He is best known for covering both Australian rules football and the Big Bash League for the Ten television network, as well as hosting AFL review program Before the Game.

Maher hosted The Fifth Quarter (post-match show, following Saturday Night AFL games from 2004 to 2007 (with Michael Christian), and 2009 and 2011 with rotating expert commentators Malcolm Blight, Matthew Lloyd and Luke Darcy.

Maher has also been credited with coining the phrase "spotfires" – to describe those occasions where small melees or other acts of physical aggression between opponents were breaking out during a game.

Maher continued his hosting duties for popular AFL show Before the Game on Network Ten as well, until it was axed at the end of 2013.

[4] Since 2015, he has co-hosted The Front Bar, aired on afl.com.au and on Channel 7 along with comedians Mick Molloy and Sam Pang, seeking to take a comedic view on news from that week in the AFL community.