Editing The Jerry Springer Show (section)

===1991–1994: Origins===
Originally seen in only the five markets where Multimedia owned TV stations (Cincinnati, Macon, St. Louis, Cleveland and Knoxville), it was dramatically different from the later version of the show. It started as an issues-oriented and political talk show, a longer version of the commentary for which Springer had gained local fame as a reporter and anchor (not unlike ''Donahue'' during this time), and for its first season, was even taped at Springer's former station, [[WLWT]] in [[Cincinnati]].<ref name="tvguidebio">[https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/jerry-springer/bio/156840 Jerry Springer: Biography] TV Guide</ref> Guests early on included [[Oliver North]] and [[Jesse Jackson]], and the topics included [[homelessness]] and [[gun politics]],<ref>[http://www.nytix.com/TV_Shows/JerrySpringer/jerryspringer.html Jerry Springer Biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071215044849/http://www.nytix.com/TV_Shows/JerrySpringer/jerryspringer.html |date=December 15, 2007 }} New York Show Tickets</ref><ref name="whos faking whom">Elder, Larry [http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/elder043098.html Who's faking whom?] ''Jewish World Review'', April 30, 1998</ref> as well as the [[social effects of rock music]], featuring [[shock rock]] star [[GG Allin]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0615286/|title=Episode dated 5 May 1993|date=May 5, 1993|access-date=March 18, 2018|via=www.imdb.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Huey|first=Steve|title=G.G. Allin – Biography|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p51370/biography|pure_url=yes}}|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=March 1, 2008}}</ref> [[El Duce]] from [[The Mentors]] and [[GWAR]] as guests.<ref>{{cite episode|title=Shock Rock!|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0615295/|series=The Jerry Springer Show|network=Syndicated|airdate=January 31, 1997}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=September 25, 1992|title=Jerry Springer: The First Season|url=http://www.hulu.com/watch/10804/jerry-springer-the-first-season|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080321043256/http://www.hulu.com/watch/10804/jerry-springer-the-first-season|archive-date=March 21, 2008|access-date=June 15, 2012|publisher=Hulu}}</ref>

For its second season in the fall of 1992, the series was purchased by the NBC [[owned-and-operated station]]s, thus allowing it to finally achieve full national distribution, and production was moved to its longtime home at Chicago's [[NBC Tower]] (with Springer leaving his longtime position at WLWT in order to do so). Series creator and original executive producer Burt Dubrow became Senior Vice-president at Multimedia Entertainment and continued to oversee the show, while bringing in Terry Weible Murphy to become the executive producer.