Maury Povich and Jimmy Kimmel didn’t know one another in real life when the brouhaha between himself, the FCC, and parent network ABC happened late last year. However, the daytime talk show host was one of the first in line, with his wife Connie Chung, when Kimmel made it back on the air. Afterward, the two shared a sweet exchange that (thankfully) had nothing to do with paternity results. All joking aside, Povich’s famous daytime talk series seemingly had little in common with Jimmy Kimmel Live!, but Povich had always wanted to be a part of the late night show. When Kimmel was ultimately suspended by Bob Iger's Disney in September of last year, after the FCC got involved in a series of comments Kimmel had made following the death of Charlie Kirk, Povich seemingly thought he'd lost his chance. So when the series came back, he made a point to attend, and to send Kimmel an email. The first week [Kimmel] went back on the air, he had come to New York, and Connie and I went to see him. I’ve never met Jimmy, but I wrote him a nice email about how thrilled we were to be at the show, because he had had all the other, late-night hosts on the show. I told him how great it was, and he immediately wrote me back. It was very gratifying to see him back.Previous reports have indicated that Povich was scheduled to do an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! almost ten years ago now. Back in 2017 he was supposed to actually come on the show and do a Matt Damon spoof that would have actually been about paternity results, as he also told EW: When Jimmy Kimmel’s wife was pregnant, he set up this thing where Matt Damon was going to claim that he was the father of this child. He wanted me to come out and read the result. And for some reason, I can’t remember, some kind of conflict, I couldn’t do it. So he had Martin Short play me in the skit, and it was great.Still, despite the “conflict,” Povich had always hoped to be on the show. His own series (which presumably would have made him a more likely guest) ended in 2022. So, just getting to see it tape when the whole world hedged for a while the suspension might become a cancelation sounds gratifying for the former daytime host. Of course, that’s not what ended up happening. ABC ultimately brought Jimmy Kimmel back (though some stations still pre-empted him), and it ended up being The Late Show with Stephen Colbert that got the axed. When it comes to this, Povich definitely still sounds flummoxed. It’s terrible. It’s just terrible. I mean, the FCC should be ashamed of themselves. They were not created to do what they’re doing.For Colbert's part, a loss in monetary earnings was what CBS claimed led to the show's cancelation, though Colbert declined to look at the books. However, President Trump was very excited to see the series gone and stayed up until 2 a.m. to comment on Colbert leaving late night when the series wrapped.The other interesting piece to all this is probably that after The Late Show said goodbye, ratings have actually been up for Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon, though it’s Kimmel that has seen a higher rate of return. Now, I just wonder if Maury will ever