CNN Adds Bill Maher’s ‘Overtime’ to Friday Night Lineup | THR News - video Dailymotion

The offshoot of the HBO show 'Real Time' will air on CNN Fridays at 11:30 p.m.

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00:00Bill Maher is joining CNN's Friday night lineup.

00:04The host of HBO's weekly late-night series, Real Time with Bill Maher,

00:07is bringing his overtime segments to the cable news channel beginning Friday, February 3rd.

00:13Overtime will air on CNN at 11.30 p.m. on Friday nights,

00:17after new episodes of Real Time debut on HBO Fridays at 10 p.m.

00:21Maher has been producing overtime segments for years.

00:24An offshoot of the HBO show, the segments feature Maher and his panel of guests

00:28continuing to discuss newsy topics.

00:31The segment previously only streamed online.

00:33With the CNN deal, it will now also get a linear basic cable home.

00:37The move is another example of Warner Brothers' discovery,

00:40looking for ways to share programming even as it continues to shave off costs.

00:44And while Maher is not a journalist, Overtime also gives CNN a foot in the door

00:48to a genre of programming that isn't quite news but isn't quite comedy,

00:52suggesting the cable news network is open to shows outside the standard news format.

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