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Alexandra Wentworth, Eliot Spitzer on HBO's Bill Maher this Friday (VIDEO)

By April MacIntyre Feb 15, 2012, 23:10 GMT

On Real Time: Alexandra Wentworth - with husband George Stephanopoulos - "The Ides of March" New York City Premiere - Arrivals - Ziegfeld Theater - New York City, NY, USA © Marco Sagliocco / PR Photos

Tune in alert for Real Time with Bill Maher on HBO this Friday.

The show continues its tenth season Friday, FEB. 17 (10:00-11:00 p.m. live ET/tape-delayed PT), on HBO, with an instant replay at 11:00 p.m. following the live presentation. 

The show features an opening monologue, roundtable discussions with panelists, and interviews with in-studio and satellite guests.

The roundtable guests this week are reporter Erin McPike, economist Steve Moore and former NY Gov. Eliot Spitzer; author and actress Alexandra Wentworth 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 latest 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: Feb. 19 (12:45 p.m., 2:55 a.m.), 20 (8:00 p.m.) and 22 (11:00 p.m.)

HBO2 playdates: Feb. 17 (2:20 a.m.), 18 (9:15 a.m., midnight), 19 (7:00 p.m.) and 21 (10:00 p.m.)