After 31 years of broadcasting teen pregnancies, mysterious illnesses and its trademarked “Who’s the Father” segment, Maury is going off the air.
Maury will be ending after its 2021-22 season, when Povich, 83, plans to retire. Read more: Kanye West dropped from Grammys lineup for ‘concerning’ online behaviour The daytime syndicated talk show host told Deadline he was ready to retire six years ago, but NBCUniversal asked him to continue the show.
Original episodes will still run through to September. From there, reruns of Maury will air in syndication. Read more: Johnny Depp and Amber Heard $100M lawsuit: Elon Musk, James Franco among celebs to testify The show first launched in 1991 under the name The Maury Povich Show.
The name was shortened to simply Maury in 1998. Maury was on air for a total of 30 seasons. Povich was a television journalist before going into the talk show world, beginning in Washington, where his father, Shirley, was a well-known sportswriter.