Weekends with Maury and Connie is an MSNBC television news series featuring light-hearted take on news of the week.

It was hosted by talk show

Talk show

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 host Maury Povich

Maury Povich

Maurice Richard "Maury" Povich is an American TV talk show host who currently hosts his self-titled talk show Maury.-Personal background:...

 and his wife, television news anchor Connie Chung

Connie Chung

Connie Chung, full name: Constance Yu-Hwa Chung Povich is an American journalist who has been an anchor and reporter for the U.S. television news networks NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN, and MSNBC. Some of her more famous interview subjects include Claus von Bülow and U.S...

. Beginning in early 2006, it appeared every weekend morning on MSNBC

MSNBC

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 until Dan Abrams

Dan Abrams

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 was appointed the new General Manager of MSNBC. Due to the show's low ratings, near the bottom of the charts, Abrams canceled the show. The last broadcast aired June 17, 2006.

On the final episode, Chung, dressed in a white evening gown and writhing atop a black piano, sang a parody to the tune of "Thanks for the Memory

Thanks for the Memory

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". Video clips of the bizarre, off-key farewell performance circulated on internet video sites like YouTube

YouTube

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, ironically viewed by more people than viewed Weekends with Maury and Connie during its run.