Newlywed Game started in the 60s. This Maury episode aired in the early 2000s. Bob Eubanks was referencing it had been 40 years since it began, not that 25 years is 4 decades
ALL the episodes of this show,ABC and syndicated need to be preserved for eternity.Who knows,these may be shown again.Hopefully someone had the good sense to put these shows on some kind of digital media.
Fact...most of the ABC run is gone, although some episodes exist.I'm sure that the 1977-80 run is still with us,along with the other syndicated runs including the raunchy Sherri Shepherd run.
Well, if the show started in 1968 and ran until 1993 (for example, I don't know the exact dates) then the show would span 4 decades.. the 60s, 70s, 80,s and 90s.. I think that was his point.