Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Weekends with Maury and Connie


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The result was keep. Nomination was not a valid deletion reason, and sources have been proven to exist Star   Mississippi  17:36, 31 May 2022 (UTC)

Weekends with Maury and Connie

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Very short-lived show on a network nobody watches. Deprodded without comment Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 15:31, 24 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 15:31, 24 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete we do not have enough reliable sources providing in-depth coverage to create a substantial article.John Pack Lambert (talk) 13:34, 25 May 2022 (UTC)

Keep per the significant coverage in multiple independent reliable sources.  The review gives the show two-and-a-half stars. The review notes: "It’s the weekend, and mellow Maury is taking a break from the three-ring circus he directs on weekday afternoons to chill out at home, where he enjoys sitting around with wife Connie Chung, dishing about the big stories from the week that just ended. ... From its opening conversation to its final segment, in which Maury and Connie took turns commenting on stories in the manner of “Weekend Update,” their show quickly established itself as the newest item in the display window of TV’s ever-expanding curiosity shop. ... What I’d like to see is a little more truth and a little less artifice. In other words, I’d like to see Maury and Connie come on this show half-awake in their bathrobes, minus the makeup and hung over from the night before – you know, like the rest of us."  The article notes: "The as-yet-untitled, half-hour program -- a review of the week's news that will fuse elements of "Meet the Press," the defunct "Crossfire" and "The Daily Show" -- will appear on Saturday mornings and be rerun on Sundays. ... The impetus for the show came primarily from Mr. Povich, 66, who recently signed a multiyear contract with NBC Universal to continue as host of his syndicated talk show, which began in 1991. As part of the deal, Mr. Povich said he suggested a provision that would allow him and Ms. Chung, 59, to develop a program for MSNBC. ... The program will feature clips not just from television news broadcasts but also from print and the Internet."  The article note: " Syndicated talker Maury Povich and his wife, CNN exile Connie Chung, will cohost a new weekend news show to be produced by a creator of Comedy Central's Daily Show.  The 30-minute program, set for 10 a.m. Saturdays, launches Jan. 7. Lizz Winstead is executive producer. No title yet, but MSNBC boss Rick Kaplan says he's pushing for Connie and Mr. Chung. (He's kidding. We like it.) ... The new show - a lighthearted review of the previous week's headlines - is the result of Kaplan's many dinners at the couple's home. ...  The trio had been discussing a show for several years. A project with DreamWorks fell through due to "wrong timing," in Kaplan's words."  The article notes: "On last Saturday's finale of MSNBC's "Weekends with Maury & Connie," Chung sang a version of Bob Hope's old theme song "Thanks for the Memory" to her husband and co-host, Maury Povich. A clip of the performance — complete with mood-setting candles and an accompanying grand piano — is the most popular clip of the week on the video Web site YouTube. Three days after the show, more than 413,000 people had viewed the video of Chung — a rating that might have saved "Weekends with Maury & Connie," from being canceled. The half-hour talk show, which featured the two discussing news events, averaged about 232,000 viewers since debuting Jan. 7."  The article notes: ""Weekends With Maury & Connie," which debuts at 10 a.m. Saturday, will be executive produced by Lizz Winstead, co-creator of Comedy Central's fake newscast "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart." Her job now is to coax Ms. Chung and Mr. Povich, who have been married since 1984, into playing against public type and having fun with real news and interviews. ... Ms. Chung and Mr. Povich poke fun at themselves and their careers--including dashed dreams of a syndicated news show in 1996--and each other in his-and-hers campaign-style promos that have been running on MSNBC." There is sufficient coverage in reliable sources to allow Weekends With Maury & Connie to pass Notability, which requires "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject". Cunard (talk) 08:41, 28 May 2022 (UTC) </li></ul>
 * Comment. The nomination rationale states that this is on a "network nobody watches". I don't watch it myself, but I wondered about this statement, so I did a search and found that people do watch it, as a matter of fact, a lot of people watch it. So what is the purpose of throwing shade on the network? It is an absolute misstatement of fact. Perhaps the nom doesn't like it? That's not a rationale for deletion. Jacona (talk) 13:25, 29 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Keep per the citations listed by Cunard. Also, what kind of rationale is "network nobody watches"? If no one watches, how do they stay in business? Is this a Yogism like "No one goes there anymore...its too crowded"?   Donald D23   talk to me  18:01, 29 May 2022 (UTC)


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