Real Time with Bill Maher coming to CNN on Saturday nights – Washington Examiner

Late-night television host Bill Maher will potentially enjoy an expanded audience thanks to CNN, which will start airing reruns of his show.

HBO will continue to debut the show on Friday evenings, though these reruns will be aired by CNN at 8 p.m. Saturday. Beyond this, Maher’s show will continue to be available on the streaming platform Max.

“The addition of Real Time with Bill Maher to CNN’s weekend primetime lineup marks the start of a commitment and investment into topical entertainment programming that we’re bringing to the weekends,” read a statement from Amy Entelis, executive vice president of talent, original programming and creative development for CNN Worldwide. “We’ve seen that audiences enjoy Bill’s perspective and approach to news and information, and we’re looking forward to the show now being on CNN.”

Bill Maher arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party on Sunday, March 27, 2022, at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Last week, HBO renewed Maher’s contract to be the home of his Real Time show for another two years, meaning his presence on the network will remain until at least 2026.

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CNN had been airing segments of Maher’s OverTime, though this will stop once the cable news network begins airing reruns of Real Time this Saturday. OverTime has been described as an “after-show” that is aired on YouTube.

Maher’s show coming to CNN marks another attempt by Warner Bros. Discovery, the parent company of both the news network and HBO, to bring both media platforms together. Last year, Warner Bros. Discovery launched a new CNN section on Max, giving the news network its own dedicated section.

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