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Levi Johnston, Jake Tapper, George Clooney on Real Time with Maher

By April MacIntyre Oct 21, 2010, 7:22 GMT

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Bill Maher will have Levi Johnston on his Friday night political humor chat show that he moderates.

The roundtable guests this week are film director Rob Reiner, correspondent Jake Tapper and commentator Nicolle Wallace; actor George Clooney and Wasilla, Alaska mayoral candidate Levi Johnston are interview guests.

Real Time with Bill Maher continues its eighth season Friday, OCT. 22 (10:00-11:00 p.m. live ET/tape-delayed PT), exclusively on HBO, with an instant replay at 11:00 p.m., following the live presentation. 

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.

His most recent book, “New Rules:  Polite Musings from a Timid Observer,” made the New York Times best seller list, as well as best seller lists across the country.  He is also author of the books “When You Ride Alone You Ride with Bin Laden:  What the Government Should Be Telling Us to Help Fight the War on Terrorism,” “Does Anybody Have a Problem with That?  The Best of Politically Incorrect” and the novel “True Story.”  Maher also starred in the 2008 feature film “Religulous,” the seventh most successful documentary of all time.

                Other HBO playdates:  Oct. 24 (1:30 p.m., 3:20 a.m.), 25 (8:00 p.m.) and 27 (11:00 p.m.)

                HBO2 playdates:  Oct. 22 (2:25 a.m.), 23 (9:30 a.m., midnight), 24 (7:00 p.m.) and 26 (9:00 p.m.)