The two television personalities faced off over who draws the bigger audience.
conservative commentator Bill O’Reilly got into a sparring match, trading barbs over which television personality was more popular. O’Reilly was attempting to summarize what he believes Maher’s views are on the state of the modern Democratic party, which he described as being “disenchanted” that the party is too focused on fringe “garbage” and “diluting” what has traditionally been its own message.
“I wouldn’t put it that way,” Maher interjected, “but go ahead.”When O’Reilly suggested that Maher might want to borrow his phrasing, “because that’s a good way to put it,” Maher shot back: “Well, I’m still on the air and you’re not, but go ahead.” O’Reilly had the highest-rated cable news show for 16 of the 21 years he spent at Fox News, until hisThe audience responded with shock, laughter and applause, as O’Reilly’s fellow guest, Florida Democratic Rep. Jared Moskowitz, awkwardly took a sip of his drink. O’Reilly quickly told the audience, “I expected that,” before launching into an anecdote about a town hall he hosted on NewsNation two weeks ago that brought in 23 million viewers. “You can add up all the HBOs you want, you’re not going to come close. Just want to correct the record,” O’Reilly told Maher. Moskowitz then offered use of his tape measure if either of the men wanted, while O’Reilly told him to “Let Maher and I go at it—the people love this.”, the town hall, which O’Reilly co-hosted with Chris Cuomo and Stephen A. Smith, brought in 788,000 viewers; the 23 million figure comes from the number of times highlights from the event were viewed online. “I’m at a family gathering?!” Moskowitz quipped, before the conversation finally returned to the subject of the Democratic party. The two Bills eventually came to agree that “both parties have just gone completely away from why they were founded,” in O’Reilly’s words.
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