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Real Time sees Richard Dawkins, P.J. O'Rourke and S.E. Cupp Oct. 8

By April MacIntyre Oct 8, 2010, 4:57 GMT

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"Real Time with Bill Maher" on October 8, Friday night (10:00-11:00 p.m. live ET/tape-delayed PT), exclusively on HBO, sees political commentator S.E. Cupp, satirist P.J. O’Rourke and journalist Andrew Ross Sorkin; evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins and Daily Kos founder Markos Moulitsas are interview guests.

Maher's ongoing Christine O'Donnell clip fest has revealed the loquacious Tea Party candidate, a frequent guest on his 1990's series, "Politically Incorrect."  Maher is angling to get Christine back on his show and plans on airing a clip of her each week until she does agree to appear on "Real Time."

Maher began his collaboration with HBO in 1989 and has starred in nine solo specials on HBO, including the hour-long presentations “Bill Maher…But I’m Not Wrong” (which debuted in February), “The Decider” and “I’m Swiss” (both nominated for an Emmy® in the Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special category), “Victory Begins at Home,” “Be More Cynical,” “The Golden Goose Special” and “Stuff That Struck Me Funny,” and two half-hour stand-up specials, plus the HBO specials “30 Seconds Over Washington” and “Comic Relief VI™.”  REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER will return for its ninth season on HBO in 2011.

Maher was the creator and host of “Politically Incorrect,” which was produced by HBO Downtown Productions and debuted on Comedy Central in 1993.  The series moved to ABC in 1997 and ran through 2002.

                Other HBO playdates:  Oct. 10 (2:00 p.m., 3:10 a.m.), 11 (8:00 p.m.) and 13 (11:00 p.m.)

                HBO2 playdates:  Oct. 8 (2:20 a.m.), 9 (9:30 a.m., midnight), 10 (7:00 p.m.) and 12 (10:00 p.m.)