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does he really have to yell at everyone on his show i mean sheesh! he always thinks he is so tough when he stands saying things like "Hit me since your so tough." who is going to hit you on live television with the possibility of being arrested. this is really a dumb show. im not saying that the what the people are doing is wrong but why cant he take a kind of maury approach instead of yelling at everyone like he runs stuff. I do watch the show a lot and i do like some of the episodes but i don't like when he believes the "victim". how do you know that the "victim" isn't lying. and who would take a lie detector test knowing there going to fail? i do think some of the episodes are real but some of them look acted out. ahh OK show i guess

A good way to describe the Steve Wilko show is if you take the Jerry Springer show and turn Jerry into a tall bald former police officer who looks like a bully. The show does try to keep the fights to a minimum, and instead fill it up with Steve burning the guests with his hard lectures.

Another big difference, is how extremely grotesque the stories are. For example, there is one episode about an old woman who admits that she murdered a baby 15 years ago, one episode of a man who had sex with a 12 year old girl and more.

Many people debate that the stories are real and that they're just scripted. I don't know how to tell whether it's real or not, however I wouldn't be surprised if it was fake. It doesn't really matter though, as long as it's entertaining and enjoyable to watch.

Steve's show really does have some strong willed messages, and does open people's eyes to the horrors of this world. The only problem is, he does NOTHING whatsoever to solve these problems half the time. That is where Steve often misses the mark. Half the time, Steve handles the stories in the right manner, showing the audience something relevant and gives us a reason to listen. These are usually morals about family, being there for your child, keeping a child and so and so.

The major problem with the show is it's much too repetitive. Half the time Steve looses his cool and walks around the guest screaming in there face. This is fine, as I can understand him being angry with stupid people, but it just goes ON and ON and ON! If Steve is going to do nothing but yell at people, what good is he doing? Nothing. It's okay to be harsh, but you need to have an understanding of humanity.

For example, there's one episode where a woman wants to see her daughter, after allowing her to be raped 7 times. In that episode, Steve literally says "our show isn't about getting into the mind of a monster! Our show doesn't have couches where I try to understand you! And it's not about forgiveness or being kind! It's about showing something how it is!" That Steve has described there, is IGNORANCE! The reason why we hate evil so much in this world, is because we don't understand it. There's no use in shoving hate into someone's face if you're not going to tell them there's a solution. The past is the past, you can't change it! What you can do, is make an effort to fix the present. What good is it to see you express the same anger that the viewer already feels? You have show some moral, reason and lesson, rather then just needless anger.

Another problem is there is a poor lack of forgiveness. I don't care how terrible someone is, or what evil they have done. They are still humans, they still have minds of redemption. Why does Steve seem to think that no one can change? Why does he act like if someone is horrible in the past that they deserve no forgiveness? Forgive and forget is exactly what a lot of these nasty people need.

Ironically, sometimes Steve is too soft. Think about this, if you have someone with a history of abusing their children and they're sorry about it and are regretting it in tears, do they deserve to be torn apart or forgiven? Now, what if you have someone with a history of abusing their children and they deny it and claim to have done nothing wrong? that type of person deserves the Steve burn, 'cause the Steve burn helps open a person's ignorant mind up. Oddly enough, he doesn't loose his cool and talk in people's faces when it's the right time.

One last foot note, what is with Steve and throwing chairs?! It's...very random, and is in almost every episode.

Ever notice when you watch a show like Dr. Phil, he's always saying what's blatantly obvious, but slower so he sounds smarter? Steve Wilkos is like that too, except the blatantly obvious is that guys shouldn't abuse their girlfriends (and Vice Versa) and that if you make a baby you take care of it and don't dump the mother.

I enjoy that trashy afternoon TV with all those commercials for community colleges, lawyers, and structured settlement people in between. Some people can call Steve a bully and say his show is trash, and to a degree it is. It's Jerry Springer but with a drill sergeant as an alternative to a coddling politician. And the subjects on the show are cut and paste.

You have to remember that some people enjoy drama and others enjoy seeing how much better they live their lives than others. Shows like Steve Wilkos give that pleasure.

Jerry Springer may have some major competition this fall with the release of the Steve Wilkos Show. Unlike Springer which is nothing but pure exhibition with sexual innuendo and brawls, this show offers tough love with compassion from the big bad bald guy himself: Steve Wilkos. One episode that incensed me was "Devil Mom" where a woman used her own daughter to perform sexual intercourse in exchange for cash. I really felt for Steve when he tried to help her stop doing what she was doing to her daughter. That episode was really powerful.

All in all the show is great, the host is great, the stories are engaging and poignant with some glimmer of hope for the guests and so on. So what if it's not Springer. Give this show a chance and you will not be disappointed.

the title says it all; this is just another talk show where an ego maniac bullies a bunch of people with problems. obvious that the producers manipulate guest into a false sense of security and understanding and then have Steve, the STAR of the show, blind side them with a completely different agenda. if you like watching scrawny misguided people get bullied by an egotistical jock with a high and mighty attitude, then this show is for you. the show had potential in the beginning but threw it all away for ratings. it's just like DR. Phil but the only difference is that it's on at an earlier time. this is an example of why people should turn off their TVs and pick up a book. if i had my way, i'd pull show off the air in favor white noise.

Hello Steve, This email is to say a couple of things.

I first and foremost want to clarify that I understand the guests on your show are under agreement, and have guidelines they have to follow if they want to be on T.V.

That being said, I come to the point to this email. I am in no way condoning bad behavior from one party or the other, but your behavior and the way you do things is completely inappropriate, not too mention unorthodox.

Let me explain, While guests are in fact under agreement, that does not give you the right to manipulate the conversation to go one way or the other. If you are as you say "A mediator" then your job is to do just that. A mediator doesn't start saying HAVE YOU EVER, or other sentences of the nature and setting out a situation by using in a voice tone, that will turn the conversation the way you want it to, thus manipulating the outcome to make someone look bad. You have a habit of emphasizing certain things during the conversation to make one part right, while the other party gets screwed. Again while some people are guilty and I do not condone bad behavior, there are guests that got shafted despite actually being innocent.

LIE DETECTOR TESTS: You being an ex-police officer really surprises me, that you do not understand, (Either that or you do know this, but do not care) that a lie detector test cannot ever be used to prove someone is lying. In fact, a lie detector test cannot ever even be used to prove someone is even being deceptive. Also that gentleman who you have come up and start explaining how they work, is completely ludicrous. Just because he says how it works and what happens, that means he is right? Who is he anyway and where did he come from? I'm surprised one of your guests have not bothered to even question who he is and what makes him right. All we have is his word. While I'm not saying that, he is not who he says it is I'm just pointing out how no guest has ever questioned this, because I know I have.

MULTIPLE TESTS Another thing is that you say we gave you a lie detector test multiple times, as if that holds any credibility. Again I'm surprised you as being someone of law enforcement it is not aware that failing it 6 times if the same as failing it once, you can give someone the same test 90 times, the result will never change, so it is not relevant how many times it was given. This makes it complete pointless to do multiple tests and doesn't prove anything.

COUNTER MEASURES I have seen one or two shows where you told someone that they tried to use counter measures. Contrary to popular belief, there is also no such thing as counter measures when dealing with lie detectors either. Counter Measures was a concept that was designed and used by the FBI while interrogating terrorists being profiled by the FBI to think they could relax during interrogation to let their guard down. It is simply a misleading statement nothing more.

GUESTS AND LIE DETECTOR TESTS: When it comes to guests and lie detector tests on your show, every single one of your guests all have one thing in common, and they are already emotionally unstable with what they are on your show for to begin with. This in turn gives another solid and valid reason why the lie detector tests being given cannot be used to prove anything. If someone is already feeling they are condemned, and they are given the test, whether they actually did anything or not, they will still fail the test. The same holds true if someone remains calm during the test.

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This show gives me so much catharsis. He says EXACTLY what I would say to those people. Unlike Jerry Springer, this man is actually doing people good. I know his methods are a little strong, but looking at the cases that come up in the show, there isn't much to be said about those people. He's a good man. Although I don't think I would agree with him on anything other than the cases on his own show, but he's a good man, and doing those people good. I see that him and I wouldn't get along in other things, and how he stresses on his Marine Corp experience, and uses a lot of typical-overly patriotic vocabulary, but he is a respectable man in his own way and I will give him that respect.

I will give you this, The Steve Wilkos Show is better than Jerry Springer, though not by much. Then again, anything is better than Jerry Springer, from a root canal to sexual intercourse. But to be polite, both shows are trash, and I warn you this is coming from someone who does not like talk shows, very often on talk shows I find the guests rude and the audience unsympathetic. I was expecting both those things especially, when watching Steve Wilkos and I wasn't disappointed.

Don't expect good camera work or lavish sets when watching this show, if you expect you will be disappointed. Don't expect a sympathetic audience, a lot of the time audiences on talk shows pre-judge the guests and boo and jeer and swear, it is no exception here. Don't expect any memorable guests, save one or two rare exceptions a vast majority of them are horrible and if I saw anyone like them down my street I would turn my back and run, seriously I would. Don't expect a nice host either, Maury and Jerry Springer were sensitive and encouraging, perhaps a little too soft, but this guy with his monotonic drawl(sometimes you have to turn the volume right up to hear him or sometimes he shouts to the point you wish for the TV to turn itself off) and somewhat thuggish appearance, does sometimes makes Jeremy Kyle look like a saint. Also don't expect this show to be fair, there are times where we don't hear the whole story and it turns out the person who is made the "villain" is actually the innocent one, and vice versa.

Overall, I don't like this show at all. I appreciate shows that talk about difficult social issues and offer help but not shows like this. 1/10 Bethany Cox

A lot of people hate Steve Wilkos because he tells it like it is, he doesn't treat criminals and low-life's with the respect they DON'T deserve.

Sure all he does is yell at people, but they deserve it! He says all the things you want to shout at these people, but better yet he actually helps them by doing so. Steve actually makes people think about themselves and what they can do to improve their lives. It may not be "PC" but it is way more effective than Springer's button pushing, and Montel's oversensitive bull-crap.

If you don't like seeing people get yelled at, I suggest you don't watch the show, but if you want to see people getting the help they need, please watch.

Steve Wilkos is the man!

I enjoy the show but can't give a higher rating due to Steve always saying "I don't know results ahead of time" which is an obvious untruth. The act he puts on being infailible is pathetic. NO ONE is right all the time and I can always tell who is lying before results are revealed due to Steve showing preference to one person over the over. Showing he has prior knowledge of test results.He seems to want everyone to think because he used to be a police officer that he can "read" people which is far from believable. The show would be so much better if Steve did not know in advance results.

Steve Wilkos is nothing more than a grown-up version of what he was in high school. A bully who gets into fights and yells at people, thinking he'll 'scare them straight'. He flaunts his ex-Marine and former cop status to his guests as if it redeems the fact that he has an anger problem and violent tendencies. It's narcissistic. Also, at the end of the show, when he reads the viewer e-mails, he ALWAYS replies to those who are against his tactics with the ever-redundant 'belly rub analogy', it usually sounds something like "If YOU have a show, you can have these pedophiles and abusers on your stage, give them tea and a belly rub...." Never fails. Steve, just because we're against you DOES NOT mean we are FOR the other side! Also, every time I hear Steve's volume go up, the tonal inflections of his voice sound *exactly the same*. Maybe it's because I'm a musician, I notice these things. Steve also admitted that to most of these horrible people he has on the show, he'd seriously like to inflict them harm. Here's a gem of wisdom for the two-dimensional: Violence breeds violence. Just stop. Both Steve and whatever abuser he's tearing into lack foresight, and I pity that people lack that, but please, there are shades of grey in the way things are handled, not black and white, as Steve sees it. To Steve, freedom isn't free and peace isn't peaceful. I oftentimes compare this show to the A&E show "Intervention". Intervention has professionals working with the families in a civil manner to the drug user/abuser/addict, etc., not screaming at them like a crazed ape. I hope that after the second season, the Steve Wilkos Show gets wiped off the air and he can then take his hero complex elsewhere.

Also, To those people who blame the likes of me for 'being liberal' and "hating the death penalty", answer this: How does killing the killer make everything right again? Does it bring back the innocent? Or does it just continue the cycle of violence? Enough is enough. Steve is one for egging one on, trying to make them act out in violence, publicly humiliating them. That is not making things right. That is not 'tough love', that's exacerbating the existing problem, only in front of a camera. Steve isn't a therapist, he's not a hero, he's a human animal with a lack of foresight.

When "The Steve Wilkos Show" started, I approached it with an open mind, despite the fact it was a spin-off of "Jerry Springer", a show that I loathe because of its blatant fakeness. But after watching a number of episodes of this show, I have come to the conclusion that at least SOME of the stories on this show are fake. Here's some of the evidence:

(1) There was an episode where Steve confronted a mother hooked on crack, who was homeless. Yet when Steve confronted her, she was living in a hotel (and a pretty decent-looking hotel). If the mother had money to stay in a hotel, she would have the money to rent a decent apartment.

(2) There was another episode where Steve confronted another crack mother, who had her own home, the inside of which looked pretty decent despite her life completely revolving around crack. Not only that, when the filming moved to the bathroom, it kept editing from two camera angles. Each angle should have shown the other cameraman shooting the action from the other end of the room, but they weren't visible! Obviously, the scene was shot more than once and the footage edited together.

(3) There have been several times when a guest has left the stage and gone backstage... and a camera (or more than one camera) is ready backstage to film him or her! At least on "Maury", the cameramen are shown to have to follow the guests backstage.

While "The Steve Wilkos Show" is nowhere as annoying as "Jerry Springer", I still feel somewhat insulted by the fakery, even though the show tries to push positive values and good behavior. Steve, if you're reading this, stop the fakery and show REAL guests with REAL problems. I am sure that with a little work, you could find enough such guests to showcase.

I've been a fan of this show since it debuted. First off, I must say that it's a good talk show. Also, I've seen just about every episode. However, if you ask me, it's fun to see Steve give people a good dose of tough love, because I guess time as a cop or in the military will do that to you. In addition, I really enjoy it when people's mail gets read. I hope this show stays on the air for years to come. If that happens, I will be really happy. Before I wrap this up, I'd like to say that I'll always remember this show in my memory forever, even though I haven't seen every episode. Now, in conclusion, if some network ever brings it back after it finishes its run, I hope that you catch it one day before it goes off the air for good.

I have to say I'm not the biggest fan of the Jerry Springer show but I do watch it from time to time and have been familiar with Steve Wilkos for a while. On the Jerry Springer show he seemed like such a great, cool guy. Kind of a knight in shining armor; when he'd go save a lady from an abusive household and such. While on his own show he's a complete Neanderthal. He name calls, throws chairs, and half the time doesn't listen to one word anyone has to say. Not only does he yell at the abusers (which I have no problem with, most of the time they deserve it) but he also berates the victims when they didn't do what Steve believes he would have done in the same situation.

The commercials for the show are almost as bad as the show themselves. They mock every problem from child molestation to drug abuse and domestic violence. It's disgusting. I don't understand how this show can stay on the air.

I think the Steve Wilko show is the dumbest thing on television since the Jerry Springer show.All he does is get guess who are vulnerable with a messed up situation to come air their dirty laundry so he can beat them down.Like the show today with the ex-marine and wife beater,now don't get me wrong I hate a sorry man but was all that call for?and when they stand up to him he stoops as low as calling them names and have the audience make fun of them,now that makes no sense and I don't care what wrongs and mistakes people make there is a way to go about it...so Steve get a better tactic because I know I get tried of you throwing that chair down on the stage and always giving references to your days in the Marines and as a cop.Everybody can be helped so if you going help people help them all that asks.You don't see Judge Hatchet telling people she can't help them because they beat their wives or because they don't want to addicts anymore...She has a tough love show.The Steve Wilkos show is very close to idiotic.

Steve Wilkos isn't trying to "help" the myriad abusers on his show as all of you seem to think he should. There's absolutely no reason for him to give any aid to those people; his self-proclaimed mission is to help the helpless. Try not to get so caught up in fixing the rapist that you forget about helping the rape victim. As for the show being fake, what's the difference one way or the other? Honestly? It's entertaining to watch. If you can't maintain an emotional distance and (if necessary) suspend your disbelief for an hour, why are you even watching TV? Surely you watched professional wrestling (or as I like to call it, "wrastlin'") at some point in your childhood, and a good chunk of America watches Family Guy. If you're one of those people that get offended by both things, LIGHTEN UP!!! It's entertainment. Basically what I'm trying to say is this: if you're not being entertained by your entertainment, quit whining and change the damn channel.

Really offensive for the dysfunctional only ! I guess Steve is perfect !The way he yells at folks you'd think he never made an error in judgement .This Neanderthal technique is old hat , been done so many times its sad to waste time on it . But there will always be those who enjoy pointing out others mistakes and nailing the to the wall for it .Lets all look in the mirror huh ? Let he who is without sin cast the first stone , we all make mistakes it doesn't require much to yell about it or make someone feel guilty about it . But apparently there's a living to be made by doing this .As for those who enjoy watching verbal abuse , that action speaks volumes .The vast majority of people are definitely not criminals , just people who've made mistakes .I'd love to see Steve yelling at ''Dog'' for his slur , that would be great , who's more self righteous ? A comment subsequent , steve is still a self-righteous bully.

The Steve Wilkos show is nothing like any other show on television. It deals with serious issues going on in the world today and it doesn't attempt to sugarcoat these problems.

Steve is a former marine and police officer and those experiences help shape the show. If there is one word to describe his show it is: accountability. Steve holds people accountable for their actions regardless of whether you are the offender or the victim. If you are not making smart choices he will call you out on it.

The main reason this show is excellent and so important is it is one of the few shows that really is all about helping people. But not only does Steve help people, he confronts the worst the world has to offer without holding back.

Steve has dealt with drug addicts, rapists, pedophiles, spouse beaters, and out of control teens on his show. Up to this point I have seen no other show that gets results the way Steve's show does.

Another reason the show is so good is Steve's character. Unlike some talk show hosts that are only out for ratings or seem distant, Steve genuinely cares for the guests on his show. People may not believe that by the way he acts but the man has taken time to help people get off drugs, to stop prostituting, fixed relationships between children and parents, and he has also helped women get away from men who were abusing them. So Steve is a good man who's heart is in the right place.

Critics contend that Steve is nothing but a bully who screams at people. However they fail to realize that there is a reason Steve acts the way he does. And that reason is he tells people what they need to hear without beating around the bush or being soft. His tough love tell it like it is approach may not be the nicest but it does get results.

So if you do not like to see evil people put in their place by someone who means business and is unwilling to sugarcoat anything then don't watch. But if you like to see a good man dole out justice and handle problems the way they should be handled, then the Steve Wilkos show is for you.

Steve Wilkos spent years on the Jerry Springer Show as one of the show's bodyguards. Besides that, he has a police background and military experience. By given his own show from Springer's producer, Steve is a lot more serious about his topics and show itself. He holds nothing back when he goes head to head against a mother who is in prison for pimping her own seven year old daughter to a undercover police detective. Steve recalls how the mother appeared clueless and delusional regarding her actions. She blames the police for interfering. Steve also talks with the police detectives on the case who were so troubled by this sexual abuse that one of the guys had to get up and take a walk. These police detectives probably Chicago were horrified by this mother's actions towards her own daughter. She thinks God will release her in 9 years but it's too late for her daughter. The damage has been done. Her daughter is probably in foster care and getting proper treatment. The mother seems troubled by being blamed and lacks no conscience for pimping her daughter. She also reveals that she allowed her five year old daughter to perform oral sex on one of the customers. The idea of this is sickening but Steve lets her have it in the same way that we want her to have it.

I was literally chronically bleeding in the back of my eye after viewing this. This is absolute balderdash and Jerry-Springer-rip-off-trash. The host is loud and pretty much unintelligible. The chair is a gag to get ratings and every time they prey on the person who is contemplating suicide after agreeing to be an actor on their show. Just think to your self, "Why would a person who knows he did it, take a lie detector test ,and agree to be here?". It was so bad that it reads aloud its suicide letter "Welcome to the Steve Wilkos show!". This show crept into the rivers we call T.V., blackened, made it bitter, fecal matter and rotting flesh raises a green fog bares over it like the very clouds in the sky, for this network shall die.