I still don't know what is going on with this show now that it is in Season 21, but now with less guests than ever, it seems this show has totally jumped the shark with Bill and his staff mailing it in most of the time. I don't know if the production budget and staff were heavily cut down, but now down to three guests from five and then just not a lot of visible production quality (specifically the verbal and physical bits), it seem this show is standing on its last leg.
The guest quality to me is a huge concern. I did like the mix of right and left-leaning guests, but now it seems like he goes further to the Libertarian fringe than ever before with a bunch of no names or has-been's. It's almost like they are there just to reinforce Bill's POV's than anything else. Maher isn't there to learn, clarify, or rebuke; he's just there to stand on his platform, scream at certain groups, and nothing else.
Even worse, the sharper Bill from years' prior does not seem to be present at all. A whole bunch of lies can be told on his show to him, and he just moves the ship along ignoring them to center around his thoughts. He is not prepared to push back, nor does he want to. It's just one big grievance fest centering around Maher's world is the whole point of the hour.
I don't know why WBD (Warner Bros Discovery) hasn't cut this show yet short of Maher's 2024 contract end date, seeing the rampage they have been on the last few months in terms of reorganizing the entire company, specifically HBO.
