Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorBill Maher isn’t a spokesman for TV’s late-night programs, but on one recent Friday night, he expressed a sentiment other members of that club would have been happy to adopt.
Wrapping a taped exchange between himself and two panelists, Maher cited a desire to break free of his home, which for weeks has been the center stage of HBO’s “Real Time.”“I hope I get to go out very soon,” he told his guests, Larry Wilmore and Matt Welch. “Because, really, we could be doing this from the studio.”As long as safety standards can be met, “Real Time” producers would like to return to the show’s set at Television City, says Sheila Griffiths, one of the program’s executive producers.
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