Extreme left-wing bomb thrower and fired ESPN commentator Keith Olbermann took a blowtorch to HBO comedian Bill Maher in an expletive-laden attack on social media Thursday for deciding to get his show back on the air and disregarding the Hollywood writers and actors strike. Olbermann’s Sept. 14 attack came after Variety reported that Maher is putting his HBO Real Time show back into production without writers despite the strike that is lumbering onward without an end in sight. “Without writers, the new weekly SCAB edition of ‘Real Time With @billmaher’...

More than four months after “Real Time with Bill Maher” went dark, the HBO show’s host said he was bringing it back despite the ongoing Hollywood writers strike, becoming the first late-night show star to announce a return. The Writers Guild of America responded to his announcement with a promise to picket his show. “Real Time is coming back, unfortunately, sans writers or writing,” Maher wrote on X. “The writers have important issues that I sympathize with, and hope they are addressed to their satisfaction, but they are not the...

Real Time host Bill Maher is defying the writers’ strike by bringing his long-running show back to HBO on September 22. While he’s not violating any Writers Guild of America (WGA) rules, this is still a stick in the eye of the strikers. The fewer new products available to the studios, the stronger the negotiating position for the WGA. Maher sought to justify this decision via X (NOTE: I’m done writing “formerly known as Twitter.” If y’all haven’t figured out what X is by now…): “Real Time is coming back,...

“The writers have important issues that I sympathize with, and hope they are addressed to their satisfaction, but they are not the only people with issues, problems, and concerns,” he wrote. “Despite some assistance from me, much of the staff is struggling mightily.” He also said that he had been hopeful there would be some sort of resolution to the labor dispute by Labor Day but “that day has come and gone, and there still seems to be nothing happening.” The writers have been on strike for 136 days, one...

Comedian Bill Maher announced on Wednesday that, despite the ongoing Hollywood strikes involving both the actors’ and writers’ unions, his HBO show “Real Time with Bill Maher” would be returning the air. Maher made the announcement in a post on X, saying that he intended to honor the ongoing strikes in every way that he could — but that bringing his show back was the best way to put as many people as he could back to work. “‘Real Time’ is coming back, unfortunately, sans writers or writing. It has...

Talk show hosts Bill Maher and Drew Barrymore announced the return of their shows despite a writers strike. Thursday was the 135th day of the Writers Guild of America strike against the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which has come to a head over higher wages. The most recent offer from the alliance came on Aug. 11 and was released unaltered on Aug. 22. STIMULUS UPDATE: LOS ANGELES COUNTY RESIDENTS TO RECEIVE DIRECT MONTHLY PAYMENT WORTH $1,000 IN ONE DAY "Real Time is coming back, unfortunately, sans writers...