CNN is showing Bill Maher’s “Overtime” segments as part of Friday night programming

CNN begins airing the mail show Overtime segments of HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher as part of the Friday edition of CNN tonight.

Segments begin this Friday at 11:30 PM ET.

The overtime segments have so far been posted online and promoted to viewers from real time. They show Maher and his guests continuing their discussion on a range of topics and answering questions from viewers.

The segment planning is the latest move by CNN Worldwide Chairman and CEO Chris Licht to bolster the network’s primetime and late-night lineup. He has yet to name a permanent show for the 9 p.m. ET time slot, and sources say one of the ideas being considered was scheduling a non-traditional host, such as a comedian, for that time frame. But several options were considered. Licht told the Los Angeles Times, “We are in discussions with culturally relevant individuals from the entertainment, sports and comedy worlds who can bring new and unique perspectives to the news.”

In 2021, Fox News dropped an 11:00 PM ET to midnight newscast to make way for an overnight series with commentator and comedian Greg Gutfeld, a move that proved a success.

real time recently debuted its 21st season.

The executive producers of real time are Bill Maher, Sheila Griffiths, Marc Gurvitz, Dean Johnsen, Billy Martin. Co-executive producer is Chris Kelly, producer is Matt Wood and director is Paul Casey.

It’s also CNN’s latest collaboration with another Warner Bros. Discovery entity. After CNN+ canceled one of its shows last year, Who is talking to Chris Wallace?, has moved to HBOMax, with new episodes on Friday, followed by the best shows on CNN Sunday night. Last year, as CNN went through layoffs, the network announced that Investigation Discovery would oversee the series of true crime shows on HLN.