The Latest Breaking News from Jerry Springer

A memorial service has been held for Jerry Springer, with speakers paying tribute to the late presenter - who is best known for his eponymous talk show - who passed away in April this year

These TV moments have received some of the highest Ofcom complaints

Just weeks before his death, Jerry Springer revealed his single happiest moment and Dancing with the Stars was involved.

Katie Springer, the talk show host’s daughter, began volunteering at Park School in Evanston in 1997. “Because it was so important to Katie, it was so important to him,” said Brenda Hadden, a teacher at Park School and longtime friend of Katie Springer’s.

In a widely quoted New York Times column, the paper of record called his TV program “an electronic peepshow.” The Times’ media critic, Jack Gould, accused him of “making a commercial virtue of cheap sensationalism” and exploiting the worst in human behavior, just to get ratings.

Jerry Springer was a former lawyer and politician who became one of the most controversial figures on US television, said The Sydney Morning Herald. 

Talk show host Jerry Springer has been laid to rest during private ceremony in Chicago, according to reports, with the intimate ceremony following traditional Jewish customs

Since Jerry Springer’s death on April 27, 2023, writers have been working through the cultural significance of his eponymous daytime talk show.

In the brilliantly crude opera, the talkshow host ends up in hell after being shot by a nappy-wearing fetishist aiming at the KKK. But, recalls the smash hit’s writer, that’s not what upset the TV legend when he finally saw the show