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...SHIRA A. SPRINGER...
...Lake, whose success prompted the current batch of trash-talking clones, has seen her ratings fall 10% since 1994. Rivera's numbers have dropped even more steeply, 20%, which may indicate that his conversion is not 100% altruistic. Other shows in similar straits--including Mark Walberg's and Jerry Springer's--either have announced or are considering kinder, gentler makeovers...
Some talkmeisters respond with defiance. "Most of what we do on the show is funny," says Jerry Springer, who attended a talk-show summit in New York City last weekend. "The guests are entertaining. Our show is a silly show. Get a life!" But Gordon Elliott concedes, "I don't think Bennett is off the mark. The concerns he has, every family man and family woman would have." Sounds like fodder for at least a week of shows...
...former Secretary of Education who is co-director of the conservative think tank Empower America, was joined at a news conference in Washington, D.C. by Democratic Senators Joe Lieberman and Sam Nunn. The group showed clips they deemed offensive on shows hosted by Sally Jessy Raphael, Maury Povich, Jerry Springer and Charles Perez. The Oprah Winfrey Show was singled out as an example of acceptable programming...
...event, however, has turned the spotlight on the lengths to which talk shows such as Jones, Jerry Springer and Ricki Lake will go to catch people off guard and encourage guest warfare. Reunite the callous beau with the pregnant welfare recipient he abandoned, and let the fun begin! Bring on the male stripper, and watch the prim housewife get red-faced! In raising the pitch, are producers deceiving guests to set them up for on-camera humiliation...