Host Bill Maher reaches a milestone as his popular (if often polarizing) weekly series returns to open its 20th season. His guests are still to be announced, but one topic that's sure to be up for discussion is the ongoing pandemic. Maher, who was forced to do the show remotely from his home for a few months in 2020, expressed hope in his closing Season 19 remarks that he would return to a "more normal" reality this month. Instead, the Omicron variant drove another spike in coronavirus cases over his hiatus.