1994 Murder on Jerry Springer Show

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Carl Schwamberger

Pressure for higher audience share from NBC produces caused Springer to increase the sensationalism on his TV show during 1992 & 1993. By 1994 the out of control trailer park trash vibe was fairly well set. WI the studio security screws up, allowing a angry interviewer to pull a gun & shoot others on stage? & further the production staff supervisor spills his coffee on himself & in the control room confusion the shooting, blood and all, are feed out live nationwide, for a few to many seconds.

What are the consequences for Springer, NBC, the TV industry in general, & US culture?
 
Fsci123

Fsci123

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This would certainly be one hell of an episode... Judging by what happened on To catch a predator, jerry springer would probably go off the air. Either due to public pressure or springer resigning.

Odds are, we will never see shows like the real housewives or kardashian on mainstream tv. Since the threat of a catfight turning into a gun fight will still linger in the sponsors minds.
 
Michel Van

Michel Van

NBC would cancel the Jerry Springer Show
while other Networks would start to dump the tabloid talk show too
except The Oprah Winfrey Show who move from away from tabloid theme

Springer and his production staff supervisor and the director of security would face lawsuits.
first because there role in the murder it self later, the victims surviving dependant demanding millions of dollar from Springer
in simple words: Jerry Springer career would be over

TV network would stop Life broadcast, they would transmit those Show with delayed for about 30 minute, if something happen they pull the plug...
Now the Networks have a problem how fill up the gap in program schedule with what ?
i have no idea wen time the the Jerry Springer Show was broadcast in US, so i cant't make speculation on that.
 

Gannt the chartist

Oprah has a knife fight and Letterman introduces acid bath wrestling.

Depending on the contractual arrangements Springer sues the Network for their negligence leading to the collapse of the entire Network System, imprisonment of the executives and independent production taking over.

But there is a hiatus of several years when the only programming available is Teletubbies.
 

Geon

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Results of Murder

The consequences of a murder on the Jerry Springer show would probably have widespread consequences.


  • First, the day after the shooting Jerry Springer is unceremoniously fired from NBC and his show is immediately cancelled.
  • It's likely the perpetrator of the shooting is immediately restrained by studio security - assuming he doesn't shoot himself immediately afterward. The shooter's trial will be a major media sensation for months to come.
  • The incident arouses anger from both sides of the political spectrum. The left decries the fact that the man is able to bring a loaded gun into such a public place. The right condemns the violent environment fostered by Jerry Springer which allowed the shooting to occur.
  • NBC finds itself being investigated by the FCC. As Michel Van indicated earlier it's likely all similar shows are pulled off the air not only by NBC but by the other networks and independents. Oprah might not even be safe.
  • The FCC likely passes regulations requiring all live TV shows with "potentially harmful content", have a built in 30 second delay in broadcasting so that harmful content may be edited out. There is a long list of what is considered "potentially violent content."
  • The networks declare the FCC is doing what amounts to government censorship against the first amendment and launch a challenge to the FCC rulings.
  • In the wake of the shooting, several sponsors pull their advertising on NBC programming until major changes are made. This hits NBC's bottom line hard. NBC is forced to eventually shut down MSNBC and its other cable channels because of the financial downturn.
  • The Supreme Court in a split decision rules that the right of free speech does not include the right to incite violence. The FCC's ruling is upheld. Dissenting justices warn this could have drastic effects on public discourse in the future.
  • Litigation in the form of suits and counter-suits by the relatives of the victims in the shooting and by Springer and others will continue for many years following the incident.
Geon
 
Aces California

Aces California

Hmm. I agree with the points Geon made. And to add on, I would say from the UK side, it will still be a large media-circus around it and the trial if the perpetrator is caught and charged. I can also say that the UK would probably not have any of those types of shows like The Jeremy Kyle Show.
 
Driftless

Driftless

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Our country seems too often to glorify idiots, narcissists, and criminals.... I've become cynical enough to believe Springer would paint himself as the victim in all this and a big chunk of his audience would accept that scum-sucking lie.
 

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Let's take it a step further and have the shooter shoot Jerry Springer dead--and it is broadcast live.

Effects, anyone?
 

Carl Schwamberger

Driftless said:
Our country seems too often to glorify idiots, narcissists, and criminals....
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The reason I avoid naming such people, or refering to them as little as possible. Their identity is best left to the professionals who must deal with them. Let them be anonymos to the general public. Sensationalized identification of them in the news tends to encourage similar behavior.

This is also one of the reasons I pass on taking my news from TV. The major news services are too deep into tabloid standards.
 
Driftless

Driftless

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Carl Schwamberger said:
The reason I avoid naming such people, or refering to them as little as possible. Their identity is best left to the professionals who must deal with them. Let them be anonymos to the general public. Sensationalized identification of them in the news tends to encourage similar behavior.

This is also one of the reasons I pass on taking my news from TV. The major news services are too deep into tabloid standards.
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Unfortunately, you're right....

I'm going to go all geezer here, and long for the days of Walter Cronkite...;)
 

ThePest179

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It gets blamed on video games by conservatives and on Jews by Anti-Semites.

Joking aside, Jerry's career is now non-existent thanks to this incident. Any shows like his are dead on arrival and no network touches it with a ten foot pole.

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Is there any chance of it going the other way?

It's popular and the public wants more.
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Probably not; people don't like getting reminded of murder.
 
Chris Oakley

Chris Oakley

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Carl Schwamberger said:
Pressure for higher audience share from NBC produces caused Springer to increase the sensationalism on his TV show during 1992 & 1993. By 1994 the out of control trailer park trash vibe was fairly well set. WI the studio security screws up, allowing a angry interviewer to pull a gun & shoot others on stage? & further the production staff supervisor spills his coffee on himself & in the control room confusion the shooting, blood and all, are feed out live nationwide, for a few to many seconds.

What are the consequences for Springer, NBC, the TV industry in general, & US culture?
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I don't know about American culture or TV in general, but Springer's looking at a pink slip....at least.
 
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