Longtime TV personality Jerry Springer, who helped pioneer the genre of confrontational daytime television, died on Thursday, his representative said. The show's 1990s popularity made it a ratings rival of daytime polar opposite, "The Oprah Winfrey Show,” and Springer had no regrets for the high-energy, low-brow material he aired on afternoon TV. "The scandal didn't sink Springer and the future talk-show king's openness about the affair is largely cited for his political comeback