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HBO Bill Maher’s Jan. 13 show: Herman Cain added to guest line up

By April MacIntyre Jan 12, 2012, 16:36 GMT

Back on HBO: Bill Maher - Los Angeles, CA, USA © Claudio Uema / PR Photos

Update for "Real Time with Billl Maher": Bill Maher’s Jan. 13 show: Herman Cain added as inteview guest.

Great to see Maher back in the saddle on HBO, as "Real Time" kicks off its tenth season Friday, Jan. 13 (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 recently made comments regarding footballer Tim Tebow on Twitter that elicited a storm of controversy, perhaps he will address it as his closing New Rule.

The roundtable guests this week are commentator David Frum, director Rob Reiner and Fla. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz; former presidential candidate Herman Cain and documentary filmmaker Alexandra Pelosi 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.

His lastest book, “The New New Rules:  A Funny Look at How Everybody but Me Has Their Head Up Their Ass,” was published in November and made the New York Times bestseller list.  Maher’s 2006 book, “New Rules:  Polite Musings from a Timid Observer,” also made the New York Times bestseller list, as well as bestseller 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 produced and starred in the 2008 feature film “Religulous,” the seventh most successful documentary of all time.

Other HBO playdates: Jan. 15 (2:00 p.m., 1:55 a.m.), 16 (8:00 p.m.) and 18 (11:00 p.m.)

HBO2 playdates: Jan. 13 (1:50 a.m.), 14 (9:30 a.m., midnight), 15 (7:00 p.m.) and 17 (10:00 p.m.)