FRIDAY, AUGUST 29
MANDATORY VIEWING OF THE WEEK
Real Time with Bill Maher (Season Premiere) -- 11/10c on HBO
Most people either love Bill Maher or are repulsed by him, with no gray area--and yet his polarization is more complicated than Democrat-vs.-Republican. But if you happen to be a Maher-tyr, then the sixth-season premiere of Real Time is clearly mandatory, especially with the Democratic National Convention having wrapped the night before. Maher will not be shy--or politically correct, of course--when it comes to his opinions on the DNC and the upcoming election, and after suffering through three nights of predictable coverage (except for The Daily Show), R-rated irreverence is just what we need.