Revisiting the Craziest Era of Talk Shows With Maury Povich
The View: Behind the Table
ABC News
4.7 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 12 January 2026
⏱️ 25 minutes
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| 0:42.0 | It's your big McDonald's hunger calling because the big arch is back. And this time is here to stay with juicy beef, cheddar cheese and that big arch sauce. Hungry? You are now. Order delivery on the McDonald's app. Serve from 11 a.m. Upcharges and fees apply to delivery orders. Subjects availability, price and participation may vary. All right, here we are on Behind the Table. This is a very exciting one. This is a big one. We are here with talk show legend, Moripovich, and talk show legend in the making Sarah Haynes. You're almost there. You could have just given me Sarah. You're on, Sarah. Sarah's here, too. I mean, come on, you're almost there. Mori was here with us on The View today, reflecting about what is probably the most sensational |
| 0:48.3 | era of daytime talk shows ever. It's explored in a new ABC docu series called Dirty Talk, when daytime talk shows |
| 0:56.6 | Ruled TV. It premieres this Wednesday. Welcome, Mori Popovich. Thank you very much, Brian. |
| 1:01.7 | Appreciate it. Sarah? It's so nice to have you here. Good to see you again. With no paternity |
| 1:06.8 | test. I think the last time I saw you were out to like there. Yes. I gave you a gender review. You also gave me a onesie that said you are the father. And that was our favorite onesie for Caleb. It was reassuring from that. You know who I gave a onezy two once? I think, yeah. John Legend's wife. Oh, Chrissy Tegan. Yes. I gave a onesie to her. All right, well, there you go. |
| 1:28.3 | That's a nice club you're in. |
| 1:29.3 | Not everyone can say they got a onesie from more. No. I mean, that's a big deal. No. So our audience knows this a little bit. I started my television career working on talk shows in the 90s. I worked on the Montel Williams show and Ricky Lake and Judge Hatchet. So you know us. |
| 1:42.9 | I know this world. |
| 1:43.9 | And it is, it was, you can know us. I know this world. |
| 1:48.2 | And it is, it was, you can't exaggerate anything about this world. |
| 1:49.1 | It was intense. |
| 1:50.3 | It was a roller coaster. |
| 1:52.2 | As a host, I'm not sure. |
| 1:55.8 | How aware were you of the day to day of what was going on behind the scenes? |
| 2:01.0 | I was aware of it more than anything else because of the ratings. |
| 2:01.5 | Right. |
| 2:06.6 | Because we would break down, I mean, we would break down the ratings the way a football coach would break down what was going on in the previous game. |
| 2:10.6 | I mean, every 15-minute segment was looked at and then compared with all the competitors |
| 2:17.4 | and what they were doing at the |
| 2:19.7 | same time and how, how, wow, how come that audience grew in the third segment? What was going |
| 2:27.5 | on there? And so, therefore, we would kind of have to out, out, go to the edge at the envelope more than the next guy in order to get the rating the next day. Right. Brian can relate to that. He does that as well. I still do a version. With a not 90s talk show. I mean, you can't be in this business without looking at the numbers. No, of course. They call them the minute by minutes. So I do know. I know what hot topics rate. |
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