The Steve Wilkos Show is a syndicated American tabloid talk show hosted by Steve Wilkos. The series is a spin-off of the long-running Jerry Springer show. The Steve Wilkos Show debuted on September 10, 2007, two months after Wilkos' departure as director of security on Jerry Springer. Description The Steve Wilkos show is a spin-off from the 'Steve to the Rescue''' segments on Jerry Springer. Some of the topics he covers include adultery, domestic abuse, child molestation, paternity, disrespectful children, and teenage pregnancy. Polygraph exams are commonly used on the show as a means of resolving issues, despite inconclusive evidence on their effectiveness/accuracy. Daniel Ribacoff, a polygraph expert, is commonly featured on the show to explicate polygraph results. History Wilkos has appeared twice on Maury; the first time was in 2008, and the second was when he appeared on the 2,500th episode in 2013. On November 22, 2013, The Steve Wilkos Show celebrated its 1000th episode, along with Jerry Springer and Rachelle Wilkos as special guests. The 1,000th episode took a look back on the first seven seasons of the show.The Steve Wilkos Show celebrated its tenth anniversary in September 2016. Steve Wilkos and Rachelle Wilkos, as well as the producers, hosted a series of tributes entitled "A Decade of Steve", looking back on the first nine seasons of the show. In 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, the talk show was recorded an in studio audience due to social distancing regulations, while only a certain number of guests were allowed to be at the studio in person and others joined virtually (via video chat). On November 9, 2021, Wilkos announced on social media that his show is finally allowing live audiences to be at the studio again. Format changes In the second season, Wilkos began dividing some episodes into two segments, each one dealing with different guests and issues. In rare cases, there can be three segments on one episode. Additionally, paternity tests and infidelity were added as topics to the show. As time went on with the paternity and infidelity stories, Wilkos would often make jokes with guests just to get laughs from himself, his guests and the audience, since paternity and infidelity are not as serious an offense as abuse of any kind. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, executive producer Richard Dominick was forced from the program by Jerry Springer and NBCU Domestic Television after encouraging Wilkos to