Maury Povich Biography
Maury Povich is a well-known American television personality who is best known for hosting the tabloid talk show Maury. Povich started his career as a radio reporter, first at WWDC. In the late 1980s, he rose to national prominence as the host of Fox’s New York flagship station WNYW’s tabloid infotainment TV show A Current Affair. In 1991, he co-produced his own show, The Maury Povich Show, which was renamed Maury in 1998.
Maury Povich Age
Povich is 83 years old as of 2022. He was born Maurice Richard Povich on 17 January 1939 in Washington, D.C., United States.
Maury Povich Height
Povich stands at a height of 6 feet and 1 inch (1.85 m).
Maury Povich Family
Povich was born in Washington, D.C., to a Jewish family as the second of three children to Ethyl (née Friedman) and Washington Post sportswriter Shirley Povich. Nathan Povich, his paternal grandfather, emigrated from Russia to the United States when he was 12 years old in 1878.
Maury Povich Wife
Povich was married to Phyllis Minkoff from 1962 to 1979. He married news anchor Connie Chung, whom he met while working in the news department at WTTG, in 1984.
Maury Povich Daughter and Son
Susan Anne and Amy Joyce Povich are Maury and Phyllis’s two daughters. Amy, their daughter, is married to David Agus, a physician, and author. Chung and Povich adopted a son, Matthew Jay Povich, in 1995.
Maury Povich Net Worth
Povich has an estimated net worth of $80 Million.
Maury Povich The Maury Povich Show
From 1991 to 1998, he hosted The Maury Povich Show, which was nationally syndicated and distributed by Paramount Domestic Television in collaboration with his own production company, MoPo Productions. Povich was honored by New York City mayor Rudolph Giuliani in 1995 for raising awareness of National Adoption Month.
Maury Povich How I Met Your Mother
In the fourth episode of the sixth season of the sitcom How I Met Your Mother, he played himself. He is portrayed as a New Yorker who appears to be seen everywhere in the city—often in multiple locations at the same time. He also appeared in the film Madea’s Big Happy Family as himself.
Maury Povich Allegations
Former Maury producer Bianca Nardi filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against Povich on April 24, 2006, alleging that she was “forced to expose her breasts for photographs for the show and ordered to watch pornography in a private room with an executive producer.” Nardi’s allegations were dismissed after an internal investigation, according to a show spokesperson. A Manhattan judge ruled in August 2006 that the case should be resolved through closed-door arbitration. Povich’s lawyer requested a gag order in November 2006.
Maury Povich Flathead Beacon
He founded the Flathead Beacon, a weekly print newspaper and online news source in Montana’s Flathead County, where he lives, and is a member of the Eagle Bend Golf Club, in May 2007.
Maury Povich Early Career
Povich’s first job after graduation was at Washington radio station WWDC, where he did publicity and worked as a reporter. By 1966, he was a news reporter and sportscaster for WTTG, a Metromedia-owned independent station. In 1967, he became the station’s first co-host of the popular midday talk show Panorama, which earned him widespread acclaim and national recognition.
Seeking to advance his career, Povich left Washington in late 1976 for what would become a series of high-profile, short-lived television jobs, beginning in January 1977 with WMAQ-TV in Chicago.He was hired to co-anchor evening newscasts at the NBC-owned station, and he arrived to much fanfare—ahead of his arrival, WMAQ-TV produced advertisements featuring testimonials from U.S. senator Hubert Humphrey and actress Carol Channing, among others, touting Povich’s credentials. But Povich left after only eight months when the station’s management failed to present him with a long-term contract after promising him one.
Povich then moved to CBS-owned KNXT in Los Angeles, where he co-anchored with Connie Chung for six months before being fired due to a change in the station’s news management. Povich then relocated to San Francisco, where he co-hosted AM San Francisco and co-anchored news for ABC affiliate KGO-TV.
Povich returned to the East Coast in April 1980, when Group W-owned KYW-TV in Philadelphia hired him to anchor newscasts and host AM/PM, a midday audience-participation talk show that was renamed People Are Talking in February 1981. He left KYW-TV after three years and returned to Washington in June 1983 to resume hosting Panorama and anchoring The 10 O’Clock News for WTTG.
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