HBO announced today at the top of today’s presentation at TCA that Real Time with Bill Maher will return on Inauguration Day January 20. “He is celebrating that day not because of the inauguration” of Donald Trump, but it’s also his birthday, which he happens to share with Trump’s campaign manager Kellyanne Conway.
The premium cable network touched on moving up the debut of Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds from Mother’s Day in May to January 7, in light of the passing of Fisher and Reynolds. With a smaller window to market, HBO said they were able to draw 1.6 million views in its premiere,” second only to Going Clear, the Alex Gibney documentary on Scientology.” HBO added lauded critics for finding the time to review it. “Bright Lights has now cumed 3 million viewers in short time.”