Maury Povich

• Birthplace: Washington, DC, USA
• Birthday: January 17, 1939

Warm and amiable, with a style that could be called home-spun urban, Maury Povich went from a career as a TV newsman to becoming the first anchor of tabloid TV shows when he was hand-picked by Rupert Murdoch for "A Current Affair", which grew from being seen locally on the Fox station in NYC, to airing on all the Fox stations, to becoming a hit in syndication.

Povich began as a news reporter in Washington, DC, where his father, Shirley Povich, had been a legendary sports reporter. He eventually anchored the news on WTTG in DC, befor…more