Maury Povich

After 30 years of talking about teen pregnancies, rare phobias and sexual infidelities as well as revealing who is or is not the father, daytime talk show ...

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Maury Povich, the longest-running daytime talkshow host in the history of broadcast television, will be retiring after the current run of his show "Maury."

He left after five years to host his own show, thus kicking off his legacy at “Maury.” “Even though I told them I was ready for assisted living, out of loyalty to NBCUniversal and my more than 100 staff and crew members, Tracie Wilson and I agreed to one more deal. News broke this weekend that “Maury,” which is on its 31st season, will complete its run of original episodes in September 2022 and will not return for another season.

After 31 seasons in daytime talk, Maury Povich is hanging up his microphone and retiring from his NBCUniversal daytime show "Maury."

Povich began his journalism career in Washington, working as a news reporter and sportscaster for WTTG, and later co-host of its daytime talk show “Panorama.” He later worked at WMAQ-TV Chicago, KNXT-TV Los Angeles (where he anchored with future wife Connie Chung), KGO-TV San Francisco, KYW-TV Philadelphia and then back to WTTG. After Fox acquired the Metromedia station group, Povich moved to WNYW-TV New York, where he hosted the new tabloid news magazine “A Current Affair,” starting in 1986. “Even though I told them I was ready for assisted living, out of loyalty to NBCUniversal and my more than 100 staff and crew members, Tracie Wilson and I agreed to one more deal. Povich’s exit comes as NBCU also ends another first-run syndicated series, “Judge Jerry,” hosted by Jerry Springer, after three seasons.