Real Time with Bill Maher season 8

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

Real Time with Bill Maher
Season 8
No. of episodes25
Release
Original networkHBO
Original releaseFebruary 19 (2010-02-19) –
November 12, 2010 (2010-11-12)
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1731Elizabeth Warren, Wanda Sykes, Seth MacFarlane, Eliot Spitzer, Norah O'DonnellFebruary 19, 2010 (2010-02-19)
Filibuster, Obama's handling of terrorism, torture, controversy over Family Guy's Down Syndrome episode, race and criticism of Obama, Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Kevin Smith's airplane incident, obesity, media coverage of Haiti
1742Richard N. Haass, Chrystia Freeland, Reihan Salam, Olivia Wilde, Adam Carolla, Chris RockFebruary 26, 2010 (2010-02-26)
Iran, health care, Obama-Republicans summit, Congress majority, guns, defense budget, caged animals
1753Sean Penn, Andrew Ross Sorkin, Arianna Huffington, Michael MooreMarch 5, 2010 (2010-03-05)
Earthquakes in Haiti and Chile, Hugo Chávez, Economic activism, Health Care, the economy regulation of the financial industry, labor relations, the Oscars, Republican fundraising tactics, mass media
1764Michael Bennet, Hill Harper, Gary Johnson, Amy Holmes, John HeilemannMarch 12, 2010 (2010-03-12)
1775Dennis Kucinich, Gavin Newsom, Stephen Moore, Melinda Henneberger, Emile HirschMarch 19, 2010 (2010-03-19)
1786Christopher Hitchens, Jonathan Capehart, Rob Thomas, Randi Weingarten, Jeff GarlinMarch 26, 2010 (2010-03-26)
1797Billie Joe Armstrong, Alice Waters, Chris RockApril 9, 2010 (2010-04-09)
Maher conducts one-on-one interviews
1808David Remnick, Simon Johnson, Laura Flanders, Jesse Ventura, Lawrence BenderApril 16, 2010 (2010-04-16)
Tea Party movement, taxation, Goldman Sachs scandal, nuclear weapons, Supreme Court
1819Alan Grayson, Susan Eisenhower, Matthew Continetti, Richard A. Clarke, Jack KevorkianApril 23, 2010 (2010-04-23)
Arizona immigration law, racism in the United States, Army recruitment standards, technology, cyber war, South Park Muhammad controversy, moderate Republicans, Sarah Palin
18210Anthony Weiner, Chris Matthews, Laura Tyson, Ross Douthat, John R. BoltonApril 30, 2010 (2010-04-30)
Deepwater Horizon oil spill, oil dependency, high-speed rail technology, Goldman Sachs Senate hearings, Arizona immigration law, Charlie Crist, 2010 midterm elections
18311Sarah Silverman, Salman Rushdie, Alexis Glick, David Frum, Alan BrinkleyMay 7, 2010 (2010-05-07)
18412Sebastian Junger, Cory Booker, John Avlon, S. E. Cupp, Darrell IssaMay 14, 2010 (2010-05-14)
Elena Kagan Supreme Court nomination, religion, Minerals Management Service and oil drilling regulation, Miranda warning, tasering
18513Nouriel Roubini, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Michael Eric Dyson, John Fund, Patton OswaltMay 21, 2010 (2010-05-21)
18614Philippe Cousteau, Jr., Jonathan Alter, Patrick Ruffini, Cornel West, Scott TurowMay 28, 2010 (2010-05-28)
Oil spill, Obama's reaction to the spill, black/white net worth gap, Supreme Court
18715Paul Begala, Andrew Sullivan, Katrina vanden Heuvel, Van Jones, Judd ApatowJune 4, 2010 (2010-06-04)
Oil spill, Gaza flotilla raid, Joe McGinniss, Al Gore, marriage and divorce, climate change denial
18816Queen Noor of Jordan, Rachel Maddow, Jon Meacham, Bill Frist, Oliver StoneJune 11, 2010 (2010-06-11)
Oil spill, Republican filibustering, Dan Duncan and inheritance tax, "running government like a business", Nikki Haley, Military budget of the United States, Helen Thomas' Israel comments
18917Michael Moore, Robert Reich, Jon Hamm, Martha Raddatz, Mark McKinnonSeptember 17, 2010 (2010-09-17)
The Tea Party movement, Newt Gingrich describing Obama as having a 'Kenyan world view', Islamophobia in America, Christine O'Donnell's appearance on Politically Incorrect, the Democratic Party's new logo, tax cuts, Afghanistan, Republicans threatening to repeal health care reform, Republicans as the 'party of no', moderate Republicans
19018Richard Tillman, Andrew Breitbart, Amy Holmes, Seth MacFarlane, Ann DruyanSeptember 24, 2010 (2010-09-24)
Pat Tillman, Pledge to America, healthcare repeal, Don't Ask, Don't Tell repeal, Christine O'Donnell, evolution, science, climate change, Obama's Wars
19119Bob Woodward, Joe Klein, Cornel West, Arianna Huffington, David CrossOctober 1, 2010 (2010-10-01)
Hamid Karzai, 2010 Elections, Carl Paladino, Meg Whitman, the economy, personal responsibility, Bishop Eddie Long, homophobia, social networking services
19220Richard Dawkins, Andrew Ross Sorkin, S. E. Cupp, P. J. O'Rourke, Joshua GreenOctober 8, 2010 (2010-10-08)
Gene Cranick, zero-sum economic theory, Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), Christine O'Donnell, Rich Iott, climate change, religion
19321Al Sharpton, Markos Moulitsas, John Legend, Dana Loesch, Dan NeilOctober 15, 2010 (2010-10-15)
19422George Clooney, Rob Reiner, Jake Tapper, Nicolle Wallace, Levi JohnstonOctober 22, 2010 (2010-10-22)
Crisis in Sudan, Clarence Thomas & Anita Hill, Campaign financing, Christine O'Donnell's comment about 1st Amendment, Tea Party, 2010 elections, Sarah Palin, 'Don't ask, don't tell'
19523Jimmy Carter, Zach Galifianakis, Lawrence O'Donnell, Margaret Hoover, Reihan SalamOctober 29, 2010 (2010-10-29)
White House Diary, 2010 midterm elections, violence and the Tea Party, 2010 Craziest Candidate Countdown, Prop 19, separation of church and state
19624Bill O'Reilly, Darrell Issa, Fareed Zakaria, Dana Gould, Adrian FentyNovember 5, 2010 (2010-11-05)
2010 midterm election results, Obama's response to election results, Republican plan, balancing the budget and cuts, social justice, education, military budget, prison population, cooperation of Republicans and Democrats
19725Mike Huckabee, Michael Moore, Nora Ephron, Jessica Yellin, Joe SestakNovember 12, 2010 (2010-11-12)
Bush, Obama, midterm elections, Iraq, veterans, health care, deficit
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