Tariq
Sep 1, 2024 09:42 EST
None of the decrease is politically motivated, it is just a fact that people are cutting cable. So this will end soon when he is canceled for being highly paid and not bringing customers. Good riddance
Real Time with Bill Maher is a U.S. television program broadcast on HBO since Friday, February 21, 2003. Real Time with Bill Maher is currently the #1 most popular show on HBO and 126th overall on TV, watched by a total number of 727,000 people (0.23% rating) as of the daily audience measurement on . Real Time with Bill Maher is also shown on CNN since March 2024. Real Time is hosted by William Maher (68).
Demographic breakdown of the most recent historical ratings of Real Time with Bill Maher on HBO as of Friday, September 27, 2024.
| Real Time Daily Ratings | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Demo | Audience | Rating |
| 2024-Sep-27 | HH | 553,500 | 0.44 |
| P2+ | 727,000 | 0.23 | |
| P18-49 | 53,500 | 0.04 | |
| 2024-Sep-20 | HH | 566,000 | 0.45 |
| P2+ | 725,000 | 0.23 | |
| P18-49 | 67,000 | 0.05 | |
| 2024-Sep-13 | HH | 616,500 | 0.49 |
| P2+ | 775,000 | 0.25 | |
| P18-49 | 53,500 | 0.04 | |
| 2024-Sep-06 | HH | 528,500 | 0.42 |
| P2+ | 676,000 | 0.21 | |
| P18-49 | 67,000 | 0.05 | |
| 2024-Aug-30 | HH | 503,000 | 0.40 |
| P2+ | 676,000 | 0.21 | |
| P18-49 | 67,000 | 0.05 | |
| 2024-Aug-23 | HH | 487,500 | 0.39 |
| P2+ | 663,000 | 0.21 | |
| P18-49 | 65,500 | 0.05 | |
| 2024-Jul-19 | HH | 562,500 | 0.45 |
| P2+ | 719,000 | 0.23 | |
| P18-49 | 65,500 | 0.05 | |
| 2024-Jul-12 | HH | 500,000 | 0.40 |
| P2+ | 664,000 | 0.21 | |
| P18-49 | 79,500 | 0.06 | |
| 2024-Jun-28 | HH | 537,500 | 0.43 |
| P2+ | 704,000 | 0.22 | |
| P18-49 | 52,500 | 0.04 | |
| 2024-Jun-21 | HH | 462,500 | 0.37 |
| P2+ | 600,000 | 0.19 | |
| P18-49 | 52,500 | 0.04 | |
| 2024-Jun-14 | HH | 512,500 | 0.41 |
| P2+ | 629,000 | 0.20 | |
| P18-49 | 39,500 | 0.03 | |
| 2024-Jun-07 | HH | 512,500 | 0.41 |
| P2+ | 641,000 | 0.20 | |
| P18-49 | 52,500 | 0.04 | |
| 2024-May-31 | HH | 587,500 | 0.47 |
| P2+ | 756,000 | 0.24 | |
| P18-49 | 65,500 | 0.05 | |
| 2024-May-17 660 | HH | 512,500 | 0.41 |
| P2+ | 641,000 | 0.20 | |
| P18-49 | 52,500 | 0.04 | |
| 2024-May-10 659 | HH | 412,500 | 0.33 |
| P2+ | 535,000 | 0.17 | |
| P18-49 | 39,500 | 0.03 | |
| 2024-May-03 658 | P2+ | 566,000 | 0.18 |
| P18-49 | 52,800 | 0.04 | |
| 2024-Apr-26 657 | HH | 281,500 | 0.42 |
| P2+ | 658,000 | 0.21 | |
| P18-49 | 65,500 | 0.05 | |
| 2024-Apr-19 656 | HH | 487,500 | 0.39 |
| P2+ | 606,000 | 0.19 | |
| P18-49 | 52,500 | 0.04 | |
| 2024-Apr-12 655 | HH | 256,500 | 0.38 |
| P2+ | 609,000 | 0.19 | |
| P18-49 | 65,500 | 0.05 | |
| 2024-Mar-29 654 | HH | 575,000 | 0.46 |
| P2+ | 696,000 | 0.22 | |
| P18-49 | 71,000 | 0.05 | |
| 2024-Mar-22 653 | HH | 562,500 | 0.45 |
| P2+ | 716,000 | 0.23 | |
| P18-49 | 51,000 | 0.04 | |
| 2024-Mar-15 652 | HH | 537,500 | 0.43 |
| P2+ | 703,000 | 0.22 | |
| P18-49 | 79,500 | 0.06 | |
| 2024-Mar-08 651 | HH | 337,500 | 0.50 |
| P2+ | 821,000 | 0.26 | |
| P18-49 | 92,500 | 0.07 | |
| 2024-Mar-01 650 | HH | 281,500 | 0.42 |
| P2+ | 673,000 | 0.21 | |
| P18-49 | 65,500 | 0.05 | |
| 2024-Feb-16 649 | HH | 537,500 | 0.43 |
| P2+ | 680,000 | 0.22 | |
| P18-49 | 79,500 | 0.06 | |
| P25-54 | 133,000 | 0.11 | |
| 2024-Feb-09 648 | HH | 575,000 | 0.46 |
| P2+ | 731,000 | 0.23 | |
| P18-49 | 65,500 | 0.05 | |
| P25-54 | 121,000 | 0.10 | |
| 2024-Feb-02 647 | HH | 600,000 | 0.48 |
| P2+ | 743,000 | 0.24 | |
| P18-49 | 79,500 | 0.06 | |
| P25-54 | 133,000 | 0.11 | |
| 2024-Jan-26 646 | HH | 575,000 | 0.46 |
| P2+ | 715,000 | 0.23 | |
| P18-49 | 78,500 | 0.06 | |
| P25-54 | 122,000 | 0.10 | |
| Rank | Program | Audience | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real Time with Bill Maher | 727,000 | |
| 2 | Penguin | 299,000 | +24% |
None of the decrease is politically motivated, it is just a fact that people are cutting cable. So this will end soon when he is canceled for being highly paid and not bringing customers. Good riddance
I stopped watching Cult Time with Bill Maher long ago. Pretty bad when is for MAGA Republican the Party of Hate, Lie, Fear and Revenge is watching and defending him. I have NO Respect for Maher.
Bill the Shill.
I have cancelled HBO and will never watch another Episode of Bill Maher. His Jew Privilege of weakly vile comments about Muslims and Christians while being an atheist but support the brutal ZIONIST REGIME of Israel is absurd. He can say whatever he wants the second you clap back at him or Ben Shapiro these zionist become unhinged babies. His comparisons to Christians living in Gaza then not is so dishonest but another Zionist ploy. Christians were 15% under muslim rule with equal rights. No churches were destroyed in fact protected for 1000 years. The christians movie to Gaza in 1949-1950 was because Jews murdered 40,000 christians and muslims from mainland Palestine and forced the rest into Gaza and West Bank. Quickly they saw the treatment of Gaza and had the means to leave. Muslims did not. Google jews spitting on christians all over Israel. Ask any christians who is the oppressor. Bill knows this but uses trickery an old ZIONIST PLOY. BOYCOT BILL
Not defending any nationality or religion here but you sound like an unhinged baby full of Vile comments against Jews. All Jews? I mean I know some who are agnostics, non practicing, nonbelievers. You just pretty much killed your point by being the persons you are bashing.
I was once a huge fan of Bill Maher since Politically Incorrect. Today unfortunately he complains often about the latest Progressive Liberals as being too "woke". You know what that actually means?...they no long laugh at his dated sense of humor. Sadly his lack of growth has taken him down the same antagonistic path as Lenny Bruce. His fragile ego and weed addiction along with his naïveté on certain topics prevents him from ever admitting that he can be wrong at times, or at least admit that he could be. Unlike George Carlin, Bill's narrow mindedness only got worse as he got older. George on the other hand grew wiser and adapted to a changing world. See ya Bill.....
Agree completely. Maher mind I warped. When he started getting mad at his audience when he mis-told a joke, when he started getting mad at his audience when his jokes aren’t funny, is when I couldn’t watch anymore.
What kind of person tells a joke, then no one laughs and people don’t react the way he imagined them reacting, so they get mad at the audience for not “getting” the joke.
I thought if you were a decent comedian then you would be able to fashion your material in a way that your intended audience would understand it. If they don’t react how you want them to react, then you have failed as a comedian to take account of your own shortcomings.
I used to love this guy, I never thought he was particularly funny, but I subscribed to his us vs them attitude. But that's just it innit? He's dividing the US into different strata, providing us a dumbed-down dualistic worldview. His opinions aren't informative or understanding, and don't teach us anything new. He aims to pit us against each other, focusing on infighting rather than working towards something good & positive. The ratings are an indication of this, his team just aren't putting out the good stuff anymore.
Good if you want to slag off at other groups of people, but bad if you want to develop a more empathetic worldview.
Q. what is better .... knowledge or imagination?
Maher delivers a dose of both.
It is much much better than the news shows that simplify present two bald men fighting over a comb.
It appears he has recruited a studio audience which is more aligned and sympathetic to his self serving views. They seem to laugh or clap(like trained seals) to just about everything he says even if it's not particularly funny. I think Mahers' views are those of a typical wealthy, elitist who's only concerned about people like himself. For the 90% plus middle class, working class or working poor their issues aren't discussed on his show. As a long time viewer of Ŕeal Time, I've noticed his show devolve over the years. He has more B-list guests then ever before...ie. Mary Katherine Ham and Sam Harris is really scrapping the barrel for a first show back after the writers' strike. It's not the anti-woke crowd which is turning away from his program. Many are not watching because he's an unfunny bore.
They're not "recruited", they're mostly fake, well paid, planted audiences that are supplemented by electronic clapping, hooting and other digital overlays... its a total con! Notice you never see the audience, just the back of their heads during the show's intro... to which Bill himself once called them his "loyal studio workers". He has no real audience per say. Once a regular at universities & colleges nationwide, he now resorts to comedy stages for the old and retired. Unlike other comedians, (ie George Carlin etc) Bill's sense of humor (excluding New Rules written by a team of hired professionals) did not grow or change with todays young society. Therefore he's bitter that colleges no longer book him because no one under thirty laughs at his jokes any more. So he angrily calls them "woke" and thinks that's an insult!... lol... when the jokes really on him!
Maher is far more than a comedian. The sizable portion of his show is not supposed to be funny. His guests are A Listers that often times only appear on his show - Elon Musk, Bill Bahr, Andrew Cuomo. He has close to a million people watching the broadcost on a permium pay service channel which is 3 times the audience as Meet the Press on free access. It is far more relevant.
My friends are finally starting to see what I have told them for years, that Bill Maher is a libertarian. This year he is being respectful to the NRA and GOP while blasting "Hollywood" for promoting gun violence.
Libertarianism is a religion for rich white males, those who fancy themselves rich white males, and the women they won.
This show beats all the others. One of the reasons it is underrated, is because the subjects can be appreciated only by a sophisticated audience of intellectuals. It strives to show differing points of views on trendy topics. Towards that end guests are invited from opposing spectrum. The objective is to find truth, to sift facts from fiction, clouded by emotions. Controversial topics of the day are hashed out in a humorous way. This makes the ideas which may be difficult to assimilate, palatable to the general public. This show, therefore, is besides being entertaining, educational. The show therefore has segments of humour, debate, interviews with prominent guests, and a personalised editorial by the host on controversial topics. I give 5 ***** for this show.
"To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand Bill Maher. The humor is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of theoretical physics and international relations, most of the jokes will go over a typical viewer's head. There's also Bill's nihilistic outlook, which is deftly woven into his characterization- his personal philosophy draws heavily from Narodnaya Volya literature, for instance. The fans understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of these jokes, to realize that they're not just funny- they say something deep about LIFE. As a consequence people who dislike Bill Maher truly ARE idiots- of course, they wouldn't appreciate, for instance, the humor in Rick's existential catchphrase "New Rule," which itself is a cryptic reference to Turgenev's Russian epic Fathers and Sons. I'm smirking right now just imagining one of those addlepated simpletons scratching their heads in confusion as Bill Maher's genius wit unfolds itself on their television screens. What fools.. how I pity them."
That's what you sound like.
Pandering to remain relevant, seems to be your only strength Bill.And that depends on which way the winds of change are blowing, not any strong convictions you hold. Only what will keep your name in what we foolishly call the "NEWS" today, and give reason to visit your bank more often:)! In other words, you've become a "SELLOUT"!
Yeah ,he was a real intellect in his movies House 2 and Pizza man. LOL