# Real Time with Bill Maher season 1

This is a list of episodes from the first season of Real Time with Bill Maher.
Note that the Iraq War, President George W. Bush (from 2003 to 2009), and current/upcoming elections are frequent topics on the show and may not be listed under individual episodes.

## Episodes

| No. overall | No. in season | Guests | Original air date |
| 1 | 1 | Ann Coulter, Larry Miller, Michael Eric Dyson, Sarah Silverman, Chris Rock, Dana Rohrabacher, Larry David | February 21, 2003 (2003-02-21) |
| The United Nations, Affirmative Action ||||
| 2 | 2 | Larry Miller, Monica Crowley, Eric Idle, Dave Matthews, David Horowitz, Ted Rall | February 28, 2003 (2003-02-28) |
| Possibility of war with Iraq, selection of the new World Trade Center designs ||||
| 3 | 3 | Michael Graham, Danielle Pletka, Ted Rall, D. L. Hughley, Arj Barker, Doug Benson, Woody Harrelson | March 7, 2003 (2003-03-07) |
| President Bush's press conference, reality TV and terrorism ||||
| 4 | 4 | Monica Crowley, Arianna Huffington, Dennis Miller, Nick Swardson, Jesse Jackson | March 14, 2003 (2003-03-14) |
| The coming Iraq war, the stock market ||||
| 5 | 5 | Larry Miller, Constance L. Rice, Tim Robbins, Grant-Lee Phillips, Jon Brion | March 21, 2003 (2003-03-21) |
| Iraq war, veterans rights and whether or not support for the troops means supporting the war, 75th Academy Awards ||||
| 6 | 6 | Larry Miller, Michael Graham, Janeane Garofalo, Bob Odenkirk, Michael Moore | March 28, 2003 (2003-03-28) |
| Iraq war, southern states, Dixie Chicks controversy ||||
| 7 | 7 | Arianna Huffington, Michael Graham, Aaron McGruder, Jeff Ross, Joe Scarborough | April 4, 2003 (2003-04-04) |
| Iraq war, Severe acute respiratory syndrome, Peter Arnett, Geraldo Rivera, Affirmative action ||||
| 8 | 8 | Arianna Huffington, Michael Eric Dyson, Doug McIntyre, Jerry Minor, As'ad AbuKhalil | April 11, 2003 (2003-04-11) |
| Developments in the Iraq war, the Supreme Court, Augusta National Golf Club membership controversy ||||
| 9 | 9 | Ann Coulter, Michael Eric Dyson, Dennis Miller, Fareed Zakaria, Earthquake | April 18, 2003 (2003-04-18) |
| Iraq, New York City smoking ban ||||
| 10 | 10 | Ann Coulter, Clive Barker, D. L. Hughley, Stephen Moore, The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show | April 25, 2003 (2003-04-25) |
| Rick Santorum's views on homosexuality, Iraq, rights of the unborn child ||||
| 11 | 11 | D. L. Hughley, Aaron McGruder, Bay Buchanan, Al Sharpton, Bob Graham | July 25, 2003 (2003-07-25) |
| Congressional report on 9/11, Liberia, Kobe Bryant, banning ephedra ||||
| 12 | 12 | Christopher Hitchens, Tara Setmayer, Alec Baldwin, Raymond Flynn, Barney Frank, Leticia Van de Putte | August 1, 2003 (2003-08-01) |
| Gay marriage, terrorism, California recall vote, runaway Texas State Senate members ||||
| 13 | 13 | Janeane Garofalo, David Dreier, Donna Brazile, Gray Davis | August 8, 2003 (2003-08-08) |
| California recall vote, Arnold Schwarzenegger, airport security, United States Department of Homeland Security budget, Kobe Bryant ||||
| 14 | 14 | Ann Coulter, Arianna Huffington, Dana Rohrabacher, Orlando Jones, Jesse Ventura | August 15, 2003 (2003-08-15) |
| California recall election, airline security, George W. Bush action figure ||||
| 15 | 15 | Margaret Cho, Harold Ford, Jr., Willie Brown, Bob Barr, R. James Woolsey, Jr. | August 22, 2003 (2003-08-22) |
| Ten Commandments issue, religion, gay rights, California recall ||||
| 16 | 16 | Larry Miller, Tom McClintock, Bay Buchanan, Dennis Miller, Joe Biden | August 29, 2003 (2003-08-29) |
| Iraq and North Korea, Republican Party's convention, influence of MTV and rap music ||||
| 17 | 17 | D. L. Hughley, Al Franken, William Kristol, Wolf Blitzer, Wesley Clark | September 5, 2003 (2003-09-05) |
| John Kerry, Osama bin Laden, news media behaviour ||||
| 18 | 18 | Betsy Hart, Paul Krugman, Jesse Ventura, Liz Phair, Terry McAuliffe | September 12, 2003 (2003-09-12) |
| Saddam Hussein and the 9/11 attack, anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Governor of Alabama, music piracy ||||
| 19 | 19 | Nancy Pelosi, Heather Wilson, Christine Todd Whitman, Tim Robbins, Dana Carvey | September 19, 2003 (2003-09-19) |
| The environment, women and politics, the Iraq War ||||
| 20 | 20 | Darrell Issa, Michael Moore, Charles Barkley, John Edwards, Aaron McGruder, John Mellencamp | September 26, 2003 (2003-09-26) |
| Terrorism, agricultural subsidies, R. Kelly ||||