In the 1990s, Jerry Springer ruled American daytime television. He was the ringmaster of a vulgar circus, a brash showman who some critics accused of dumbing down the culture. In the words of one ...

The history of broadcasters’ bleeping out profanity reveals a lot about our culture’s ongoing negotiation of a murky concept. While the First Amendment protects political speech, it does not protect ...

Longtime TV personality Jerry Springer, who helped pioneer the high-energy, often-profane genre of confrontational daytime television, died Thursday after a bout with cancer, his representatives said.

When others went low, he went lower. Jerry Springer never met a trashy setup he couldn’t milk for TV, in a genre he didn’t invent but certainly perfected. His was a kind of daytime reality/talk show, ...

Jerry Springer, the former Cincinnati mayor and and long time TV host whose tabloid talk show was known for outrageous arguments, thrown chairs and physical confrontations between sparring couples and ...

Jerry Springer's infamous talk show is now the subject of a new documentary. "Jerry Springer: Fights, Camera, Action," a two-part Netflix docuseries, released Tuesday, gives a first-hand look at how ...