Bill Maher, host of HBO's "Real Time With Bill Maher" has just gotten a lot more time on the cable network.

HBO has renewed the edgy political series for its 11th and 12th seasons. "Real Time" is currently in its 10th season.

The show, which includes Maher's opening monologue, round-table discussions with panelists and inteviews with in-studio and satallite guests, is drawing its largest gross audience in three years, averaging 4.1 million viewers per episdoe.

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Photo: Bill Maher. Photo credit: Ricardo DeAratanha/Los Angeles Times