| Real Time with Bill Maher | |
|---|---|
| Season 4 | |
| No. of episodes | 24 |
| Release | |
| Original network | HBO |
| Original release | February 17 (2006-02-17) – November 17, 2006 (2006-11-17) |
| Season chronology | |
This is a list of episodes from the fourth season of Real Time with Bill Maher.
Note that the Iraq War, President George W. Bush (from 2003 to 2009), and current/upcoming elections are frequent topics on the show and may not be listed under individual episodes.
| No. overall | No. in season | Guests | Original release date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 67 | 1 | Russ Feingold, Fred Barnes, Eddie Griffin, Helen Thomas, Dan Senor | February 17, 2006 (2006-02-17) | |
| 68 | 2 | Danny Glover, Gary Hart, Irshad Manji, Heather Wilson, Nicholas Kristof | February 24, 2006 (2006-02-24) | |
| Dubai ports, the extreme Left, Iraq, religious use of hallucinogenic tea | ||||
| 69 | 3 | D. L. Hughley, Graydon Carter, Dana Priest, Michael D. Brown, Robert Baer, Harry Anderson | March 3, 2006 (2006-03-03) | |
| Academy Awards, rebuilding New Orleans, Iraq | ||||
| 70 | 4 | Gloria Steinem, Larry Miller, Ramesh Ponnuru, Pete Rose, John F. Burns | March 10, 2006 (2006-03-10) | |
| Port security, baseball, Bush, Iraq | ||||
| 71 | 5 | Michael Stipe, Richard Belzer, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Michele Mitchell, Lou Dobbs | March 17, 2006 (2006-03-17) | |
| Troops and Iraq, corporate America, Chile's new President | ||||
| 72 | 6 | Jason Alexander, Reza Aslan, Jack Kingston, Michael Ware, Tavis Smiley | March 24, 2006 (2006-03-24) | |
| Religion, torture, Katrina | ||||
| 73 | 7 | Robert Wuhl, Seth Green, Erica Jong, Dana Rohrabacher, Jorge Ramos | March 31, 2006 (2006-03-31) | |
| Immigration, Bush, telling history | ||||
| 74 | 8 | Ben Affleck, Joe Biden, Bill Sammon, Kevin Phillips, Cynthia McKinney | April 7, 2006 (2006-04-07) | |
| Tom DeLay, on Bush's war, faith, Intelligent Design, Iraq exit strategy | ||||
| 75 | 9 | Heather Higgins, Anthony Zinni, Mortimer Zuckerman, Stephen A. Smith, Rahm Emanuel | April 21, 2006 (2006-04-21) | |
| Iran, Iraq media bias, Barry Bonds, Duke University and Jesse Jackson, Bush & Hu Jintao | ||||
| 76 | 10 | George Clooney, Ian McKellen, Barney Frank, Michel Martin, Victor Davis Hanson | April 28, 2006 (2006-04-28) | |
| Darfur, gas prices, immigration, The Da Vinci Code controversy | ||||
| 77 | 11 | Bradley Whitford, Kim Campbell, Jim Gilmore, Wesley Clark, Mel Martínez | May 5, 2006 (2006-05-05) | |
| Democrats, terrorism, Federal Emergency Management Agency, immigration | ||||
| 78 | 12 | Madeleine Albright, John Legend, Richard A. Clarke, Cornel West, John Gibson | May 12, 2006 (2006-05-12) | |
| NSA, conspiracy theories, 2006 elections, homophobia, Iran | ||||
| 79 | 13 | Spike Lee, Elvis Costello, Markos Moulitsas, Max Cleland, Vali Nasr, Christopher Hitchens | August 25, 2006 (2006-08-25) | |
| Katrina, war on terror | ||||
| 80 | 14 | Penn Jillette, Darrell Issa, Mary Frances Berry, Fouad Ajami, Harry Anderson | September 1, 2006 (2006-09-01) | |
| Katrina, poverty, church and state, Lebanon | ||||
| 81 | 15 | P. J. O'Rourke, Joan Walsh, Rob Thomas, Benjamin Netanyahu, David Gregory | September 8, 2006 (2006-09-08) | |
| 9/11 anniversary | ||||
| 82 | 16 | Gloria Steinem, Clark Ervin, Michael McKean, Pat Buchanan, Christiane Amanpour | September 15, 2006 (2006-09-15) | |
| Immigration, torture by military, Muslim extremists, airport security, hunt for Osama bin Laden, free speech in media | ||||
| 83 | 17 | Bradley Whitford, Sandy Rios, Reza Aslan, Frank Rich, C.C. Goldwater | September 22, 2006 (2006-09-22) | |
| 84 | 18 | John Kerry, Lincoln Chafee, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Richard A. Clarke, Robin Williams, Chris Matthews | October 6, 2006 (2006-10-06) | |
| 85 | 19 | Lou Dobbs, Danielle Pletka, Ben Affleck, John Danforth, Richard Branson | October 13, 2006 (2006-10-13) | |
| North Korean nuclear test, civilian casualties in Iraq, global warming, immigration and culture wars | ||||
| 86 | 20 | Bill Richardson, Barney Frank, Jason Alexander, Stephen Moore, David Kuo | October 20, 2006 (2006-10-20) | |
| North Korea policy, Congressional scandals, gay marriage, Military Commissions Act of 2006 | ||||
| 87 | 21 | Andrew Sullivan, Christine Todd Whitman, Harry Belafonte, Harold Ford, Jr., Arianna Huffington | October 27, 2006 (2006-10-27) | |
| Campaign tactics, gay marriage, toxic chemicals, character of politicians | ||||
| 88 | 22 | Alec Baldwin, Jack Kingston, A. B. Stoddard, Robert Greenwald, Roseanne Barr | November 3, 2006 (2006-11-03) | |
| Cost of Iraq War, Republican fiscal policy, John Kerry's comments on Iraq and education, energy alternatives, teaching of abstinence, political advertisements | ||||
| 89 | 23 | Candy Crowley, Rainn Wilson, Salman Rushdie, Chuck Schumer, Jeff Flake | November 10, 2006 (2006-11-10) | |
| 90 | 24 | Tom Morello, Dana Priest, Richard Dreyfuss, Dan Rather, Norman Lear | November 17, 2006 (2006-11-17) | |
| Journalistic roles/ethics, strategy for Iraq, 110th United States Congress, If I Did It, future of democracy | ||||