UK talk show ‘The Jeremy Kyle Show’ axed after guest’s reported suicide

The programme was ITV’s most popular daytime show, attracting around one million viewers per episode.

Broadcaster ITV pulled “The Jeremy Kyle Show” following the death of 63-year-old Steve Dymond, which sparked widespread criticism including from Prime Minister Theresa May. “The Jeremy Kyle Show has had a loyal audience and has been made by a dedicated production team for 14 years, but now is the right time for the show to end.Dymond failed a lie-detector test taken on the show to convince his fiancee he had not cheated on her, leading to the couple splitting up, The Sun newspaper reported.The programme was ITV’s most popular daytime show, attracting around one million viewers per episode.

Manchester judge Alan Berg described the show in 2007 as a “morbid and depressing display of dysfunctional people whose lives are in turmoil,” calling it “human bear-baiting.”

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