ALL RISE FOR SPRINGER
or 27 years, from 1991 to 2018, was a tabloid talk favorite that would often devolve into chair-throwing, hair-pulling combat. Now, the wry ringmaster who famously brought together cheating lovers and spurned spouses keeps order with a gavel—and no bodyguards!—on the syndicated series , recently renewed for a second season. Springer, 76, arbitrates small-claims cases from behind a courtroom bench; the lawyer and onetime mayor of Cincinnati quips that his wife of 46 years calls this “ ‘the first time I’ve ever seen your name and the word in the same sentence.’ ” Springer tells us how he lays down the law.
