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The Kennedy Center Is Giving Bill Maher the Mark Twain Prize
The annual award that recognizes merit in humor is going to the satirist and talk show host who has been critical of President Trump and political correctness.
NYT link: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/26/arts/television/bill-maher-mark-twain-prize-kennedy-center.html
Archived (no paywall): https://archive.ph/BokZX
Bill Maher, the comedian and longtime political talk-show host, will receive the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, to be awarded on June 28 at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the center announced on Thursday.
With a caustic wit, Mr. Maher, 70, has been a fixture of the talk-show world on television for more than 30 years. His show “Politically Incorrect” started on Comedy Central in 1993 and then ran on ABC from 1997 to 2002. The next year, he began “Real Time With Bill Maher” on HBO, where it remains.
His show usually features a panel of high-profile guests debating political and social topics in informal terms, with Mr. Maher offering biting commentary throughout. He has been a frequent critic of President Trump, though he has just as often ridiculed the left — first mocking the “political correct” discourse of the ’90s, and now “woke” culture.
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With a caustic wit, Mr. Maher, 70, has been a fixture of the talk-show world on television for more than 30 years. His show “Politically Incorrect” started on Comedy Central in 1993 and then ran on ABC from 1997 to 2002. The next year, he began “Real Time With Bill Maher” on HBO, where it remains.
His show usually features a panel of high-profile guests debating political and social topics in informal terms, with Mr. Maher offering biting commentary throughout. He has been a frequent critic of President Trump, though he has just as often ridiculed the left — first mocking the “political correct” discourse of the ’90s, and now “woke” culture.
Bill Maher, the originator of "both-siderism," finally gets an award. Whoopie-doo. Nobody goes to the Kennedy Center any more, and it's scheduled to be shutdown in a few months anyway.
One good thing about this announcement: They didn't call it the "Chump-Kennedy Center"
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