http://www.city-journal.org/html/14_2_daytime_tv.html
Choice excerpt:
"More to the point, Springer ends every broadcast with a brief segment called ?Jerry?s Final Thought,? in which he pretends to wring some social, even moral, meaning from the insanity just concluded. ?The fact is,? he intoned on a recent show about cheating?in one guise or another, the subject of almost every installment??if you?re willing to screw over a family member or friend for a screw with his or her mate, how can you ever be committed to any relationship?and why would anyone be willing to risk being committed to you??"