# Real Time with Bill Maher season 20

This is a list of episodes from the twentieth season of Real Time with Bill Maher. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this is the first season of Real Time where the shows do not premiere live. Rather, they are pre-recorded at 7:00 pm ET with the 10:00 pm ET airing unchanged. Episodes this season are taped from the show's studio with a limited audience due to the pandemic, with all guests appearing in studio.

## Episodes

| No. overall | No. in season | Guests | Original release date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
| 586 | 1 | Timothy D. Snyder, Bari Weiss, Ritchie Torres | January 21, 2022 (2022-01-21) | 0.86 |
| 587 | 2 | Ira Glasser, Fiona Hill, Matt Welch | January 28, 2022 (2022-01-28) | 0.89 |
| 588 | 3 | Ro Khanna, Johann Hari, Katherine Mangu-Ward | February 4, 2022 (2022-02-04) | 0.90 |
| 589 | 4 | Ricky Williams, Vivek Ramaswamy, Marianne Williamson | February 11, 2022 (2022-02-11) | 0.75 |
| 590 | 5 | Brooke Jenkins, John Avlon, Katrina Vanden Heuvel | February 18, 2022 (2022-02-18) | 0.86 |
| 591 | 6 | Ruben Gallego, Chloé Valdary, Bret Stephens | February 25, 2022 (2022-02-25) | 0.95 |
| 592 | 7 | Kenneth Branagh, Frank Bruni, Batya Ungar-Sargon | March 11, 2022 (2022-03-11) | 0.88 |
| 593 | 8 | Ernest Moniz, Max Brooks, Kristen Soltis Anderson | March 18, 2022 (2022-03-18) | 0.90 |
| 594 | 9 | Julia Ioffe, Jon Tester, John Heilemann | March 25, 2022 (2022-03-25) | 0.85 |
| 595 | 10 | Nicole Perlroth, Andrew Yang, Laura Coates | April 1, 2022 (2022-04-01) | 0.94 |
| 596 | 11 | David Mamet, Nancy MacLean, David Leonhardt | April 8, 2022 (2022-04-08) | 0.85 |
| 597 | 12 | Bob Odenkirk, Mary Katharine Ham, Caitlin Flanagan | April 22, 2022 (2022-04-22) | 0.84 |
| 598 | 13 | Fran Lebowitz, Ali Velshi, Doug Jones | April 29, 2022 (2022-04-29) | 0.72 |
| 599 | 14 | Chloe Maxmin, Paul Begala, Michele Tafoya | May 6, 2022 (2022-05-06) | 0.87 |
| 600 | 15 | Rod Stewart, Ian Bremmer, Jane Harman | May 13, 2022 (2022-05-13) | 0.78 |
| 601 | 16 | Mark Esper, Donna Brazile, Adam Carolla | May 20, 2022 (2022-05-20) | 0.91 |
| 602 | 17 | Eric Holder, Michael Shellenberger, Douglas Murray | June 3, 2022 (2022-06-03) | 0.74 |
| 603 | 18 | Cornel West, Kellyanne Conway, Josh Barro | June 10, 2022 (2022-06-10) | 0.75 |
| 604 | 19 | Danny Strong, Krystal Ball, James Kirchick | June 17, 2022 (2022-06-17) | 0.81 |
| 605 | 20 | Christine Emba, Andrew Sullivan, Katie Herzog | June 24, 2022 (2022-06-24) | 0.81 |
| 606 | 21 | Chris Cuomo, Sam Stein, John McWhorter | July 29, 2022 (2022-07-29) | 0.65 |
| 607 | 22 | David Duchovny, Matt Taibbi, Lis Smith | August 5, 2022 (2022-08-05) | 0.78 |
| 608 | 23 | Ross Douthat, Piers Morgan, Rikki Schlott | August 12, 2022 (2022-08-12) | 0.78 |
| 609 | 24 | B. J. Novak, Catherine Rampell, Noah Rothman | August 19, 2022 (2022-08-19) | 0.81 |
| 610 | 25 | John Waters, Amy Klobuchar, Rob Reiner | August 26, 2022 (2022-08-26) | 0.75 |
| 611 | 26 | Wynton Marsalis, Scott Galloway, Matt Welch | September 9, 2022 (2022-09-09) | 0.86 |
| 612 | 27 | Trace Adkins, Jon Meacham, Julia Ioffe | September 16, 2022 (2022-09-16) | 0.83 |
| 613 | 28 | Michael Moore, Jonathan Lemire, Vivek Ramaswamy | September 23, 2022 (2022-09-23) | 0.87 |
| 614 | 29 | Masih Alinejad, Caitlin Flanagan, Van Jones | September 30, 2022 (2022-09-30) | 0.87 |
| 615 | 30 | Chris Wallace, Chris Christie, Katty Kay | October 7, 2022 (2022-10-07) | 0.76 |
| 616 | 31 | Benjamin Netanyahu, Michael Smerconish, Neil DeGrasse Tyson | October 14, 2022 (2022-10-14) | 0.79 |
| 617 | 32 | Quentin Tarantino, Gillian Tett, Yuval Noah Harari | October 28, 2022 (2022-10-28) | 0.74 |
| 618 | 33 | Richard Reeves, Fareed Zakaria, Maggie Haberman | November 4, 2022 (2022-11-04) | 0.74 |
| 619 | 34 | Jared Polis, Robert Costa, Ro Khanna | November 11, 2022 (2022-11-11) | 0.81 |
| 620 | 35 | Matthew Perry, Laura Coates, Jonathan Haidt | November 18, 2022 (2022-11-18) | 0.83 |