pittsburgh pirates in an 8-1 win over the dodgers. today he got his first start at third base. the news continues. cnn prime time with michael smerconish starts now. thank you. he was once a politician but it wasn t until he pumped up the volume on talk tv that this provocateur defined today s era of politics. i m michael smerconish in new york. [ crowd chanting ] for nearly three decades, that was the chant heard over the course you have more than 4,000 episodes. controversial, unapologetically brash, rowdy words used in the headlines covering the news of jerry springer s passing. my favorite from the bbc. era era defining. he truly ushered in an era of television that no one in the world had ever seen before and i argue set the stage for today s political landscape. springer was 79. his family says he died peacefully today. at his home in suburban chicago after a brief illness. reports are that he had cancer. the son of holocaust refugees, he became a global sensati
died: the story of don mcclain s american pie on paramount plus now. this week or next week it is up for one of five documentaries for an mtv award. i am up against selena gomez and j.lo and all those people. and it s just a trip, you know? and it really goes back to the days when record companies were willing to put out music by artists that did many different things. it might be protest songs. they might be insulting to some, you know, short people. remember that one? of course. randy newman yeah. that insulted a lot of people. that would never come out today. don, i m of an age where i m one of those guys who was sitting my bedroom with headphones on reading liner notes and trying to figure out what a guy like you was saying. i will watch the movie. i will not ask who is the jester