'Real Time With Bill Maher' Might Be the First Late Night Show to Return to a Studio Amid Pandemic

Bill Maher is plotting his return.

The 64-year-old Real Time With Bill Maher host is exploring options to return the HBO series to a studio setting following the summer break, Deadline reported Friday (July 3).

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The show aired its most recent episode, filmed from his home, on June 26. The show is now off the air for a traditional summer break until July 31.

“Producers and the network are looking at how they can get production safely back into the studio on his return. Sources tells Deadline that the show is continuing to monitor options to return to the studio,” the outlet reports.

The move comes as Conan O’Brien became the first late night host to reveal he was leaving his house, and will have a small crew filming at the West Hollywood comedy club, Largo.

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