The Jerry Springer Show made its debut on September 30, 1991, airing on just five stations (via WXVU). At first, the show followed a conventional talk show format, similar to the relatively staid The ...
Jerry Springer made the bulk of his income from The Jerry Springer Show. The salacious TV series ran from 1991 to 2018 and raked in more viewers than Oprah Winfrey’s talk show during certain seasons.