Is There a New Episode of Bill Maher’s ‘Real Time’ Airing This Week?

After spending much of 2020 taping his weekly HBO show from his home due to the coronavirus, Bill Maher returned to his L.A.-based studio last September — though with a limited studio audience and live guests who were kept at least six feet apart from one another.That same set-up continues for the 19th season of “Real Time,” which returned in mid-January and saw Maher hilariously booting Donald Trump from the White House. In a recent episode, the comedian even introduced viewers to a new segment that gives an inside look into the Republican party’s newly elected senators (more on that below).There is a new episode of “Real Time” this week on May 7. Maher is on in his usual time slot at 10 p.m. and will speak with guests including Michigan Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin, Republican strategist Rick Wilson and Columbia University linguistics professor John McWhorter.In one ...