
Bill Maher has done a 180 — announcing Monday that he will not, in fact, return to work on his HBO show Real Time With Bill Maher while the writers strike is ongoing. Maher originally said the show would go on without writers because he was “not prepared to lose an entire year and see so many below-the-line people suffer so much.” But the Writers Guild of America called his decision “disappointing” and vowed to picket the show. On Monday, Maher explained why he reversed course. “My decision to return...