After 31 years, "Maury" has been canceled. Or maybe he decided to leave. Or maybe both parties had an amicable split. None of us will ever know, but in the end, Maury Povich is done doing his insanely, and just flat out mind bending, uber popular talk show.

This came as a big surprise to me, and I do not even watch the show. But, my wife and my dad are fans. I know my wife has family members that are fans. Pretty much everyone I know has seen, or knows someone that has seen, at the very least, one episode of "Maury". This show is extremely famous, and super enjoyable. I don't even know how he started his show, or why he started his show. I'm sure he had all intentions to make a very real change in the world. I would be very interested in fact, to go back and watch some of his early stuff just to see what it was like. But let us make no mistake, the fame and glory he achieved was when he started to do the paternity test stuff.

That was an absolute goldmine. That was a complete stroke of genius. The people involved on the day they decided to do that as the main source of material, they truly had lightning in a bottle. It was pure brilliance. As I said before, my wife did really like this show. When she would have a day off work, and we were home, at 3pm our time, you better believe that she would tune in and we would both watch. I used to moan and groan and complain about it, but damn if I was not fully invested by the end. It even got to a point where I would get annoyed if they were not doing a paternity and lie detector test show that day. Sometimes they would do a boot camp thing. And while that could be good sometimes, it just did not hold the weight of the paternity episodes. I would get so involved that I would be guessing, with my wife, if the guy was a cheater or if the girl truly knew who the father of her kid or kids were. I was amped. And my absolute favorite thing about the show was how animated Povich would get when he announced the results. The way he would wait, and hold for an extra five to ten seconds before stating, either, "YOU ARE... THE FATHER!", or "YOU ARE...NOT THE FATHER!". It was classic. It was better than him reading lie detector results, and that ruled too. I also loved how Maury would play to the people and the camera at the same time. When a dude found out he wasn't the father, or passed a detector test, and he would dance, Maury would sit there and just laugh. But then, when they would shift to the mom, he would go after them offstage and tell them they had other ways they could help them find out who the father really is. I also enjoyed how he would give advice, knowing damn well that no one was going to do what he suggested. I also adored the introductions of people, and how the fans would boo and throw thumbs down at them. And Povich would just let them go as hard as they could. He never really stopped it. He egged it on at times. It was great.

This show has been on TV since I was eight. That is wild. I cannot believe how long it has lasted, but damn if it did not go the distance. I feel like Maury has done all he could. He also probably wants to retire and go do things with his wife Connie Chung. Povich has done his thing and it is classic.

There will never be another Maury Povich, or a show like "Maury". I'm sure people will try to do similar things, or even a carbon copy, but it will not be the same because it will not have Povich at the helm. "Maury" is a snapshot of the time we live in, and I am kind of stunned it is done. At least we will all have the memories.

Ty

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