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Mark Cuban, Marc Maron, Dan Savage on Real Time with Bill Maher 7/15

By April MacIntyre Jul 14, 2011, 2:27 GMT

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Friday night (July 15) kicks off Carmageddon in Los Angeles, and Bill Maher's HBO show "Real Time" will celebrate with a rollicking panel of guests.

Slated are "Entourage" occasional guest star and billionaire Basketball team owner Mark Cuban, Thomson Reuters editor Chrystia Freeland and columnist Dan Savage.  Comic and podcaster Marc Maron is an interview guest.

A favorite of subscribers since his first special on the network in 1989, Maher has starred in nine solo specials on HBO, including the hour-long presentations “Bill Maher…But I’m Not Wrong,” “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™.”

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 2005 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:  July 17 (1:00 p.m., 2:50 a.m.), 18 (8:00 p.m.) and 20 (11:00 p.m.)

                HBO2 playdates:  July 15 (2:30 a.m.), 16 (9:30 a.m., midnight), 17 (7:00 p.m.) and 19 (9:00 p.m.)