Bill Maher said on Monday that he would delay the return of his show, just days after he had said it would resume despite the ongoing screenwriters’ strike against Hollywood studios. Mr. Maher said he reversed his decision to restart his weekly HBO show, “Real Time With Bill Maher,” because contract negotiations between Hollywood studios and striking screenwriters were set to resume this week. Mr. Maher said in a post on the platform X, formerly known as Twitter, that his earlier decision to restart the show — which he announced...

Comedian Bill Maher will delay the return of his HBO talk show Real Time, becoming the latest celebrity to backtrack after protests from striking writers and actors. Maher, who like many other entertainers went on hiatus in May when the Writers Guild of America went on strike, had planned to restart his show. He joins other stars, including Drew Barrymore and Jennifer Hudson, who delayed the return of their programs following a backlash over the weekend. “I have listened to everyone, and I am making the decision to pause the...

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...

Less than a week after becoming the first late-night host to say he would resume his series despite the writers’ strike, Bill Maher has backtracked on that decision, announcing on Monday that he’ll now “delay the return of Real Time” until the strike’s end. Maher initially said that Real Time would return to HBO on September 22, “unfortunately, sans writers or writing.” Now his program joins The Drew Barrymore Show, The Talk, and The Jennifer Hudson Show in postponing a return to the airwaves, presumably until the strike is resolved....