Maury Povich announced that he is retiring from his daily talk-show after 31 years.
“I’m so proud of my relationship with NBC Universal and all those who worked on the ‘Maury’ show but as I occasionally tell my guests on ‘Maury,’ enough already,” he said.
The final broadcast of “Maury” will air in September but the show is expected to live on in re-runs. Povich is the longest-running daytime talk show host on television.
Povich, 83, grew up in Montgomery County graduating from Landon School. For years, he worked at WTTG-TV hosting the Ten O’Clock News and Panorama. In 1986, he started “A Current Affair” then in 1991, “The Maury Povich Show” debuted which morphed into”Maury”, a tabloid talk show known for using paternity tests to identify whether a man is the father of a baby and lie detector tests to determine if spouses are cheating.
Povich’s wife of almost 40 years, television veteran Connie Chung, is an alum of Blair High School.
After 30 years on TV, Maury Povich's daytime talk show is coming to an end.https://t.co/qucesXuxTE
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Povich talked to MyMCM in 2021 about his father Shirley, legendary sports columnist for The Washington Post, and his own long career in television.
