Brian Damage
01-17-2007, 10:43 AM
The burly security guard on "The Jerry Springer Show" will bring some tough love to his own daytime talk show in the fall.
Steve Wilkos, a former Marine and cop, will offer advice and "dole out his own version of justice" on the as-yet-untitled show, distributor NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution said Tuesday,
The show, to be taped in the same Chicago studio where "Springer" is shot, has been sold to such stations as Tribune-owned WPIX New York, KTLA Los Angeles and WGN Chicago.
Wilkos, who will leave "Springer" after 14 seasons to take on his new job, said: "I really like helping people."
His other screen credits include cameos in such films as "Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me" and "Pauly Shore Is Dead."
The show will be executive produced by Richard Dominick, who also is the executive producer of "Springer" as well as the upcoming "The Springer Hustle" on VH1.
Dominick said that Wilkos has filled in as host for Springer many times, but added that the new show will have a different tone than "Springer."
"'Jerry Springer' is a wonderful three-ring circus," he said. "But Steve is an ex-cop who won't be afraid to read guests the riot act. This is tough love; the victims won't be cuddled. Sometimes they need to be yelled at just as much as the villains."
Reuters/Hollywood Reporter
Steve Wilkos, a former Marine and cop, will offer advice and "dole out his own version of justice" on the as-yet-untitled show, distributor NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution said Tuesday,
The show, to be taped in the same Chicago studio where "Springer" is shot, has been sold to such stations as Tribune-owned WPIX New York, KTLA Los Angeles and WGN Chicago.
Wilkos, who will leave "Springer" after 14 seasons to take on his new job, said: "I really like helping people."
His other screen credits include cameos in such films as "Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me" and "Pauly Shore Is Dead."
The show will be executive produced by Richard Dominick, who also is the executive producer of "Springer" as well as the upcoming "The Springer Hustle" on VH1.
Dominick said that Wilkos has filled in as host for Springer many times, but added that the new show will have a different tone than "Springer."
"'Jerry Springer' is a wonderful three-ring circus," he said. "But Steve is an ex-cop who won't be afraid to read guests the riot act. This is tough love; the victims won't be cuddled. Sometimes they need to be yelled at just as much as the villains."
Reuters/Hollywood Reporter