Jerry Springer reveals his true feelings about his infamous talk show
wonderwall.comPage Six of his legendary eponymous talk show. "I mean, I never took it seriously. I always knew it was a stupid show. But it's fun, and people enjoyed it."While it's almost impossible to not have an opinion about the show, you can't understate its success, as it aired for 27 seasons between 1991 and 2018.
In all, over 5,000 shows aired. Initially, "The Jerry Springer Show" dealt with politics and mainstream issues, but it quickly changed and focused on cheating, race, paternity and other tantalizing issues that were gritty and largely eschewed on network TV.
The show, Jerry said, had "a democratic quality to it.""'Seinfeld,' 'Frasier,' 'Friends,' it was always well-scrubbed-looking, upper middle class people.
And that was it, and all of a sudden my show comes on," Jerry said, taking pride in the fact that he gave a platform to people who "had never really been on television before."Interestingly, but today's standards, Jerry, 78, thinks his show is tame, especially when compared to what can be found on social media."Our show is like 'I Love Lucy,'" he joked.
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