On TV, he's seen by over 25 million people a week which, if you ask me, pretty much means the end of civilization as we once knew it.
This movie is a fictional and supposedly comical look behind the scenes of a controversial talk show where the guests include a 19-year-old woman who's caught sleeping with her stepfather by her mother who gets even by getting it on with her daughter's fiancee and then dragging the whole sordid foursome on to a "talk" show that's suspiciously like the Jerry Springer Show.
As the 54-year-old Springer himself says, "I don't have any talent. There's no reason a shlub like me should be a success. A dolt could do what I do. But I've never made apologies for the show. I know it's a total circus. It's not a talk show, there's no talking. "