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>>> HAPPY
>>> HAPPY FRIDAY. WELCOME BACK.
WELCOME BACK. TV MAY BE DONE VIRTUALLY NOW
BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN WE
CANNOT FEEL THE DRAMA AND
PASSION ESPECIALLY WHEN WE TALK
ABOUT THE DYNAMICS ON THE MAURY
POVICH SHOW.
POVICH SHOW. I SPOKE WITH HIM ABOUT
EVERYTHING WE CAN EXPECT IN HIS
BRAND-NEW SEASON.
BRAND-NEW SEASON. >> I AM SO EXCITED TO BE
TALKING TO YOU.
CONGRATULATIONS, SEASON 23 THAT
IS INCREDIBLE ESPECIALLY GIVEN
THESE CRAZY TIMES.
FIRST OF ALL, HOW ARE YOU?
TALK TO ME ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS
TO HAVE THIS SEASON.
>>WE ARE FINE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I THINK WE ARE GETTING BY AS
WELL AS ANYBODY COULD.
THIS SEASON IS GOING TO BE A
DIFFERENT SEASON, THAT IS FOR
SURE.
SURE.
SURE. WE
SURE. WE STARTED TAPING OUR ORIGINAL
EPISODES.
EPISODES.
EPISODES. OBVIOUSLY ARE SHOW, LIKE MANY
SHOWS WE WILL NOT HAVE A LIVE
AUDIENCE, THAT IS OUT OF THE
QUESTION, WHAT WE ARE DOING IS
DOING IT VIRTUALLY THE WAY WE
ARE DOING THIS INTERVIEW.
OUR GUESTS ARE AT THEIR HOMES.
I TALKED TO THEM.
THERE IS A DIFFERENT VIBE, I
CAN EXPLAIN IT THIS WAY.
WITHOUT THE AUDIENCE, THE
AUDIENCE IS A HUGE HEART BEAT
OF THE SHOW.
NOW THAT I DON'T HAVE THAT
AUDIENCE, IT IS MUCH MORE
INTIMATE FOR SOME REASON AND WE
FIND THAT THE STORIES
THEMSELVES ARE MORE INVOLVED
AND THEY ARE MORE INTIMATE, WE
CAN GET INTO THE STORIES MORE
WITHOUT THE AUDIENCE THEN WE
COULD OTHERWISE.
COULD OTHERWISE. IT IS A DIFFERENT VIBE AND
QUITE FRANKLY I THINK THE
STORYTELLING IS BETTER.
>>THAT IS SO INTERESTING.
OF COURSE OUR SHOW, WE DON'T
HAVE A STUDIO AUDIENCE THE
PEOPLE ARE ON THE SIDELINES AND
YOU FEED OFF OF THAT ENERGY.
ESPECIALLY FOR SURE LIKE YOURS,
TO KNOW THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO
DIVE INTO THESE STORIES IN A
DIFFERENT WAY AND GET A
DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE, THAT IS
A BONUS IT SOUNDS LIKE.
TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE
STORYLINES YOU WILL BE
TACKLING.
TACKLING.
TACKLING. >>FIRST OF ALL, YOU DON'T WANT
TO CHANGE ANYTHING THAT IS NOT
BROKEN, WE ARE VERY HAPPY WITH
THE PATERNITY STORIES AND WE
ARE GOING TO RELY ON THAT THEME
OVERWHELMINGLY IN THE BEGINNING
OF THE YEAR.
WHAT WE FIND IS, THERE IS STILL
CONFLICT, THERE IS STILL DRAMA,
THERE ARE STILL GUYS DENYING
THAT THEY ARE THE FATHERS OF
THESE KIDS, WHEN WE ASKED THEM
FOR ALL THE REASONS WHY, EITHER
FROM THE WOMAN THEY ARE THE
FATHER OR THE GUY THAT THEY ARE
NOT THE FATHER, WE CAN GO MUCH
DEEPER INTO THE STORY THAN WE
COULD WITH A LIVE AUDIENCE.
I THINK OUR VIEWERS WILL
APPRECIATE THAT.
APPRECIATE THAT. >>WE ARE SO THRILLED TO HAVE
YOU BACK AND SUPPORT YOU.
YOU CANNOT GIVE TOO MUCH AWAY
BEFORE WE GO.
ANY LAST-MINUTE THINGS YOU WANT
TO ADD IN TERMS OF SURPRISES OR
SOMETHING THAT JUST GOT TO YOU
DURING THE TAPING?
>> ONE OF THE THINGS, YOU
MENTIONED THE FACT WE HAVE BEEN
DOING THIS FOR 23 YEARS, WE DID
A SHOW EARLY ON IN THE SEASON
WHICH I BRING BACK GUESTS FROM
20 YEARS AGO.
FIND OUT WHETHER THE FATHERS
GOT INVOLVED WITH THESE KIDS
WHEN THEY WERE VERY YOUNG, HOW
THAT FAMILY TURNED OUT, WE HAD
THE LUXURY BECAUSE WE HAD BEEN
ON FOR DECADES WE CAN BRING
THEM BACK AND FIND OUT WHAT
HAPPENED NOT MONTHS AFTER THEIR
APPEARANCE, BUT TWO DECADES
AFTER THEY CAME ON THE AIR.
I THINK ALL OF YOUR VIEWERS
WILL BE WATCHING A 5:00 ON YOUR
STATION.
STATION.
STATION. WE HOPE YOU ENJOY THIS SEASON
AS MUCH AS WE ENJOYED MAKING
IT.
IT.
IT. >>
IT. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.
CONGRATULATIONS.
CONGRATULATIONS. WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
>>THANK