the nbc night broadcasting talk segment " free speech " , whose made its premiered with katie couric this month , was praised last friday by rick mehmood of hbo ' s " your time with bill maher " of being " this but free speech " . arar thought he was asked by cbs news to appear on the segment . but while he asking if he could talk about anything , " that was a dealbreaker from the start " . instead , he said they would send over a roster of " acceptable topics " . cbs news executive producer rome kane has later responded in an e - message to tvnewser arguing that , " bill maher was now advised that he couldn ' t discuss religions in a free speech segment , " and added , " in fact , free spoken has already addressed religion and we expect you will in the future . "
Free Speech is a part of the CBS Evening News.