MamesWesley ClarkDavid FrumThomas L. Friedman
April 22, 2005
EP 9
60m

April 22, 2005

4/22/2005

Guests: Actress Jane Fonda, talk show host Joe Scarborough, columnist Maureen Dowd, former Sen. Alan Simpson, environmentalist Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Topics: Religion, Pope, airport security, environment, John Bolton

Guest Stars

Maureen DowdJane FondaJoe Scarborough
April 29, 2005
EP 10
60m

April 29, 2005

4/29/2005

Guests: Senator Charles Schumer (D) New York, Lt. Gov. Michael Steele (R) Maryland, Farai Chideya, Martin Short, and Jeff Gannon. Topics: Voter issues, US budget, on the Presidential press conference

Guest Stars

Chuck SchumerJeff GannonFarai ChideyaMichael SteeleMartin Short
May 06, 2005
EP 11
60m

May 06, 2005

5/6/2005

Guests: Former Sec. of State Madeleine Albright, blogger Andrew Sullivan, former Canadian PM Kim Campbell, actor Michael McKean, and Rep. Bernie Sanders. Topics: Kim Jong Il, Pat Robertson, Pope, censorship, activist judges

Guest Stars

Michael McKeanMadeleine AlbrightKim CampbellBernie SandersAndrew Sullivan
May 13, 2005
EP 12
60m

May 13, 2005

5/13/2005

Guests: Sen. Norm Coleman, talk radio's Al Franken, reporter Liz Marlantes, author Gore Vidal, and basketball's Charles Barkley. Topics: Terror alerts, Voting irregularities, Iraq, Darfur, gay Republicans

Guest Stars

Norm ColemanCharles BarkleyLiz MarlantesGore VidalAl Franken
August 19, 2005
EP 13
60m

August 19, 2005

8/19/2005

Guests: Conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly; Iraq war veteran, Paul Hackett; former Homeland Security Under Secretary Asa Hutchinson; political consultant Kellyanne Conway; actor/comic Chris Rock. Topics: Cindy Sheehan, Iraq, John Kerry, racial profiling, activist judges

Guest Stars

Chris RockKellyanne ConwayAsa Hutchinson
August 26, 2005
EP 14
60m

August 26, 2005

8/26/2005

Guests: Activist Cindy Sheehan, Gov. Mike Huckabee, journalist Dan Savage, feminist activist Eve Ensler, novelist Kinky Friedman Topics: Camp Casey, gay marriage, health, Bush's vacation

Guest Stars

Mike HuckabeeDan Savage
September 02, 2005
EP 15
60m

September 02, 2005

9/2/2005

Guests: Television journalist Anderson Cooper, Stephen Schneider, Michael Eric Dyson, actor Bradley Whitford, professor Mary Frances Berry, journalist Fareed Zakaria Topics: Hurricane Katrina, poverty, Iraq

Guest Stars

Stephen SchneiderAnderson CooperBradley WhitfordMichael Eric Dyson
September 09, 2005
EP 16
60m

September 09, 2005

9/9/2005
9.0

Guests: Walter Maestri, Joe Scarborough, comedian George Carlin, Cynthia Tucker, conservative editorialist James K. Glassman, writer Kurt Vonnegut Topics: Michael D. Brown, US political system, on race, on the Administration

Guest Stars

George CarlinJoe Scarborough
September 16, 2005
EP 17
60m

September 16, 2005

9/16/2005

Guests: Sen. Charles Schumer, PJ O'Rourke, Joy Behar, Willie Brown, Dan Senor Topics: John Roberts, Bush taking responsibility, poverty, Iraq

Guest Stars

Chuck SchumerP. J. O'RourkeJoy Behar
September 23, 2005
EP 18
60m

September 23, 2005

9/23/2005
7.0

Guests: Singer Willie Nelson, Rep. David Dreier, author/journalist Christopher Hitchens, BBC News correspondent Katty Kay, British politician George Galloway, journalist Andrea Mitchell Topics: Hurricane Rita, Vice President Cheney, Jet Blue emergency landing, foreign oil dependency, Margaret Thatcher, critiquing the U.S.

Guest Stars

George GallowayChristopher HitchensWillie NelsonKatty Kay
October 07, 2005
EP 19
60m

October 07, 2005

10/7/2005

Guests: Conservative columnist Ann Coulter, journalist Andrew Sullivan, actor Ben Affleck, writer Salman Rushdie, soldier/author Kayla Williams Topics: Harriet Miers, religion, torture

Guest Stars

Kayla WilliamsBen AffleckSalman RushdieAnn CoulterAndrew Sullivan
October 14, 2005
EP 20
60m

October 14, 2005

10/14/2005

Guests: Former Sen. Max Cleland, columnist Tina Brown, actor/comedian Larry Miller, author Tom Wolfe, police chief Richard Pennington, former Sen. John Edwards Topics: President's approval rating, poverty, police beatings, Iraq, Harriet Miers

Guest Stars

Larry Miller
October 21, 2005
EP 21
60m

October 21, 2005

10/21/2005

Guests: Arianna Huffington, Tucker Carlson, Michel Martin, Spike Lee, Chris Webber Topics: Valerie Plame, New York Times, health care, NBA dress code, governments response to Katrina, conspiracy in New Orleans

Guest Stars

Spike LeeTucker CarlsonArianna Huffington
October 28, 2005
EP 22
60m

October 28, 2005

10/28/2005

Guests: Richard A. Clarke, reporter Helen Thomas, actor Billy Connolly, TV host Tony Snow, writer Nadira Hira Topics: Press Corps, Scooter Libby

Guest Stars

Billy ConnollyTony Snow
November 04, 2005
EP 23
60m

November 04, 2005

11/4/2005

Guests: fmr Pres. Mary Robinson of Ireland, Joe Scarborough, John Waters, fmr. Sen. Tom Daschle, Dr. Sanjay Gupta Topics: Rosa Parks' funeral, national security leak

Guest Stars

Sanjay GuptaJoe Scarborough