The favored daytime speak present involves a detailed with the 2021-2022 season, reps for NBCUniversal confirmed to CNN.
“Six years in the past after I was able to retire, my the NBCUniversal household requested me to proceed the present,” host Maury Povich mentioned in a press release. “Regardless that I informed them I used to be prepared for assisted residing, out of loyalty to NBCUniversal and my greater than 100 employees and crew members, Tracie Wilson and I agreed to 1 extra deal. I am so happy with my relationship with NBCUniversal and all those that labored on the “Maury” present however as I often inform my friends on ‘Maury,’ ‘Sufficient, already!’”
The present, well-known for its paternity exams and friends with scandalous secrets and techniques, is in its twenty fourth season with NBCUniversal. Povich is the longest working daytime speak present host in TV historical past.
“Maury and I made a decision two years in the past that this season can be the farewell season for the present, and whereas his retirement is bittersweet, we’re so glad for him to have the ability to spend extra time on the golf course,” Tracie Wilson, government vice chairman for NBCUniversal Syndication Studios mentioned in a press release. “Maury is a tv icon, a popular culture legend and we could not be extra proud to have been part of his unimaginable profession.”
Whereas the unique manufacturing is ending, in accordance with reps for the community, “the present has hundreds of energetic, entertaining and dramatic episodes that can proceed to achieve success in daytime for years to come back.”