Maurice Richard Povich was born on January 17,1939 and is an American retired television personality, best known for hosting the tabloid talk show Maury which aired from 1991 to 2022.
28 Facts About Maury Povich
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In 1991 he co-produced his own show The Maury Povich Show, which in 1998 was rebranded as Maury.
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Maury Povich was born on January 17,1939, into a Jewish family in Washington, DC, the second of three children born to Ethyl and Washington Post sportswriter Shirley Lewis Maury Povich.
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Maury Povich graduated from the Landon School in 1957, and from the University of Pennsylvania in 1962 with a degree in television journalism.
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Not long after graduation, Maury Povich got his first job on Washington radio station WWDC, where he did publicity and worked as a reporter.
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Maury Povich moved next to San Francisco, where he co-hosted AM San Francisco and co-anchored news for ABC-owned KGO-TV.
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Maury Povich departed KYW-TV after three years and brought his career full-circle with a return home to Washington in June 1983, resuming as host of Panorama and anchoring The 10 O'Clock News for WTTG.
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Maury Povich served two consecutive terms as president of the New York chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
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In September 1991, he began to host The Maury Povich Show, which was nationally syndicated and distributed by Paramount Domestic Television in partnership with his own production company, MoPo Productions, from 1991 to 1998.
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For raising awareness of National Adoption Month, Maury Povich was honored by New York City mayor Rudolph Giuliani in 1995.
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On January 9,2000, Maury Povich hosted the short-lived primetime revival of the classic game show Twenty One on NBC.
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Maury Povich appeared as himself in the fourth episode of the sixth season of the sitcom How I Met Your Mother.
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Maury Povich appeared as himself in the film Madea's Big Happy Family.
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In 2015, Maury Povich made a guest appearance on the Adult Swim show The Jack and Triumph Show.
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In March 2022, Maury Povich announced his retirement and the end of his talk show after 31 seasons, making it the longest-running daytime talk show with a single host in American television history.
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From 1962 to 1979, Maury Povich was married to Phyllis Minkoff.
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In 1995, Chung and Maury Povich adopted a son, Matthew Jay Maury Povich.
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In 2017, Maury Povich became an investor and part owner of the Washington DC bar and restaurant Chatter, along with other DC notables Tony Kornheiser and Gary Williams.
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Maury Povich is a fan of University of Central Florida football.
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Maury Povich owns a ranch just outside of Bigfork, Montana, where he lives several months of the year.
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Maury Povich is an avid golfer and has been playing golf since he was a child.
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Maury Povich is a frequent player at Pebble Beach, Torrey Pines, Farm Neck, and Old Course in Scotland.
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Maury Povich still plays in amateur senior tournaments with a 2.4 handicap and in 2007 was placed in Golf Digest top 100 celebrity golfers.
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In 2000, Maury Povich participated in the US Senior Amateur championship where he lost in the first round of the match play competition.
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Maury Povich occasionally plays golf with Steve Wilkos, his fellow NBCUniversal talk show host who shares the same studio as the Maury Povich Show.
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Maury Povich was mocked in a 2002 South Park episode called "Freak Strike".
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Maury Povich appeared in a mock episode of his show in the film Madea's Big Happy Family.
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In 2021, musician Lil Nas X collaborated with Povich to create a full-length faux episode of Maury, featuring Nas X performing as his Montero character, in a love triangle with his football playing teammate lover and wife.