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The Steve Wilkos Show

  • TV Series
  • 2007–
  • TV-14
  • 1h
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5.0/10
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Steve Wilkos in The Steve Wilkos Show (2007)
Talk Show

Follow Steve Wilkos as he tackles serious topics dealing primarily with adultery, domestic abuse, fatherhood, disrespectful children, and teen pregnancy.Follow Steve Wilkos as he tackles serious topics dealing primarily with adultery, domestic abuse, fatherhood, disrespectful children, and teen pregnancy.Follow Steve Wilkos as he tackles serious topics dealing primarily with adultery, domestic abuse, fatherhood, disrespectful children, and teen pregnancy.

  • Creator
    • Steve Wilkos
  • Stars
    • Steve Wilkos
    • Daniel Ribacoff
    • Peter A Kelly
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    • Creator
      • Steve Wilkos
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      • Steve Wilkos
      • Daniel Ribacoff
      • Peter A Kelly
    • 66User reviews
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    Steve Wilkos
    Steve Wilkos
    • Self - Host
    • 2007–2025
    Daniel Ribacoff
    Daniel Ribacoff
    • Self - Polygraph Examiner
    • 2007–2013
    Peter A Kelly
    • Self - Head of Security
    • 2007
    Abbie-Rose Attaya
    Abbie-Rose Attaya
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    Carol Shook
    • Aerobics Student
    • 2007
    Joseph Chocallo
    • Contestant
    • 2012
    Jerry Springer
    Jerry Springer
    • Self - Special Guest
    • 2013
    Maury Povich
    Maury Povich
    • Self - Special Guest
    • 2015
    Deidra Holiday
    • Deidra
    Augustus Alfonsi
    • Self - SuperFan
    • 2017
    Kaitlyn Courville
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    • 2017
    Dylan Lyness
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    expatinasia

    The show is a HOAX

    Similar to other confrontation shows (Jerry Springer, Bill Cunningham), the show is entirely scripted, and is a hoax. While working as the "Director of Security" for Jerry Springer, he was introduced as a Chicago police officer. He oversaw wild brawls, and never made an attempt to stop the altercation. Even back then, people wondered: "If he's a real police officer, and the brawl is real, why doesn't he intercede?" Exactly. Now, he has his own show, of bumbling, clumsy "actors", and outrageous plots and complaints. If any of this was real, state officials would arrest these people for prostitution, murder, assault, illicit drug sales, rape, and child endangerment. Watching this nonsense you're reminded that, no matter how bad your life is, you don't accept minimum wage to make an a$$ of yourself on TV.
    5sitonpickle

    Very hit miss

    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.
    9johnnymacbest

    Better than "Jerry Springer" in my opinion.

    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.
    jacoandloco

    cruelty to the overweight

    I think the way you call people "Fat" all the time is way out of line. I'm 5'5 260 lbs. Call me on your show and call me Fat. They call me Lonnie " By God" Coker. Some of us can't help it, in case you aren't smart enough to realize this, but obesity is a disease. Why don't you call me on your show, and maybe my stepson who is a quadriplegic, or would you call him a gimp? I'll knock you out and he can run you Over with his power chair! I realize the people on your show that you have called fat may have done things wrong in their past, but when the show first starts you have known these people for what? an hour?

    Lonnie "Fat Ass" " By God" Coker
    ericgrooms

    That show is fixed his lie detector test is all false need to be taken off the air

    Lie detector test are false let the people choose theirs

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    • Trivia
      Steve Wilkos has stated that he doesn't enjoy watching episodes from the first season of his show because he felt that all he did was yell at people and throw chairs. Richard Dominick, the show's executive producer for the first season, encouraged Wilkos to be excessively angry with guests. When Dominick left the show at the end of the first season Wilkos's wife Rachelle took over the role of executive producer, and Wilkos has commented that she has encouraged him to be himself on the show.
    • Quotes

      Steve wilkos: Get the hell off my stage!

    • Connections
      Featured in TV!TV!TV!: Reality TV (2011)

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    • Release date
      • September 10, 2007 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
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    • Language
      • English
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      • Steve Wilkos
    • Filming locations
      • Chicago, Illinois, USA
    • Production company
      • NBC Universal Television
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      • 1h(60 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1
      • 1.78 : 1

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