Jerry Springer

Gerald Norman Springer was born on February 13, 1944,{{cite web |url=http://www.biography.com/people/jerry-springer-498154 |title=Jerry Springer |website=Biography |access-date=February 1, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160116170631/http://www.biography.com/people/jerry-springer-498154 |archive-date=January 16, 2016 |url-status=dead}} in the London Underground's Highgate station while the station was in use as a shelter from German bombing during World War II.{{Cite web|url=http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=RtqbPAuDEgqHh2af3oDs%2Bw&scan=1|title=Index entry|access-date=January 6, 2018|work=FreeBMD|publisher=ONS}}{{cite news|last=Nathan|first=John|title=Interview tube stat: Jerry Springer|url=https://www.thejc.com/life-and-culture/all/interview-jerry-springer-1.10091|access-date=April 28, 2023|newspaper=Jewish Chronicle Online|date=July 2, 2009}} Springer spent his first years living on Chandos Road, East Finchley.{{cite news|url = https://www.thejc.com/news/former-cincinnati-mayor-and-television-star-jerry-springer-dies-at-79-woqck402|title = Former Cincinnati mayor and television star Jerry Springer dies at 79|last = Mosheim|first = Tash|date = April 27, 2023|accessdate = October 29, 2024|work = The Jewish Chronicle}} His parents, Margot ({{née|Kallmann}}; a bank clerk) and Richard Springer (owner of a shoe shop), were Jewish refugees who escaped from Landsberg an der Warthe, Prussia (now Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland).[http://www.bbc.co.uk/whodoyouthinkyouare/new-stories/jerry-springer/how-we-did-it_2.shtml Who do you think you are] BBC documentary{{cite news | last=Sheridan | first=Patricia | title=Patricia Sheridan's Breakfast with Jerry Springer | work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07162/793130-129.stm | date=June 11, 2007 | access-date=June 21, 2007}}

His maternal grandmother, Marie Kallmann, was killed in the gas vans of Chełmno extermination camp in German-occupied Poland. His paternal grandmother, Selma Springer (née Elkeles), died at the hospital in the Theresienstadt concentration camp in German-occupied Czechoslovakia. Selma Springer's brother, Hermann Elkeles, was a renowned Berlin doctor who also died at Theresienstadt concentration camp.{{cite web|url=http://www.holocaust.cz/en/victims/PERSON.ITI.340510 |title=Dr. Hermann Elkeles |publisher=Holocaust.cz |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006095820/http://www2.holocaust.cz/en/victims/PERSON.ITI.340510 |archive-date=October 6, 2014}}

In January 1949, when Springer was four, his family immigrated to the United States, settling in the Kew Gardens neighborhood of Queens, a borough of New York City. He attended nearby Forest Hills High School. One of his earliest memories about current events was when he was 12 and watching the 1956 Democratic National Convention on television where he saw and was impressed by then-Senator John F. Kennedy.{{cite magazine |last1=Johnson |first1=Rebecca |last2=Powers |first2=Kathleen |date=September 1998 |title=Jerry Springer Under Siege |magazine=Good Housekeeping |pages=114–119}}{{cite magazine |last=Waldman |first=Allison J. |date=May 8, 2006 |title=American Pie: The In-Your-Face Success of 'The Jerry Springer Show' |magazine=TelevisionWeek |page=31}}

Springer earned a Bachelor of Arts from Tulane University in 1965, majoring in political science."Springer, Gerald N." Tulane University Alumni Directory 2002, New Orleans: Tulane U. p. 761 He earned a Juris Doctor from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law in 1968.

Springer worked as a political campaign adviser to Democrat Robert F. Kennedy in 1968. Following Kennedy's assassination, he began practicing law at the Cincinnati law firm of Frost & Jacobs, now Frost Brown Todd.{{Cite news |date=Sep 2003 |title=This Is Your Life, Jerry Springer |pages=75 |work=Cincinnati Magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zO8CAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22Frost+%26+Jacobs%22+jerry+springer+-dies+-dead&pg=RA1-PA75 }}{{Cite book |last=Halper |first=Donna L. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bCzuAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Frost |title=Icons of Talk: The Media Mouths that Changed America |date=2009 |publisher=Greenwood Press |isbn=978-0-313-34381-0 |pages=252 |language=en}}

Springer was a partner in the law firm of Grinker, Sudman & Springer from 1973 to 1985,{{Cite web |date=April 10, 2019 |title=Kim Kardashian West, Esq.? 7 Celebrities With Law Degrees |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/celebrities-law-degrees |access-date=April 27, 2023 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}} alongside former NBA agent Ronnie Grinker (d. 1997) and current Butler County, Ohio, magistrate Harry Sudman.{{Cite web|url=https://www.etonline.com/jerry-springer-to-launch-new-court-show-judge-jerry-114413|title=Jerry Springer to Launch New Court Show 'Judge Jerry' | Entertainment Tonight|website=Entertainment Tonight|date=November 26, 2018 }}

In 1970, Springer ran for the United States House of Representatives. He failed to unseat incumbent Republican Donald D. Clancy; however, Springer took 45% of the vote in a traditionally Republican district. He had previously spearheaded the effort to lower the voting age, including testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee in support of ratification of the 26th Amendment. Three days after announcing his candidacy, Springer, who was also an Army reservist at the time, was called to active duty and stationed at Fort Knox. He resumed his campaign after he was discharged.{{cite web|last=Goodman |first=Mark |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20107358,00.html |title=Unsilent Springer |publisher=People |date=January 24, 1994 |access-date=April 9, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160921010055/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20107358,00.html |archive-date=September 21, 2016}}

Springer was elected to the Cincinnati City Council in 1971.{{cite magazine | last=Plotz | first=David | title=Jerry Springer | url=http://www.slate.com/id/1857/ | magazine=Slate | date=March 22, 1998 | access-date=June 21, 2007}} On April 29, 1974, Springer resigned from the council after admitting to soliciting a prostitute.{{cite web |last1=Jordan |first1=Felicia |title=Jerry Springer dead: TV talk show host and former mayor of Cincinnati dies at 79 |url=https://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/jerry-springer-dead-tv-talk-show-host-and-former-mayor-of-cincinnati-dies-at-79 |website=WCPO 9 Cincinnati |access-date=April 27, 2023 |language=en |date=April 27, 2023}} He ran for the office in 1975, winning by a landslide.{{cite web |title=Jerry Springer set to visit WCH |url=https://www.recordherald.com/2017/10/13/jerry-springer-set-to-visit-wch/ |website=Record Herald |access-date=April 27, 2023 |date=October 13, 2017}}{{Cite news |title=1977 (Before Finding His Metier): Jerry Springer Becomes Mayor of Cincinnati |language=en |work=Haaretz |url=https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/2015-12-01/ty-article/.premium/1977-jerry-springer-becomes-cincinnati-mayor/0000017f-f45c-d487-abff-f7fecb9e0000 |access-date=April 27, 2023}} He was reelected in 1977 and 1979.{{cite web |last1=Kiesewetter |first1=John |title=Jerry Springer, Cincinnati politician turned daytime 'ringmaster,' dies at 79 |url=https://www.wvxu.org/media/2023-04-27/jerry-springer-dead-79-cincinnati-wlwt-tvkiese#:~:text=Jerry%20Springer%2C%20the%20former%20Cincinnati,He%20was%2079. |website=WVXU |access-date=April 27, 2023 |language=en |date=April 27, 2023}} Springer was considered a "gonzo" type politician with stunts such as staying a night in jail and commandeering a bus after the city took over bus service.{{Cite web |title=Jerry Springer, talk show host and former Cincinnati mayor, dead at 79 |url=https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2023/04/27/jerry-springer-talk-show-host-and-former-cincinnati-mayor-dead-at-79-report/70158206007/ |access-date=April 27, 2023 |website=The Enquirer |language=en-US}} In 1977, Springer was chosen by the Cincinnati City Council to serve for one year as mayor.

In 1981, Springer stepped down from his seat on the City Council to focus on running for governor of Ohio,{{cite web |title=Collection: Jerry Springer papers {{!}} University of Cincinnati Libraries Special Collections |url=https://findingaids.libraries.uc.edu/repositories/5/resources/343 |website=findingaids.libraries.uc.edu |publisher=University of Cincinnati |access-date=April 27, 2023}} seeking the Democratic nomination in the 1982 Ohio gubernatorial election. Television commercials for Springer's campaign referenced his use of a check to pay a prostitute, saying that he was not afraid of the truth "even if it hurts."{{Cite news|agency=AP|date=May 25, 1982|title=OHIO CANDIDATE TELLS OF PAYING FOR PROSTITUTE (Published 1982)|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/05/25/us/ohio-candidate-tells-of-paying-for-prostitute.html|access-date=January 23, 2021|issn=0362-4331}}{{YouTube|tzT4dOyCMg0|Jerry Springer for Governor: a 1980 Campaign Ad}} He failed to win the Democratic party's nomination—finishing a distant third behind former lieutenant governor Richard F. Celeste and Ohio Attorney General William J. Brown—and his political career was put on hold.{{Cite news|last1=Peterson|first1=Iver|date=June 9, 1982|title=REP. BROWN AND CELESTE WIN OHIO NOMINATIONS (Published 1982)|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/06/09/us/rep-brown-and-celeste-win-ohio-nominations.html|access-date=January 23, 2021|issn=0362-4331}} In the late 1980s, he played a major role in saving the historic Cincinnati Union Terminal.

Springer considered running for the United States Senate in 2000{{cite news|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:NewsBank:CPDB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=0F80DAD1979DA0C4&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=0D0CB579A3BDA420|title=Four To Vie For Senate in Primary Challengers Not Well Known To Voters|access-date=October 20, 2008 |date=January 8, 2000|publisher=Newsbank|work=The Plain Dealer|author=McCarty, James F.}} and 2004,{{cite news|last=Korte|first=Gregory|title=Springer opens door on politics|url=http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2003/02/14/loc_springer14.html|work=The Cincinnati Enquirer|date=February 14, 2003}} but he backed down due to negative associations with the Jerry Springer talk show.{{cite news|title=Jerry Springer Life – From London To Success|url=https://purenetworth.com/jerry-springer-life/|publisher=Pure Net Worth|date=May 6, 2022 }} He also considered running in the 2018 Ohio gubernatorial election, but he decided against it due to his age.{{Cite web|title=Jerry Springer announces decision on running for governor|url=https://www.fox19.com/story/36962386/jerry-springer-announces-decision-on-running-for-governor|access-date=January 23, 2021|website=www.fox19.com|date=November 30, 2017 |language=en-US}} Even after his departure from politics, he was the largest contributor to the Hamilton County Democratic Party from 1993 to 2018. In 2016, Springer voiced support for Hillary Clinton in the 2016 United States presidential election.{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/jerry-springer-uncorks-donald-trump-viral-debate-tweet-933606/ |title=Jerry Springer Uncorks on Donald Trump After His Viral Debate Tweet: "There Could Be a Personality Issue" |last=Johnson |first=Scott |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=September 28, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240803133902/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/jerry-springer-uncorks-donald-trump-viral-debate-tweet-933606/ |archive-date=August 3, 2024}}

Springer was hired as a political reporter and commentator on Cincinnati's NBC affiliate, WLWT, which had, at the time, the lowest-rated news program. Later, having been named primary news anchor and managing editor, he needed a broadcast catchphrase in the model of other great newsmen. With the help of some others at WLWT, he created his signature line: "Take care of yourself, and each other." Within two years he was Cincinnati's number-one news anchor, along with partner Norma Rashid. For five years, he was the most popular news anchor in the city, garnering ten local Emmy Awards for his nightly commentaries, which were frequently satirized by Cincinnati radio personality Gary Burbank. Those commentaries would eventually become his "Final Thought" on Jerry Springer. Springer would remain commentator at WLWT until January 1993. He resided in Loveland, Ohio, during this time.{{cite journal|title=Jerry Springer Live!|first=Michael|last=Graham|journal=Cincinnati Magazine|location=Columbus, Ohio|publisher=CM Media|date=June 1992|volume=25|issue=9|page=48|issn=0746-8210|access-date=February 9, 2010 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LesCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA48|quote=A resident of Loveland, [Jerry] Springer is married with a 15-year-old daughter...}}

In 1997, the Chicago-based NBC-owned station WMAQ-TV hired Springer to serve as a news commentator. However, this proved to be unpopular among viewers, as it resulted in the resignation of long-time news anchors Ron Magers and Carol Marin due to Springer's talk show. After performing only two commentaries, Springer resigned as commentator.{{cite news|url= https://www.nytimes.com/1997/05/09/us/springer-quits-news-show-citing-attacks.html|work= The New York Times|title= Springer Quits News Show, Citing Attacks|date = May 9, 1997|access-date=May 25, 2009 |first=Bill |last=Carter}}{{cite web|url= http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b34501_Jerry_Springer_Quits_News_Job.html|title= E! Online: Jerry Springer Quits News Job.|date= May 9, 1997|access-date=May 25, 2009}}

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Jerry Springer debuted on September 30, 1991.{{Cite web|last=Kiesewetter|first=John|title='Jerry Springer Show' Debuted In 1991 On WLWT|url=https://www.wvxu.org/post/jerry-springer-show-debuted-1991-wlwt|access-date=September 22, 2020|website=www.wvxu.org|date=September 30, 2016|language=en}} It started as a politically oriented talk show, a longer version of Springer's commentaries. Guests on the show included Oliver North and Jesse Jackson, and topics included homelessness and gun politics.[http://www.nytix.com/TV_Shows/JerrySpringer/jerryspringer.html Jerry Springer Biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071215044849/http://www.nytix.com/TV_Shows/JerrySpringer/jerryspringer.html |date=December 15, 2007 }} New York Show TicketsElder, Larry [http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/elder043098.html Who's faking whom?] Jewish World Review, April 30, 1998{{Cite news |last=Kiesewetter |first=John |date=September 30, 2016 |title='Jerry Springer Show' Debuted In 1991 On WLWT |language=en |work=WVXU |url=https://www.wvxu.org/history/2016-09-30/jerry-springer-show-debuted-in-1991-on-wlwt |access-date=April 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831170724/https://www.wvxu.org/history/2016-09-30/jerry-springer-show-debuted-in-1991-on-wlwt |archive-date=August 31, 2021 |url-status=live}}

In early 1994, Springer and his new producer, Richard Dominick, revamped the show's format to garner higher ratings. The show became more successful as it became targeted toward tabloidish sensationalism.Dixon, Mary. [http://weeklywire.com/ww/05-26-98/slc_ae.html Trash TV?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071015122730/http://weeklywire.com/ww/05-26-98/slc_ae.html |date=October 15, 2007 }} Salt Lake City Weekly, May 26, 1998 Guests were everyday people confronted on a television stage by a spouse or family member's adultery, homosexuality, transsexuality, prostitution, transvestism, hate group membership, or other controversial situations. These confrontations were often promoted by scripted shouting or violence on stage. The show received substantial ratings and much attention. By 1998, it was beating The Oprah Winfrey Show in many cities, and was reaching around 8 million viewers.{{cite news|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/27/arts/television/jerry-springer-dead.html|title = Jerry Springer, 79, Whose Outrageous Talk Show Set New Lows, Dies|newspaper = The New York Times|last = Genzlinger|first = Neil|date = April 28, 2023|accessdate = April 30, 2023|page = A21|url-access = limited}}

On July 10, 2002, the sons of guest Nancy Campbell-Panitz – who was murdered by her ex-husband after they appeared on a May 2000 episode with his girlfriend – filed suit in Sarasota County, Florida against Springer, his producers, and his distributor, claiming he created "a mood that led to murder".Note: online sources that call her "Nanny" seem to be in error. Most media reports say that her first name was Nancy. For example, {{cite news|date = July 11, 2002|title = Springer sued over murdered guest|url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/2121700.stm|work = BBC News}} Ultimately, the estate of Campbell-Panitz dropped all monetary claims against Jerry Springer and the show agreed to waive its claims for malicious prosecution against the personal representative of the estate of Campbell-Panitz and his counsel.{{Cite news |last=Eckhart |first=Robert |title=Family drops suit against Springer show |language=en-US |url=https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/2003/01/03/family-drops-suit-against-springer/28531325007/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206010706/https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/2003/01/03/family-drops-suit-against-springer/28531325007/ |archive-date= February 6, 2023 |url-status=live |access-date=April 27, 2023}}

The British musical, Jerry Springer: The Opera was inspired by him and his talk show. For the New York City performances of the work at Carnegie Hall his character was portrayed by Harvey Keitel. The show

won four Olivier awards for its run on London's West End.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/31/theater/31springer.html|title=And Blessed Are the Singing, Pole-Dancing Fetishists|first=Ben|last=Brantley|work=The New York Times |date=January 31, 2008|via=NYTimes.com}}

In 2005, a UK version of the show aired on Britain's ITV network titled The Springer Show. A subdued and more tongue-in-cheek version of the US show, it beat its talk-show rival Trisha Goddard five to one in the ratings.{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/broadcasting/a21921/springer-thrashing-trisha-in-talkshow-battle.html|title=Springer thrashing Trisha in talkshow battle|date=June 19, 2005|publisher=Digital Spy (entertainment news)}}

The VH1 "celebreality" series The Springer Hustle, which took a look at how Jerry Springer is produced, premiered in April 2007.{{cite web| url=http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/springer_hustle/series.jhtml| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070227121035/http://www.vh1.com/shows/dyn/springer_hustle/series.jhtml| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 27, 2007| title=The Springer Hustle| publisher=VH1| access-date=December 13, 2008}}

In April 2015, Springer debuted The Jerry Springer Podcast on his website, JerrySpringer.com.{{cite web|url=http://www.jerryspringer.com/|title=Jerry Springer Podcast – Tales, Tunes & Tomfoolery|access-date=April 29, 2015|archive-date=May 12, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150512003105/http://www.jerryspringer.com/|url-status=dead}}Along with Jerry, the show was co-hosted by Jene Galvin and Megan Hils. The show was also produced by Jene Galvin. New episodes emerged from the [https://www.folkschoolcoffeeparlor.com/ Folk School Coffee Parlor] in Ludlow, Kentucky. Technical crew is [http://ambientstudios.org Ambient Studios] and [http://PanopticMedia.com Panoptic Media]. He later partnered with Westwood One to stream the podcast.{{cite web|url=https://www.insideradio.com/free/westwood-one-falls-for-springer-s-audio-tomfoolery/article_e8ca4742-8f82-11e6-9f3b-fb127b750e63.html|title=Westwood One Falls for Springer's Audio "Tomfoolery'.|date=October 11, 2016|website=Insideradio.com}} It was also broadcast in the UK on Talkradio, on Sundays at midnight. Springer was the second American talk show host to travel to Cuba, after Conan O'Brien, for The Jerry Springer Podcast.{{Cite web|url=https://mobile.twitter.com/jerryspringer/status/732703487058956288|title=Jerry Springer Twitter}} The podcast ended in 2022.{{cite news|url = https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-65415348|title = Jerry Springer: Era-defining TV host dies aged 79|work = BBC News|date = April 27, 2023|accessdate = April 27, 2023|last = McIntosh|first = Steven}}

On July 26, 2018, Jerry Springer aired its final episode in syndication after 27 seasons before it began airing reruns on The CW on September 10, 2018.{{Cite news |last=Swenson |first=Kyle |date=June 20, 2018 |title=Jerry Springer changed TV forever. After 27 seasons, his daytime talk circus may be over. |language=en-US |work=The Florida Times-Union |url=https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/2018/06/20/jerry-springer-changed-tv-forever-after-27-seasons-his-daytime-talk-circus-may-be-over/11930376007/ |access-date=April 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819030212/https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/2018/06/20/jerry-springer-changed-tv-forever-after-27-seasons-his-daytime-talk-circus-may-be-over/11930376007/ |archive-date=August 19, 2022 |url-status=live}}

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Springer debuted a new courtroom show, Judge Jerry, on September 9, 2019.{{Cite web|last1=Andreeva|first1=Nellie|last2=Ramos|first2=Dino-Ray|date=November 26, 2018|title=Jerry Springer Syndicated Court Show 'Judge Jerry' From NBCU TV Distribution To Launch In Fall 2019|url=https://deadline.com/2018/11/jerry-springer-judge-jerry-nbcuniversal-television-distribution-nbc-court-show-1202508597/|access-date=January 22, 2021|website=Deadline|language=en-US}} The show gave him the opportunity to host a more "grown-up" program and to use his law school education.{{cite web|last=Starr|first=Michael|title='Judge Jerry' Springer moves from talk show 'circus' to courtroom|url=https://nypost.com/2019/09/06/judge-jerry-springer-moves-from-talk-show-circus-to-courtroom/|work=New York Post|date=September 6, 2019|access-date=September 17, 2019}} On March 9, 2022, the series was canceled after three seasons with its final episode airing on August 22, 2022.{{cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |title='Judge Jerry' Canceled: Jerry Springer's Court Show To End With Current Third Season |url=https://deadline.com/2022/03/judge-jerry-canceled-jerry-springer-court-show-end-third-season-1234974835/ |work=Deadline Hollywood |date=March 9, 2022}}

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Springer hosted America's Got Talent on NBC for its second and third seasons, replacing Regis Philbin,{{cite press release|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20070305nbc02 |title=Popular Television Talk-Show Host Jerry Springer Named Host of NBC's 'America's Got Talent' when Hit Variety-Talent Competition Series Returns this Summer |publisher=NBC Universal |date=March 5, 2007 |access-date=August 27, 2019 }} before leaving to concentrate on other projects.{{cite news |last=Hibberd |first=James |title=Jerry Springer Out as Talent Host |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jerry-springer-talent-host-78909 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |agency=Associated Press |date= February 7, 2009 |access-date=June 5, 2017}}

From January 17, 2005, to December 5, 2006, Springer hosted Springer on the Radio, a liberal talk show on Cincinnati's WCKY-AM. He did the show from the Clear Channel studios in Kenwood, Ohio on Mondays, Thursdays, and Fridays, and in Chicago (where his television show taped at the time) on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.{{cite news | via=Associated Press | title=Jerry Springer ends syndicated radio show | url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2006-12-05-springer_x.htm?POE=LIFISVA | work=USA Today |date=December 5, 2006 | access-date=June 21, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522165408/https://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2006-12-05-springer_x.htm?POE=LIFISVA|archive-date=22 May 2011}} Air America Radio syndicated the program for most of the show's run. In 2007, Springer also cameoed in a handful of episodes of the George Lopez Show.

He hosted Miss World in 2000{{Cite web|date=December 1, 2000|title=Overnight ratings November 30|url=http://www.theguardian.com/media/2000/dec/01/channelfive.overnights|access-date=January 23, 2021|website=The Guardian|language=en}} and 2001{{Cite web|title=Miss World crown out of Africa's reach|url=https://www.news24.com/News24/Miss-World-crown-out-of-Africas-reach-20011116|access-date=January 23, 2021|website=News24|language=en-US}} and the Miss Universe 2008.{{Cite web|title=Jerry Springer, Melanie Brown to host Miss Universe|url=http://www.today.com/popculture/jerry-springer-melanie-brown-host-miss-universe-wbna25377607|access-date=January 23, 2021|website=TODAY.com|date=June 25, 2008 |language=en}} He was also the guest host for WWE Raw on February 15, 2010, at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa. Springer also hosted The Price Is Right Live!.

From 2010 to 2015, Springer hosted a dating game show called Baggage, which aired on GSN.{{cite news | last = Elber | first = Lynn |title=Jerry Springer hosts new dating game show |work=USA Today |date=March 23, 2010 |url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2010-03-23-jerry-springer_N.htm |access-date=April 10, 2010}}

In July 2012, he hosted Price is Right Live! in Vancouver's Boulevard Casino.{{Cite web|date=July 13, 2012|title=Come on Down! Price is Right Live in Vancouver, through July 29|url=https://www.insidevancouver.ca/2012/07/13/come-on-down-price-is-right-live-in-vancouver-through-july-29/|access-date=January 23, 2021|website=Inside Vancouver|archive-date=August 12, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220812141239/https://www.insidevancouver.ca/2012/07/13/come-on-down-price-is-right-live-in-vancouver-through-july-29/|url-status=dead}} He hosted the show at Jack Cincinnati Casino in 2018.{{Cite web|last=Mayhew|first=Chris|title=Come on Down to play The Price is Right Live with Jerry Springer at Jack Cincinnati Casino|url=https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/cincinnati/2018/01/08/play-price-right-live-jerry-springer/1013268001/|access-date=January 23, 2021|website=The Enquirer|language=en-US}}

From January 2014, Springer hosted Investigation Discovery series Tabloid.{{cite web |title=Is Jerry Springer's Tabloid Worth Picking Up? |url=http://previously.tv/tabloid/jerry-springers-tabloid-worth-picking/ |website=Previously.TV |date=February 14, 2014 |access-date=April 13, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150325154412/http://previously.tv/tabloid/jerry-springers-tabloid-worth-picking/ |archive-date=March 25, 2015 |last1=Bunting |first1=Sarah D. }}

He hosted The Adam Carolla Show on April 25, 2014, where he sat in for Adam Carolla.{{cite web |url=http://adamcarolla.com/jerry-springer-and-cindy-caponera/ |title=Jerry Springer and Cindy Caponera |access-date=November 18, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129025051/http://adamcarolla.com/jerry-springer-and-cindy-caponera/ |archive-date=November 29, 2014 |url-status=dead}}

Springer guest hosted the 22nd-season premiere episode of WWE Raw on September 8, 2014, in an attempt to conduct an intervention with The Bella Twins.{{cite web|url=http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/09/03/4326366/jerry-springer-to-conduct-intervention.html|title=Jerry Springer to conduct intervention with Bella Twins on WWE 'Monday Night Raw' but was injured during the intetvention on Sept. 8|publisher=Alexandra Villoch|work=The Miami Herald|editor=Aminda Marqués Gonzalez|access-date=September 8, 2014|date=September 3, 2014}}

Springer hosted the show Jerry Springer Presents WWE Too Hot For TV on the WWE Network in 2015.{{Cite web|last=Flanagan|first=Graham|title=Jerry Springer's new WWE Network show is going to be like 'The Soup' for professional wrestling|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/wwe-network-jerry-springer-show-2015-4|access-date=January 22, 2021|website=Business Insider}}

After a few years of his US talk show being aired in Springer's native United Kingdom, ITV approached Springer, who temporarily co-hosted This Morning with Judy Finnigan in March 1999{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/323008.stm | work=BBC News | title=Springer presents UK TV show | date=April 19, 1999}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/1999/apr/19/2|title=Breakfast with Jerry Springer|author=Sue Quinn|work=The Guardian|date=April 19, 1999}} and again in 2000. In summer 1999, ITV made 12 episodes of the UK-based version of the series, Jerry Springer UK, filmed at the same studios as his US show.{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/series/32214|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140107174339/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/series/32214|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 7, 2014|title=Jerry Springer UK (TV series)|work=BFI}}

In September 1999, Springer made a pilot for a David Letterman-style talk show for ITV called Jerry Springer on Sunday. The show received good reviews and ratings; a further four episodes were commissioned to be broadcast in May 2000.{{cite web |title=Jerry Springer moves to ITV |url=https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/jerry-springer-moves-to-itv/1224137.article |website=Broadcastnow |language=en}} Five were broadcast during May and June 2000 under the name Springer.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/apr/27/jerry-springer-show-tv-episodes-moments|title=Jerry Springer Show: his most outrageous TV moments|first=Alaina|last=Demopoulos|date=April 27, 2023|newspaper=The Guardian}}

The series was picked up by Channel 5 and renamed Late Night with Jerry Springer. Two series were made in 2000 and 2001 with 16 episodes.{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/series/34590|archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20100110223708/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/series/34590|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 10, 2010|title=Late Night with Jerry Springer (TV series)|work=BFI|access-date=August 24, 2013}} While working for Channel 5 In 2001, he was the host of the UK version of Greed,{{cite web|url=http://www.ukgameshows.com/ukgs/Greed|title=Greed|work=ukgameshows.com}} and a stand in host for The Wright Stuff. On April 16, 2006, Springer was the guest host for the third season premiere of The Friday Night Project for Channel 4 and guest hosted Have I Got News for You on December 12, 2008. In 2007, he signed on to host Nothing But the Truth, the UK version of Nada más que la verdad.{{Cite web |title=Crazy Like a Foxx |url=https://www.vulture.com/2007/08/crazy_like_a_foxx.html |access-date=April 27, 2023 |website=Vulture |date=August 17, 2007 |language=en-us}}

Springer covered the 2016 United States presidential election for ITV's Good Morning Britain.{{cite news|title=Jerry Springer joins GMB! |url=http://www.itv.com/goodmorningbritain/news/jerry-springer-joins-gmb |publisher=ITV |date=January 25, 2016 |access-date=January 25, 2016}}

In 2016, 2017 and 2018, he guest hosted three episodes of the BBC One's early-evening talk show The One Show with TV host Alex Jones.{{cite web |title=The One Show, 10/06/2016 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07dn96t |website=BBC |access-date=May 31, 2021}}{{cite web |title=The One Show, 23/06/2017 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08vd15v |website=BBC |access-date=May 31, 2021}}{{cite web |title=The One Show, 04/05/2018 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b0w4p0 |website=BBC |access-date=May 31, 2021}}

Springer appeared in an episode of Married... with Children as the host of a talk show called The Masculine Feminist, in which he advocated for women getting the men's bowling night and eventually taking over at a bowling alley. Al Bundy and his friends tie Springer to a chair and take over his show with a stripper who jumps up and down for the crowd's delight.{{Citation|title=Married...With Children – Season 8 Episode 9|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/married_with_children/s08/e09|language=en|access-date=January 22, 2021}}{{Cite web|date=August 31, 2019|title=10 Guest Stars We Forgot Were On Married With Children|url=https://screenrant.com/10-guest-stars-forgot-married-children/|access-date=January 22, 2021|website=ScreenRant|language=en-US}}

Springer starred in the 1998 film Ringmaster as a talk show host largely based on himself, though named "Jerry Farrelly".{{cite news | title=Jerry Springer the 'Ringmaster' of his domain | url=http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/Movies/9811/18/springer/index.html | work=CNN Showbiz Today | date=November 18, 1998 | access-date=June 21, 2007}} Ringmaster offers a behind-the-scenes look at would-be guests who apply to a Springer-like show. The same year, Springer also released an unrelated autobiography named Ringmaster. He quipped, "I can only think of one title a year."

Four years later, Springer appeared in Brad Paisley's music video "I'm Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin' Song)" where the host is trying to stop a fight between men who like to fish and the wives who do not. Springer's section was titled "My Husband Left Me for a Fish." The song hit number one on the country charts in July 2002; it won CMA Video of the Year three months later.{{cite web |url=http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1457254/paisley-netted-big-catch-in-cma-nominations.jhtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606152447/http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1457254/paisley-netted-big-catch-in-cma-nominations.jhtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 6, 2011 |title=Paisley Netted Big Catch in CMA Nominations |access-date=April 10, 2008 |last=Gilbert |first=Calvin |date=August 31, 2002 |work=CMT}}

In 2004, he played the US president in The Defender, directed by Dolph Lundgren.{{Citation|title=The Defender (2004)|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/defender|language=en|access-date=January 23, 2021}}

In June 2012, he appeared in Chicago at the Cambridge Theatre London as Billy Flynn for a short period of time, starring alongside Aoife Mulholland and Leigh Zimmerman.{{Cite news|last1=Rhone|first1=Nedra|title=Jerry Springer in character for 'Chicago'|url=https://www.ajc.com/entertainment/calendar/jerry-springer-character-for-chicago/XS01PTAcSq9qD8G0Q9yTsL/|access-date=January 23, 2021|newspaper=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution|language=English}}

He had a cameo appearance as himself in episode 2 of the Netflix show Happy!.{{Cite web|date=December 14, 2017|title=How Happy!'s Crazy Jerry Springer Cameo Came About, According To Grant Morrison|url=https://www.cinemablend.com/television/1744279/how-happys-crazy-jerry-springer-cameo-came-about-according-to-grant-morrison|access-date=January 23, 2021|website=CINEMABLEND}}

In 1996, he appeared on an episode of the ninth season of Roseanne and on The X-Files episode "The Post-Modern Prometheus". In 1998, he voiced a cartoon version of himself in the "Starship Poopers" segment of The Simpsons Halloween episode, Treehouse of Horror IX. That same year, he appeared as himself on an episode of The Wayans Bros.. In 1999, he appeared in the episode "Mrs. Kraft" of the third season of Sabrina the Teenage Witch with his talk show. That same year, he was in an episode of Space Ghost Coast to Coast. He made a cameo appearance in Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999) as himself during an episode of his show featuring Dr. Evil and his estranged son Scott Evil.{{Cite press release|date=February 13, 2019|title=From 'X-Files' to 'Roseanne,' the Best Jerry Springer Guest Spots on Streaming|url=https://decider.com/2019/02/13/jerry-springer-tv-episodes-movies/|access-date=January 22, 2021|website=Decider|language=en-US}}

In 2009, Springer appeared as a guest on the British game show Countdown. He appeared on the Chris Moyles Show in April 2009{{Cite web |title=BBC Radio 1 – The Chris Moyles Show, Chris Moyles guests 2009 – Jerry Springer – 08 Jun 09 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0126n4k/p0126q9z |access-date=April 27, 2023 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |title=BBC Radio 1 – The Chris Moyles Show, 08/06/2009 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00kw86d |access-date=April 27, 2023 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}} and was a guest on The Andrew Marr Show on May 31, 2009.{{Cite web |title=Gordon Brown's D-Day at hands of Jerry Springer |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mandrake/5430215/Gordon-Browns-D-Day-at-hands-of-Jerry-Springer.html |access-date=April 27, 2023 |website=www.telegraph.co.uk|date=June 2, 2009 }}

He was interviewed by satirist Chris Morris in his surreal radio series Blue Jam (Series 2, Episode 6). On January 23, 2004, Springer was featured in an episode of This American Life titled "Leaving the Fold".

In late 2006, Springer was a contestant on the third season of Dancing with the Stars, with his professional dance partner, Kym Johnson. He wanted to appear on the show so he could learn the waltz for the wedding of his daughter, Katie.{{cite news | title=Fans go wild for 'Dancing' Jerry Springer | work=Today.com | url=https://www.today.com/popculture/fans-go-wild-dancing-jerry-springer-wbna15127991 | date=October 4, 2006 | access-date=June 21, 2007}} Springer and Johnson were eliminated in the seventh week of competition.{{cite news | title=Jerry Springer Voted Off 'Dancing With the Stars' |url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/jerry-springer-voted-off-dancing-with-the-stars | work=Fox News Channel | date=October 26, 2006 | access-date=June 21, 2007}}

Springer appeared in an episode of the British genealogy series Who Do You Think You Are? on August 27, 2008.{{cite news | title=Jerry Springer's "Who Do You Think You Are?" Story | url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/whodoyouthinkyouare/past-stories/jerry-springer.shtml | work=BBC | date=August 27, 2008 | access-date=July 26, 2013}} In the episode, he traveled to Poland, where he discovered that his maternal grandmother had been sent to Chełmno extermination camp by the Nazis and killed. His paternal grandmother died at Theresienstadt concentration camp in what is now the Czech Republic. He wept openly when he learned of how they died.{{Cite web|title=Jerry Springer|url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jerry-springer|access-date=January 22, 2021|website=www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org}}

Springer was a guest panelist on episodes of 8 Out of 10 Cats in 2014, Through the Keyhole in 2015,{{Cite web |title=Paddy McGuinness takes a peek Through the Keyhole |url=https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/13652507.paddy-mcguinness-takes-a-peek-through-the-keyhole/ |access-date=April 27, 2023 |website=The Bolton News |date=September 8, 2015 |language=en}} and QI ("Noodles") in 2017.{{Cite web |title=BBC Two – QI, Series N, Noodles |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b088jr5t |access-date=April 27, 2023 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}}

In 2022, Springer competed in season eight of The Masked Singer as "Beetle". He was eliminated on "Muppet Night" alongside Kat Graham as "Robo-Girl".{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/the-masked-singer-season-8-episode-5-recap-jerry-springer-kat-graham-1235415154/|title='The Masked Singer' Reveals Identities of Robo Girl and the Beetle: Here's Who They Are |website=Variety|first=Michael|last=Schneider|date=October 26, 2022|access-date=May 9, 2024}}{{Cite magazine |first1=Lauren |last1=Huff |title='The Masked Singer' Beetle is already crafting his apology for doing the show: 'I'm the anti-Trump' |url=https://ew.com/tv/the-masked-singer-beetle-revealed-jerry-springer/ |access-date=April 27, 2023 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |language=en}}

In 1995, Springer recorded the album Dr. Talk for Fiddle Fish Records, which mostly consisted of country music covers.{{Cite AV media|title=From The Vault... The WSVNRadio.net Archives|url=http://www.wsvnradio.net/archives/YEAR20%5Cdrtalk.htm|access-date=January 22, 2021|website=wsvnradio.net}}

On May 16, 2008, Springer delivered the Northwestern University School of Law commencement address.{{cite news | title=Former Lawyers Who Followed Their Passions | work=ONE400 | url=http://one-400.com/blog/ex-lawyers-followed-passions/ | access-date=October 3, 2014 | archive-date=October 6, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006163448/http://one-400.com/blog/ex-lawyers-followed-passions/ | url-status=dead}} Although many students had criticized the university's choice of speaker, he received a standing ovation from about half the audience and reviews of his speech were generally positive.{{cite news|title=Springer addresses Law grads at commencement |url=http://media.www.dailynorthwestern.com/media/storage/paper853/news/2008/05/16/Campus/Springer.Addresses.Law.Grads.At.Commencement-3372681.shtml |work=The Daily Northwestern |date=May 16, 2008 |access-date=August 1, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080520132617/http://media.www.dailynorthwestern.com/media/storage/paper853/news/2008/05/16/Campus/Springer.Addresses.Law.Grads.At.Commencement-3372681.shtml |archive-date=May 20, 2008}} He later stated that his speech was about "the ethical judgments we all have to make in whatever business we go".{{cite episode | title = Anytime with Bob Kushell feat. Jerry Springer | series = Anytime with Bob Kushell | airdate = March 12, 2009 | season = 1 | number = 13}}

In 2025, Netflix released the documentary series Jerry Springer: Fights, Camera, Action.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/jan/07/jerry-springer-fights-camera-action-review-a-remarkable-look-at-the-trashiest-tv-of-all-time|work=The Guardian|title=Jerry Springer: Fights, Camera, Action review – a remarkable look at the trashiest TV of all time|author=Mangan, Lucy|date=January 7, 2025}}

Springer married Micki Velton in 1973; though it is sometimes reported they divorced in 1994, a spokesperson said they were still married at the time of his death. The couple had a daughter, Katie, in 1976.{{Cite news |title=All About Jerry Springer's Daughter, Katie Springer |url=https://people.com/parents/all-about-jerry-springer-daughter-katie-springer/ |access-date=April 28, 2023 |newspaper=People |language=en}} Katie was born without nasal passages, for which she required immediate surgery after birth; she is also blind and deaf in one ear. In a 2006 interview, Katie stated that her parents were always supportive despite her health complications; her parents also raised her as normally as possible.{{Cite web |title=Jerry Springer: 'Dancing' With His Daughter {{!}} Access Online |url=https://www.accessonline.com/articles/jerry-springer-dancing-with-his-daughter-56064 |access-date=April 28, 2023 |website=Access |date=October 10, 2006 |language=en}} In 2006, Springer donated $230,000 to Park School in Evanston, where his daughter worked as an assistant teacher, to help construct a high-tech facility called "Katie's Corner" for students with disabilities.

Springer died at his home in Evanston, Illinois, on April 27, 2023, at the age of 79.{{cite web|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2023/04/jerry-springer-controversial-and-iconic-talk-show-host-dies-at-79|title=Jerry Springer, Controversial and Iconic Talk Show Host, Dies at 79|date=April 27, 2023 |publisher=Vanity Fair|access-date=April 27, 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.jta.org/2023/04/27/obituaries/jerry-springer-son-of-jewish-refugees-whose-eponymous-talk-show-was-known-for-conflict-dies-at-79|title=Jerry Springer, son of Jewish refugees whose eponymous talk show was known for conflict, dies at 79|date=April 27, 2023 |publisher=JTA|access-date=April 27, 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3218644/former-us-talk-show-host-jerry-springer-has-died-age-79|title=Former US talk show host Jerry Springer has died, age 79|newspaper = South China Morning Post|date=April 27, 2023 |agency = Associated Press|access-date=April 27, 2023}}{{Cite news|url = https://evanstonroundtable.com/2023/04/27/jerry-springer-obituary-evanston-broadcaster/|title = Jerry Springer, 1944–2023|newspaper = Evanston RoundTable|date = April 27, 2023|accessdate = April 28, 2023}} A family spokesperson said that he had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer a few months prior to his death.{{Cite web |title=Jerry Springer, daytime television pioneer, dies at 79 |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/obituaries/jerry-springer-daytime-television-pioneer-dies-79-rcna81773 |access-date=April 27, 2023 |website=NBC News |date=April 27, 2023 |language=en}} Steve Wilkos, former Jerry Springer show bodyguard, paid tribute to his colleague, saying: "Other than my father, Jerry was the most influential man in my life. Everything I have today I owe to Jerry. He was the smartest, most generous, kindest person I've ever known. My wife and I are devastated. We will miss him terribly." He was buried at Memorial Park Cemetery, Skokie, Illinois, U.S.{{cite web |last1=Jackson |first1=Dory |date=April 27, 2023 |title=Jerry Springer Dead: Steve Wilkos, Whoopi Goldberg, More Pay Tribute |url=https://people.com/tv/jerry-springer-death-reactions-tributes/ |access-date=May 3, 2023 |website=People |publisher= |ref=People}}

During and after his career, Springer and his program quickly became a cultural phenomenon, with commentators describing the show as central to the emergence of trash TV. After his death, The Guardian said that Springer "changed US television for better and worse".{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/apr/27/jerry-springer-tv-legacy|title=Jerry Springer: the man who changed US television for better and worse|last = Lawrence|first = Andrew|newspaper=The Guardian|date=April 27, 2023 |access-date=April 27, 2023}} Despite his controversial career, he had a large fanbase from millennials, as his show gained popularity throughout their childhoods, leading the Los Angeles Times to dub him the "millennials' babysitter".{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2023-04-27/jerry-springer-dead-reactions-tributes|title=Final thought: Love him or loathe him, Jerry Springer was millennials' 'babysitter'|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=April 27, 2023|last = Saad|first = Nadine|url-access = limited}}

At the time of his death, Springer was credited for creating a new television format which encouraged conflict among its guests. USA Today cited him as an inspiration for other tabloid talk shows such as Maury and The Steve Wilkos Show. The Associated Press said that Springer's show was "a US cultural pariah, synonymous with lurid drama".

In an obituary for Springer, The Irish Times said that Springer had changed the "television medium" through "The Jerry Springer Formula", which was "straightforward, despicable and ingenious".{{cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2023/04/27/the-jerry-springer-formula-despicable-and-ingenious/|title=The Jerry Springer formula: despicable and ingenious|publisher=The Irish Times|access-date=April 27, 2023}} The BBC noted that Springer had televised the "fringes of [American] society to a global audience" and called him an "era-defining TV host".

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• Springer, Jerry and Laura Morton. Ringmaster. St. Martin's Press, 1998.
• Springer, Jerry and Richard Dominick. Jerry Springer's Wildest Shows Ever. Harper Paperbacks, 1999.

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