What Cătălin Măruță said in the last show on ProTV. Direct message to viewers regarding his future
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“La Măruță ends in two hours, but I, Măruță, will always remain your friend,” said Cătălin Măruță at the start of Friday's show, the last one he makes for ProTV.
In a speech of about two minutes, Cătălin Măruță thanked the viewers for the 18 years of the show.
“Today, the show La Măruță will end after 18 years in which we were together. We were together here at ProTV. We started on October 22, 2007 and since then we have laughed, cried, learned and enjoyed each other. We have grown together with you, our viewers, our guests and with the team behind the cameras that you do not have the opportunity to see in the last day”, said Cătălin Little girl.
“This show was more than a project for me, it was a part of my life. I'm sure it's also in the lives of many of you. In this last period, know that I felt your support, but also the challenges of a changing world. We close this chapter with gratitude for every day spent together and with the hope that a new path full of energy and creativity follows. I want to thank you for every moment shared and for being with us”, he added he declared. “At Măruță it ends in two hours, but I, Măruță, will always remain your friend.”
Afterwards, the show continued with a video clip of moments from the nearly decades of weekly shows.
Pro TV abandons the show “La Măruță”
Pro TV announced, on January 12, the end of the format of the well-known show “La Măruţă” starting on February 6, 2026.
Pro TV conveyed, in a press release, that “the decision is part of a larger process of adapting the content strategy, aimed at responding to both the linear television audience and digital consumers, in the context of a media market in continuous evolution”.
“It's not a sad ending, it's an assumed ending. One that comes with gratitude. For everything that was and for everything that is to come,” Măruță wrote on Facebook before the last show on February 6.
The format of the show “La Măruță” is one of the longest running of the general television station.
