Bill Maher isn’t leaving any time soon. After Maher made headlines for claiming he “may quit” Real Time with Bill Maher because he’s sick of covering Donald Trump, CNN’s Jake Tapper asked Maher on The Lead on Friday (Jan.

REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER returns for its 23rd season FRIDAY, JANUARY 17 (10:00-11:00 p.m. ET/7:00-8:00 p.m. PT) on HBO and will be available to stream on Max.

Despite previous threats to quit, Bill Maher plans to stick by his HBO talk show until the bitter end. The Real Time host addressed speculation that he’s stepping away from the show that launched in 2003 after he previously claimed in jest that he “may quit” following Donald Trump‘s election for a second presidential term.

Bill Maher is not going anywhere from Real Time.During a recent interview with CNN, comedian and political expert addressed the swirling rumors about his retirement from his long-running HBO

Maher lamented paying 13 percent of his income every year to California officials ‘who I assumed were working on things like this.’

Bill Maher addressed the Los Angeles wildfires during his “New Rules” monologue on Friday’s Real Time, appearing to align with criticisms from some right-wing perspectives. These critiques targeted the response to the disaster,

Bill Maher appeared to essentially agree with right wingers blaming the response to the devastating Los Angeles wildfires on pretty much everything they don't like about liberals during his "New Rules" monologue at the end of Friday's "Real Time.