“Maury” Has Been Cancelled by NBC After Three Decades on the Air

NBC has canceled the tabloid talker “Maury,” hosted and executive produced by Maury Povich. The show will end original productions this season when Povich, now 83, plans to retire. Original episodes will air through September, after which repeats of “Maury” will continue to air in syndication.

This is the second show canceled by NBC this spring, joining “Judge Jerry, ” “The Good Dish,” “Nick Cannon” and “The Wendy Williams Show,” the latter to be replaced by a new talker, “Sherri. ”

“The Maury Povich Show” was launched in 1991 by Paramount Domestic Television. It shortened its name to “Maury” in the mid-1990s. In 1998, Studio USA took over the program. The company was subsequently acquired by NBCUniversal. Maury‘s cancelation was first reported by Broadcasting & Cable.

In 1984, Povich married news anchor Connie Chung, whom he had met while working in the news department at WTTG. In 1995, Chung and Povich adopted a son, Matthew Jay Povich.