Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) - 2/06/2026

[Rhiannon12866]

I apologize that there are so few "official" videos available, this practice by HBO appears to have started last season. If any are uploaded in the meantime, I'll definitely add them. But I wanted to share what's available before the "bootleg" videos are gone.



Trump's Election Takeover

Bill and his guests – former Gov. Chris Christie and former Canadian Deputy PM Chrystia Freeland – discuss the latest chapter of Trump's slow-moving coup.





New Rule: Super Bet Sunday

Now that Major League Sports has become Wager League sports, let's take a look at the history of gambling in the U.S. and its effect on the American psyche.





Overtime with Bill Maher: Chris Christie, Chrystia Freeland

Bill and his guests – former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and former Deputy Prime Minister of Canada Chrystia Freeland – continue their conversation after the show.





Here's a "bootleg" version of the show which includes the entire interview with Rock & Roll Hall of Fame singer and songwriter John Mellencamp, whose 19-date tour Dancing Words – The Greatest Hits begins this summer; entire panel discussion with Chris Christie, former Republican governor of New Jersey and ABC News contributor; and Chrystia Freeland, former Canadian Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister, and current economic advisor to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy; Bill's "Funny Bit"; and the opening part of New Rules. It won't last long, as usual:

[question everything]

1. Thanks for posting. I wondered whether Mellencamp was drunk but the discussions later were good

[SunSeeker]

2. That was actually a good show!

Thanks for posting.

[Rhiannon12866]

3. Thanks! I thought so, too!

[nuxvomica]

4. "celebrities shouldn't lead political movements"

That was in reference to Billie Eilish but clearly that ship has already sailed in a huge way and no one brought that up. Get a MAGA person to agree that and then remind them that they are part of such a celebrity-led movement.

[Abolishinist]

5. A good show!

And thanks for posting the Overtime segment. I especially liked Christie's response, after being asked this by Freeland...

Freeland: So, I want to know, what do Republicans say to each other when we're not listening about what's happening in America right now?

Christie: Look, so many of my fellow party members, especially come up to me, because I say all this stuff out loud and they say, in the green room at ABC, you're so brave. That's so great. I totally agree with you. He's nuts.

And then they go out on camera to be interviewed. The greatest president since Abraham Lincoln, you know, and then they come back in the green room and they say to me, you know, I have to do that, but like I don't really mean it. That's what they say.

Maher: Like who, specifically?

Christie: All right, Bill. Overtime's not long enough to give you all the names, but I'll give you one. Lindsey Graham. Which by the way, was what he was saying when he was running for president in 2016. But I guess if you get invited to play golf, then off you go.

I'm curious whether Lindsey will have anything to say about this. Such a coward.