Background
In late 2004, Trisha Goddard left ITV to move her Trisha talk show to Five, so as a stopgap, Jerry Springer was drafted in to host the talk show The Jerry Springer Show until a permanent replacement could be found. The Jeremy Kyle Show, which was first broadcast on 4 July 2005, fully replaced The Jerry Springer Show in August, and since then the show has been the sole occupant of ITV's weekday 9:25am slot.
During the launch week of the programme, the show was overshadowed by news coverage of the London tube bombings. Earlier in that week, a transmission breakdown disrupted one of the first three showings. In 2007, the show was nominated for the "Most Popular Factual Programme" award at the 13th National Television Awards, although lost in that category to Top Gear.
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