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Bill Maher hosts Michael Ware, Michelle Goldberg, Cornel West UPDATE Oct. 28

By April MacIntyre Oct 25, 2011, 23:04 GMT

05/17/2011 - Bill Maher - "Hardball" Interview with Bill Maher at Exposition Park in Los Angeles on May 17, 2011 - Exposition Park - Los Angeles, CA, USA © Claudio Uema / PR Photos

Friday night's Bill Maher show on HBO will see Michelle Goldberg, Cornel West, Michael Ware, Ron Christie and Grover Norquist.

The political salon continues its ninth season Friday, OCT. 28 (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. 

Allowing Maher to offer his unique perspective on contemporary issues, the show includes an opening monologue, roundtable discussions with panelists, and interviews with in-studio and satellite guests.

The roundtable guests this week are journalist Michelle Goldberg, who recently wrote a scathing piece on the inadequacies of GOP hopeful Herman Cain. educator Cornel West (replacing Rep. Dennis Kucinich) and journalist Michael Ware, an Australian journalist who covered the war in Iraq for CNN and Time magazine, who has written a highly provocative column on the impending end of that conflict.  Also appearing are political strategist Ron Christie and Grover Norquist, president, Americans for Tax Reform, are interview guests.

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.

Other HBO playdates: Oct. 30 (2:30 p.m., 3:00 a.m.) and Nov. 2 (11:00 p.m.)

HBO2 playdates: Oct. 28 (2:30 a.m.), 29 (9:30 a.m., midnight), 30 (7:00 p.m.) and 31 (9:00 p.m.), and Nov. 1 (10:00 p.m.)