Larry King, the famous CNN host, has talked in his program about why Jerry Springer is number one in the ratings. He has argued that this phenomenon represents a change in the structure of American society, with TV--rather than, say, small-town gossip--satisfying people's voyeuristic desires.
CNN 名談話主持人賴瑞金曾在他的節目中，探討《傑瑞．斯普林格秀》收視率第一的現象，認為這代表美國社會形態的改變，電視節目成為人們茶餘飯後滿足偷窺慾望的一種媒介。