Chicago's media collective are cheering, mourning and shrugging about the final Jerry Springer Show, filmed here in Chicago yesterday. Many a joke has been made at the expense of white trash guests, flying chairs and lesbian Nazis and the men who love them. For the most part, the sneering humor is deserved, but has Jerry been a mole on the ass of our culture? Or has he been a Chicago-centric net positive? more ›

Looks like it's bye, bye to those chants of "Jerry, Jerry." "The Jerry Springer Show," which has been taped at the NBC Tower in Chicago since 1992, plans to move to Connecticut this summer just in time for the host's 19th season to begin, sources told the Tribune. According to Connecticut Gov. Jodi Rell, NBC Universal and her state are working to build a TV production studio about 30 miles from New York City in Stamford, Conn. more ›

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