Maury Povich is ensuring that his present’s legacy – and that acquainted catchphrase – lives on within the type of new at-home paternity exams.
The longtime tv discuss present host’s run ended final September. However one of many extra impactful parts, the place Povich broadcasts the outcomes of paternity exams utilizing his “You’re NOT the daddy” catchphrase, will proceed on due to a brand new line of at-home paternity exams via his firm. That firm’s title: The Outcomes Are In.
Every testing package incorporates supplies for gathering DNA samples in addition to directions on how to take action. The samples will then be despatched to the DNA Diagnostics Middle – the identical one which Povich completely used throughout his present’s run – and outcomes shall be returned in two to a few days. The outcomes are confidential, with a assured price of 99.99%.
Whereas some have regarded Povich and his present as making such a spectacle out of extremely private and delicate conditions like this, he feels the exams shall be very useful to these in comparable situations with their privateness intact. “I’ve seen firsthand how DNA testing can change lives and produce households collectively,” the 84-year-old mentioned in a press release. “With ‘The Outcomes Are In,’ we’re making it simpler and extra inexpensive than ever earlier than for folks to get the solutions they want.”
The pivot comes 9 months after NBCUniversal introduced the present’s finish. Povich’s present set a report, operating 31 seasons with over 3,600 episodes filmed. The previous journalist can be set to obtain a lifetime achievement honor on the fiftieth Daytime Emmy Awards in New York Metropolis. The date for that ceremony has not been introduced because of the ongoing WGA author’s strike.
“I’m simply blown away by this honor from the Academy,” Povich mentioned in a press release concerning that improvement. “I’ve all the time had nice respect for its work as I served on the Nationwide Board and was president of the New York chapter. I assume for those who dangle round lengthy sufficient, some good issues occur. It’s been a 60+ 12 months journey for me on this enterprise, so I really feel extraordinarily blessed with this acknowledgment.”
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