Tales of infidelity and incest, physical brawls, and people flashing the studio audience were all standard fare for the show, which came to an end in 2018. Springer, who died at age 79 in 2023, ...

As one of the most controversial television shows in pop culture history, those who worked on "The Jerry Springer Show" were bound to run into some moral and ethical dilemmas behind the scenes.

Producer Toby Yoshimura recalls an unforgettable phone call from a viewer that led to an episode so scandalous, it would only air a single time, in a single market. Yoshimura is one of several ...

Fights, Camera, Action, the son of one guest reveals that producers from the show threatened to withhold his mother's plane ...

Producer Toby Yoshimura recalls feeling "the pressure of that show" in the new two-part documentary looking back at the talk show, Jerry Springer: Fights, Camera, Action, now streaming on Netflix.

Toby Yoshimura worked on the show for many years and was responsible for finding outrageous guests - but he recalled walking away without even handing his notice in after finding a sex worker and ...

I want the show to demonstrate outrageousness,” Jerry Springer, the late host of the eponymous talk show, once said.

The workload took its toll on the production staff; in the Netflix documentary, Toby Yoshimura, another of the producers during the show’s heyday, describes how his time on the show led to a ...

Producer Toby Yoshimura said everyone that worked on the series, including Springer, knew that "guests were off limits" when it came to fraternizing. But Springer broke this rule in 1998 by having ...

"Virginia Sherwood/NBCUniversal via Getty Images As the show was gaining popularity and producers were under more pressure to orchestrate shock and awe, Mele hired Toby Yoshimura, a former ...