In this two-part series, filmmakers recount how Jerry Springer came to lead a blockbuster talk show focused on guests' worst behavior, encouraging the audience to egg on people who knew they were expected to brawl on camera. The docuseries leans heavily on accounts from the show's former staffers, especially executive producer Richard Dominick, telling their story of how Springer's show became the most successful version of the "trash TV" talk show genre.
It's all on offer in early 2025, rendered in a way that feels modern, but still hearkens back to old thrills that have made these genres so indispensable. At the start of a year promising a lot of change, it makes a certain kind of sense that television is soothing viewers with a pivot back to the tried and true.
Collection
[
|
...
]