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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
Bill Maher is not losing ratings to John Oliver as they do not compete in the same time slot (Friday 10PM vs. Sunday 11PM). John Oliver is out-rating Bill Maher which is different, but they are both amongst the highest rated programs HBO so I'm sure HBO is wholly indifferent, especially since HBO doesn't reallty care about ratings to begin with (subscribers, not viewers, are the key). If you've ever watched Real Time this hardly rates as controversial or anything, and it's only big here because of Affleck's over the top reaction.
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No matter what, the TV shows compete even in the same network on different nights. TWD competed with Breaking Bad for top dog points and dollars. What I am suggesting isn't outrageous, it happens all the time. And Bill Maher has slipped because of John Oliver.
http://ca.complex.com/pop-culture/20...her-in-ratings
I'm not saying "Stop talking about it". This has been a good read and for whatever Real Time was trying to do it has certainly brought discussion. Celebrities are always brought in to get people to talk about subjects, and this isn't any different. Ben Affleck is a big catch to get on Real Time and he has appeared 7 times since 2005. Almost every time he is on he says outlandish things.
In 2007 he called Democrats weak cowards.
2008 on Obama.
2012 Ann Coulter launches into a tirade about post-9/11 security measures.
How much time did Affleck spend in Turkey filming Argo? Does he have a lot of experience on the Muslim Faith.
Anytime anyone tries to do harm under their belief structure, spiritual or atheist, they are doing a disservice to humanity and in the USA Muslims are being thrown under the bus as a whole. I, for a short time, befriended an American Navy solider and everytime he spoke about Muslims he brought out the worst hate in him. Dudes ancestors were from the middle east as well.