Controversial 90s chat show Jerry Springer revisited in explosive new Netflix documentary
NETFLIX has revealed plans to revisit controversial chat show Jerry Springer in a new documentary.
The Jerry Springer Show, which began in the nineties and ran for 27 years, sparked non-stop controversy and drama as contestants fought with each other – with things often getting violent.
Now, Jerry Springer: Fights, Camera, Action will explore the inner workings and origins of The Jerry Springer Show.
It was hosted by the late Jerry Springer, an ex-news anchor and former Mayor of Cincinnati, who invited controversial guests on to his shows and didn’t mince his words.
The show was shown in America but became a hit sensation across the pond in the nineties as it pulled in millions of viewers for ITV, and That’s TV.
It tackled controversial topics such as incest, adultery, beastality as well as sensitive topics including racism.
Love trysts, paternity tests and cheating spouses were its staple ingredients and every episode found new shocking dramas.
The guests and audience members got so heated that often fights would break out.
Some critics dismissed it as “trash tv”, and TV Guide said it was the “worst TV show of all time.”
This was something that Jerry himself proudly introduced at the start of every programme.
However, its fans will be pleased that a new show will feature stories never told before.
Fights, Camera, Action offers an “extraordinary first-hand testimony with revelations from show insiders.”
“They will lay bare the dark truths behind its entertaining facade,” according to a series synopsis.
“The show’s producers and ex-guests paint a murkier picture of the destruction it caused, raising renewed questions about who was responsible and how far things should go in the name of entertainment.”
The Jerry Springer Show was broadcast from 1991 until 2018, peaking in popularity in 1997.
The show was eventually cancelled as a result of low ratings.
The BBC also broadcast a UK version of Jerry Springer the Opera in 2005.
Jerry also hosted The Jerry Springer Podcast from 2015 to 2022 but sadly died a year later from pancreatic cancer aged 79.
Jerry Springer: Fights, Camera, Action, produced by Minnow Films, will air on Netflix on 7 January.