How is the film about a tabloid talk show host similar to the current real life talk show that debuted in 1991?
Jerry Farrelly
Ringmaster (film)
Ringmaster is a 1998 American comedy film starring Jerry Springer playing (essentially) himself as Jerry Farrelly, host of a show similar to his own, in this case called simply "Jerry".
Jerry Springer
Gerald Norman "Jerry" Springer (born February 13, 1944) is a British-American television presenter, former lawyer, politician, news presenter, actor, and musician.
 He has hosted the tabloid talk show "Jerry Springer" since its debut in 1991 and debuted the Jerry Springer Podcast in 2015.
Tabloid talk show
A tabloid talk show is a subgenre of the talk show genre which emphasizes controversial and sensationalistic topical subject matter.
 The subgenre achieved peak viewership during the late 20th century.
 Airing mostly during the day and distributed mostly through television syndication, tabloid talk shows originated in the 1960s and early 1970s with series hosted by Joe Pyne, Les Crane and Phil Donahue; the format was popularized by personal confession-filled "The Oprah Winfrey Show", which debuted nationally in 1986.
 Tabloid talk shows have sometimes been described as the "freak shows" of the late 20th century, since most of their guests were outside the mainstream.
 The host invites a group of guests to discuss an emotional or provocative topic – ranging from marital infidelity to more outlandish topics – and the guests are encouraged to make public confessions and resolve their problems with on-camera "group therapy".
 Similar shows are popular throughout Europe. Okna (TV series)
Okna (Russian "Окна" - "The Windows" in English) is a Russian television tabloid talk show, hosted by Dmitry Nagiyev.
 "Okna" is ostensibly a talk show where troubled or dysfunctional families come to discuss their problems before a studio audience so that the audience or host can offer suggestions on what can be done to resolve their situations. KDWN
KDWN (720 AM) is an American radio station owned by Beasley Broadcast Group, Inc. based in Las Vegas, Nevada.
 It broadcasts full-time at 50,000 watts, and is directional at night.
 It can be heard throughout most of the Western United States, north into Canada and south into Mexico.
 KDWN is primarily a news-talk radio station featuring a local morning talk show host Alan Stock and syndicated talk show host Jerry Doyle.
 KDWN also broadcasts brokered programs for Las Vegas casinos, local businesses, and other groups.
 It is the station where famous late-night talk show host Art Bell first broadcast his show, Coast to Coast AM.
 It also has a local news alliance with Channel 8 KLAS-TV, the CBS TV Network affiliate in Las Vegas. Ricki Lake
Ricki Pamela Lake (born September 21, 1968) is an American actress, producer, and television presenter.
 Lake is best known for her talk show which was broadcast internationally from September 1993 until May 2004.
 When Lake's show debuted, she was 24 and credited as being the youngest person to host a syndicated talk show at the time.
 In autumn 2012, Lake embarked on a second syndicated talk show project "The Ricki Lake Show" (dubbed as "The New Ricki Lake Show"), which aired on weekdays.
 In 2013, the series was canceled after one season but Lake won her first Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host. Attitudes (talk show)
Attitudes is an American television talk show on Lifetime that aired from 1985 to 1991.
 Hosted originally by Linda Dano and Nancy Glass, it was taped before a live studio audience at EUE Screen Gems Studios, 222 East 44th Street in New York City.
 Glass was replaced by singer Dee Kelly following the show's second season, as Glass left to host the nationally syndicated primetime magazine show "This Evening".
 The show then moved to Kaufman Astoria Studios in Queens.
 Dano's co-host later changed once more, with Jerry Penacoli, who is now host of "Extra".
 The show by this time had evolved into more of a tabloid talk format.
 Dano, uncomfortable with the changes, left the show.
 Penacoli was subsequently fired from the show.
 Both were replaced with Dorothy Lucey and Rolonda Watts as the new co-hosts.
 The show's audience, unable to accept the loss of Dano as well as disliking the change in format, quickly dropped off and "Attitudes" was canceled soon after. Sally (1983 TV series)
Sally (originally titled The Sally Jessy Raphael Show) is an American syndicated tabloid talk show that was hosted by radio talk show host Sally Jessy Raphael.
 It originally was a half-hour local St. Louis television program, debuting October 17, 1983, and ran in syndication until May 24, 2002, with repeats running until September 6. America's Got Talent (season 2)
The second season of America's Got Talent, an American television reality show talent competition, premiered on the NBC network on June 5, 2007 with a two-hour episode.
 Tabloid talk show host Jerry Springer succeeded Regis Philbin as host.
 Piers Morgan and David Hasselhoff returned as judges, joined by newcomer Sharon Osbourne.
 Brandy Norwood voluntarily stepped down as judge after a wrongful death lawsuit was brought against her for her involvement in a fatal car collision. Tavis Smiley
Tavis Smiley ( ; born September 13, 1964) is an American talk show host and author.
 Smiley was born in Gulfport, Mississippi, and grew up in Bunker Hill, Indiana.
 After attending Indiana University, he worked during the late 1980s as an aide to Tom Bradley, the mayor of Los Angeles.
 Smiley became a radio commentator in 1991 and, starting in 1996, he hosted the talk show "BET Talk" (later renamed "BET Tonight") on Black Entertainment Television (BET).
 After Smiley sold an exclusive interview of Sara Jane Olson to ABC News in 2001, BET declined to renew his contract that year.
 Smiley then began hosting "The Tavis Smiley Show" on National Public Radio (NPR) (2002–04) and currently hosts "Tavis Smiley" on the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) on weekdays and "The Tavis Smiley Show" on Public Radio International (PRI).
 From 2010 to 2013, Smiley and Cornel West joined forces to host their own radio talk show, "Smiley & West".
 They were featured together interviewing musician Bill Withers in the 2009 documentary film "Still Bill".
 He is the new host of "Tavis Talks" on BlogTalkRadio's Tavis Smiley Network.