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The comedian says he'll delay the HBO show's return "for now" as negotiations between striking writers and media companies are set to begin again.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/bill-maher-holds-off-on-real-time-return-as-wga-talks-set-to-resume-1235592827/

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[-] reddig33@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

Part of me is surprised this show has good enough ratings to still exist. I’m guessing it’s cheap to produce.

[-] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Cant be that expensive to copy all the jokes on r/neoliberal and then smugly jerk yourself and your conservative guests off for 60 min.

[-] realcaseyrollins@narwhal.city 2 points 1 year ago

I wonder how cheap it might be, they still might have to pay Bill Maher a considerable some. People seem to like his panel segments depending on who his guests are so I'm presuming that's where most of his ratings are coming from.

[-] jonne@infosec.pub 4 points 1 year ago

The panel is the only redeeming part of the show, really. His jokes are just increasingly of the 'old man yells at cloud' type.

[-] realcaseyrollins@narwhal.city 2 points 1 year ago

True. I'm a right winger, so I do like how sometimes he'll go against a left wing talking point in the monologue, but in my opinion he's not particularly funny in those monologues, it just doesn't work for me. But to be fair, I'm 23, not a boomer, so to an extent that's not a problem because the show is not made for me. That'd be, fittingly, the role of Last Week Tonight, which in turn I really love despite not agreeing with John Oliver on politics.

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