Who’s Going To Fight With Bill Maher!? “Real Time” Is Back With Special Guests Jay Leno And Chris Hardwick

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As the last season of “Real Time with Bill Maher” was winding down, we saw Bill getting screamed at by Ben Affleck. A new season of “Real Time” starts Friday on HBO, so who’s Bill going to fight with on the premiere?

There’s plenty of choices. Bill’s panel for the night will include Paul Begala, former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina and author Salman Rushdie. The group will be joined by his mid-show guest, former Tonight Show host Jay Leno. Bill’s top of the show guest will be @midnight host Chris Hardwick from Comedy Central.

There’s also plenty of options for topics to argue about. During the hiatus, Bill’s missed the Ferguson decision, the Eric Garner decision, more Bill Cosby accusations and “The Interview” release being cancelled and then back on.

HBO also announced this week that “Real Time with Bill Maher” will be back for a 14th and 15th season as well in 2016 and 2017. The premium channel wants to make sure Bill is on for the 2016 election year and beyond. As for Bill Maher, he said, “Luckily for me, American politicians never give it a rest, so every season is an election season.”

“Real Time with Bill Maher” starts its 13th season on Friday, January 9th at 10 pm et on HBO.

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