HBO May Not Renew Bill Maher !!!

[otohara]

According to Newsweek Conventional Wisdom

This Is What It Says:


B. Maher - down arrow

Girlfriend sues comic host for "breaking promises" And his (great) HBO show might be axed. Ouch.




Contact HBO

http://www.hbo.com/apps/submitinfo/contactus/submit.do

[Placebo]

1. Link me!

To the Newsweek story that you're getting this from, please. :)

[otohara]

16. It's In The Convention Wisdom Portion

see my post below to read word for word POST #15

[lindsayg]

2. NOoooooooo

Figures. One of the only shows on I watch on TV is going to be cancelled..

[xultar]

3. Why cuz of his palimony suit with his gurlfriend?

I have lots to say about her but I'm gonna let it slide. This time.

[wicket]

4. why??

This really sucks :(

[Tim4319]

5. Say it ain't so!!!!!!!

This is one show that consistently challenges this administration and now they are talking about dropping it? It does not make any sense.

[Melodybe]

39. Done, I e-mailed them and threated to cancell HBO.

[dbonds]

6. That would mean the end of my subscription

It literally is the only reason I chose HBO. Starz seems to have better movies.

[BlueEyedSon]

8. I have Directivo & Netflix. I ONLY subscribe to HBO for Maher.

[Cadence]

29. Me too...

well except the Sopranos.

[Bjornsdotter]

49. Me Too..

..and I will cancel.

[progressiveBadger]

10. Sure does...

It's been a long time since I've watched anything on HBO except Maher. And maybe Ali G

[jayfish]

7. I Was Waiting For This.

HBO doesn't renew, I'm gone. One less reason to pay for TV.

Jay

[Karenca]

9. no more hbo for me then n/t

[BlueStateGirl]

11. Good bye HBO.

[Name removed]

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[Strelnikov_]

33. Yea, Maybe Scaife Will Pay Them For Putting On A RW Show

"What is popular". Yea, right.

It is well documented that the reich-wing echo chamber is funded by corporatist oligarchs like Scaife, Bradley, etc.

[kaitykaity]

13. Good.

I don't like that egotistical b*stard.

[otohara]

18. Good Comedians Usually Are Egotistical Bastards

aren't they?

[kaitykaity]

22. I guess.

My mom loves him, so I took her to a book signing
so she could gaze upon him.

He looked at us like we were dog droppings.

[2sheds]

36. I don't think so...

Too bad for Maher and stuff; I neither like him nor get HBO, though. I don't know why he became as "mainstream" as he did when there are much smarter, funnier, less assy political comedians out there. My impression is that Maher is not well regarded among that group, either.

*Some* good comedians are egotistical bastards, but the ones I've met, overwhelmingly, have been gracious and down-to-earth.

[otohara]

48. Say What, You Don't Have HBO?

And you've never seen one episode of Real Time w/ Bill Maher?

Your impression??? - Maher is not well regarded among his peers? Woah.. that's quite a statement, the many guests he's had on Real Time and on Politcal Incorrect, seem to like, he's always professional and gracious, unless things get sticky. Maybe they hate him, I don't know, you don't know, unless you're an industry insider, then do tell.

George Carlin, Lewis Black, Dave Chapelle, Margaret Cho, Janeane Garafalo, Whoopie Goldberg, Chris Rock, Jon Stewart deal with subjects that are tough. Warm and fuzzy they are not.

[2sheds]

54. Before he was on HBO

I'd seen his stand-up and his other show (that I can't offhand remember the name of) that came before the HBO one. So that's where my personal opinion comes from.

My impression regarding his peers' opinion comes from chatting with other stand-ups comedians after shows when some of them hang out to chat with audience stragglers. My impression is not that his peers "hate him", but that he's generally considered -- to quote another political comedian -- "an asshole".

I don't doubt that he covers tough issues, and in general he's a voice for the left. My opinion of him is as a comedian/performer, and it's held since years before he got any TV deals. You seem to have read *way* more into my post than was actually there.

[jayfish]

23. Well, By All Means...

deprive the rest of us the enjoyment of the show.

Jay

[kaitykaity]

26. Hey, it's not ME that's doing anything

I'm just not unhappy about it.

[RevolutionaryActs]

14. NO! SAY IT AINT SO!!

I love Bill Maher!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry:

[otohara]

15. This Is What It Says:

B. Maher - down arrow

Girlfriend sues comic host for "breaking promises" And his (great) HBO show might be axed. Ouch.

[chicagiana]

37. As I recall ...

... Bill Maher has been pretty outspoken about his "anti-marriage" stance!!!

For Maher, all publicity is GOOD publicity!!!!

[Booster]

17. I just cancelled HBO and told the guy I would renew it when

Bill Maher's new season started. I didn't even know they were considering not renewing his contract. I will email them and tell them the same in writing. I only had HBO for Bill also.

[Name removed]

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[otohara]

21. He's A Voice

we can't afford to lose. FCC & Bushies would love to see Maher go bye, bye...no, we need him.

[jayfish]

25. Did You Consider That...

he is not the only person on the show?

Jay

[SammyWinstonJack]

35. You probably like Dennis Miller better

right?

[Kathy in Cambridge]

41. Juding by his other posts

that's a safe assumption.

[SammyWinstonJack]

50. Which is why I said that

[SheepyMcSheepster]

20. sent an email

Maher is really the only reason i choose to watch HBO.

[PROGRESSIVE1]

24. censorship!!!

:mad:

[sunnystarr]

27. The right wing doesn't want competition

they want us to hear their propaganda and keep everything else off the air. I sure hope there are enough of us ready to cancel HBO and give them an important lesson. If they only want to cater to half the country then we can cut their dollars in half too! Guess we'll find out if the dollar speaks louder than political pressure.

[Freddie Stubbs]

42. It's only censorship when the government does it

Sometimes shows are cancelled because they just aren't getting high enough ratings (or are too expensive to produce). Maher hasn't really gotten in the news with anything that he has said recently, so ratings is a much more likely reason.

[jayfish]

43. Chalk Another One Up For The Bottom Line.

:toast: :party: whoopee.

Jay

[Sin]

28. Same here

Sent an email Bill is one of the top reasons I watch
( him and six feet under)
but I guess I could awalys just get the whole season when they come out on dvd. and personly I don't care if the guy is a jackass out side of his show im never going to have lunch with him + he is a light in the dark on many issues that no one touches with a 10 foot pole with out fear of being axed. Also he makes the RW look exactaly the way they are in the inside by letting them hang them selves with there own actions and words.

[chicagiana]

38. I like what Bill does ..

... but I know that he is smug, sanctimounious and arrogant.

Take heart, I'm sure if HBO drops him, Showtime (Viacom/CBS) will be game!!!

[theboss]

30. Well, there is a bright side

He'll have more time to fuck Playboy lingerie models now.

[Qanisqineq]

31. Bye HBO

I was debating cancelling HBO and the only reason I had to keep it was Maher. Now it is going bye-bye.

[Magic_Cookie]

44. Exactly the same for me

I was figuring out where I could cut expenses & debated about HBO then decided Maher on Demand was a good enough reason. So my letter to them will be something like:

Thanks so much for saving me some money. If Bill Maher is no longer on HBO then I no longer need HBO!

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[Carolab]

32. This is RIDICULOUS

Novak outs a CIA agent and stays on the air
Limbaugh is a DOPE FIEND and stays on the air

Maher gets a chick PG and breaks his promise and gets the BOOT?

These people on the RW who want to censor him are all CONFUSED about their moral values.

[chicagiana]

40. This is FAR from final ...

Ummm ... I don't think that HBO is worried about losing subscriptions from the "Moral Majority" over Maher. The station that airs "Reel Sex" and "Shock Video" needn't worry about loosing any conservative subscribers!!!!

[saracat]

53. She isn't pg. Whe's you get THAT?????????

[mcscajun]

34. Thanks for the alert!

I just sent my e-mail to the folks at HBO.

We need this show now more than ever! Here's hoping the folks at Newsweek are off the mark on this one. Also, these kinds of rumors crop up routinely when shows finish up their seasons on premium cable.

[Blue_Tires]

45. maybe someone funny can host it

like George Carlin:D

[OnionPatch]

46. That will be it for me and HBO

There will no longer be a reason to get HBO if he's gone. I like Six Feet Under, but not enough to pay for HBO all the time.

[bunny planet]

52. What about 'Curb Your Enthusiasm'

Larry David and his wife are big contibutors to progressive causes, plus the show is hysterical. I'm surprised HBO is caving. They have some pretty edgy programming and shouldn't have to answer to the censorship police, unless Repugs are cooking up some oversight on cable channels as well.:eyes:

[rndmprsn]

47. if it happens i'm going to cancel HBO in protest...

might not mean much...but we all have to take a stand however small.

[minkyboodle]

51. Its gonna be back

I can't say how I know this but I'm very confident that Maher will be back. I'll leave it at that.

[and]

55. Maher the hypocrite

On the October 29 episode of Real Time, Maher had Ann Coulter as his jumbo-tron guest. Richard Belzer was one of the members of his panel and he angrily described her as a "fascist party doll."

Maher defended Coulter saying that she was a friend of his. When she was leaving the screen, he told her that her hair looked nice and that he would see her next month. It was either on this episode or the previous one that he also said that she had a "rack." In an interview with a local newspaper, he said that she was fun to party with.

I read that Maher was being sued by Coco Johnson, an ex-girlfriend, for $9 million for palimony and alleged abuse. I looked her up on the web and was really shocked to see lots of her vulgar, nudie pictures and that she also had an enormous "rack."

On Real Time, Maher presents himself as such a liberal and such a supporter of women's rights and ideas. Yet, in his private life, it doesn't seem to matter what kind of women he associates with as long as they have a "rack."

And he's the one who says he hates hypocrisy.

[Name removed]

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[rocktop15]

56. Send them a complaint

I read on a message forum that you, HBO, are considering canceling my favorite show on televison, Real Time with Bill Maher. That would be a very sad day for me.

Bill's show is the ONLY reason I subscribe to your network. It is the only outlet I can turn to for talk of issues and substance.

If you take Bill off the air, you will have lost my respect and my subscription.

PLEASE keep Bill. America needs to hear his voice.

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That's the message I sent them, hopefully we can talk some sense into them.