Jerry Springer Show refused to fly guests home if they walked off set, according to new Netflix doc The new Netflix documentary ‘Jerry Springer: Fights, Camera, Action’ explores the making of the controversial talk show.
One guest, named Melanie, tells the documentary that a producer provoked her to such an extent that: “The whole time I was in the dressing room, I was just getting angrier and angrier by the second, and I am not an angry person.
Threats to not pay for flights home for uncooperative guests were particularly effective as many were of a lower socioeconomic class and afraid of being stranded in Chicago.
“When I first saw Jerry Springer as a teenager, I was dumbfounded,” British filmmaker Sewell told The Independent.
The series, he continued, made its name “exploiting guests for people’s entertainment, and ultimately just for ratings.
