The show was the home of jaw-dropping confessions and countless clashes between guests. Luke Sewell's "Jerry Springer: Fights, Camera, Action" is a quick, two-episode look back at some of the biggest scandals and shocks of the show's earlier years, under the stewardship of executive producer, Richard Dominick.

Luke Sewell spoke about the complex legacy of the notorious talk show, which both coarsened American culture and affirmed the values of free speech.

I want the show to demonstrate outrageousness,” Jerry Springer, the late host of the eponymous talk show, once said.

The show played a big part, “in people not wanting to understand each other, but just shout at each other and fight,” said Luke Sewell, the documentary's director