In the ’90s, American daytime talk television changed for the worse with the likes of Montell Williams, Maury Povich, Jenny Jones, and Ricki Lake. However, the show that was most notable for trash TV was The Jerry Springer Show.
We watched the fights, the tears, the cursing, the fights (you have to mention it twice), and so much on our television sets. But did you ever wonder what really went on when the cameras weren’t rolling?
Netflix is going to show us that in Jerry Springer: Fights, Camera, Action.
This jaw-dropping, premium two-part series will tell the story of The Jerry Springer Show as it’s never been told before. Packed with extraordinary first-hand testimony and revelations from show insiders, the series explores how this daytime talk show became one of the biggest and most outrageous TV hits of the nineties. But behind the entertaining facade lay some darker truths. As we hear from the producers and ex-guests of The Jerry Springer Show, a murkier picture begins to emerge of the destruction it caused, raising renewed questions about who was responsible, and how far things should go in the name of entertainment.
What we saw on camera on The Jerry Springer Show was shocking. But what happened behind the scenes is even crazier.
On January 7th, Netflix is releasing the two-part documentary Jerry Springer: Fights, Camera, Action.
This jaw-dropping, premium two-part series will tell the story of The Jerry Springer Show as it’s never been told before. Packed with extraordinary first-hand testimony and revelations from show insiders, the series explores how this daytime talk show became one of the biggest and most outrageous TV hits of the nineties. But behind the entertaining facade lay some darker truths. As we hear from the producers and ex-guests of The Jerry Springer Show, a murkier picture begins to emerge of the destruction it caused, raising renewed questions about who was responsible, and how far things should go in the name of entertainment.
I can’t even imagine what they will reveal, but I am here for every single second of it.
Although, I hope they don’t trash Springer because he is not alive to defend himself.
Before Jerry Springer was known as the father of trash talk shows, he pleaded with the US Senate to give 18 years old the right to vote. How impressive of a speaker was he when he was 26 in 1970?
It has been rough 24 hours for daytime television. In that time, not one, not two, but three of their shows were canceled, according to Deadline.
The first show to get the news was Dr. Oz’s replacement, The Good Dish. That was followed by Jerry Springer’s Judge Jerry. And the final one came today, and it is The Nick Cannon Show, as was rumored yesterday.
They join The Wendy Williams Show that got the news last month.
Mornings are going to look a lot different in the Fall.
Wendy Williams has been struggling with health issues since September. Because of that, she has not been able to host her show this season. Since the show must go on, they have been using guests hosts to fill in for her.
Today, they announced who will be hosting the show for the next two weeks. Michael Rapaport starts things off on Monday and will be there for the whole week. Then the following Monday, Bill Bellamy takes over until that Wednesday. For the last two days of the week, Jerry Springer and Steve Wilkos will share the purple throne. I am looking forward to the latter.
When it comes to Williams, I doubt she will be back before the New Year. It will be interesting to see if she will even be back in January.
