The Infamous Jerry Springer Show: Must-Read Facts About The Famous Host and Show

The trash tabloid genre began with one show and one show only: The Jerry Springer Show! It pushed the limits and broke taboos. Hundreds of people protested to have the infamous show shut down.

But how much do you know about The Jerry Springer Show? Here are some must-read facts about the show and its host, who had quite a lot of words to share about his years on the set.

And let’s just say most of his opinions were not in favor of the show!

Jerry Springer Was a Mayor!

Back in the late 1970s, Jerry Springer was the mayor of Cincinnati. Yes, that’s right, he wasn’t always the host of a show where he watched people fighting and yelling!

But if you think about it, as a mayor from the ‘70s, you somehow see a lot of crazy political debates

The Evening Show

Springer also had a serious evening show, aside from the infamous daytime one, but because of all the protests and complaints about him being hired for a second show, the serious evening show got cancelled.

So if people were angry because of his daytime show, why did they got his serious show cancelled?

A Serious Political Show

The Jerry Springer Show was initially meant to be a serious talk show which focuses on politics, which was just perfect, considering the host’s first career. How did it turn into a tabloid show?

Hiring More Security

In 1994, the show had to hire a police officer to make sure there was more security around while the KKK-themed episode was filming.

The young police officer accepted and loved the one-time gig that he even quit his job to become a security guard on this show. He is Steve Wilkos, and he became so popular that he even had a spinoff series called The Steve Wilkos Show.