Steve Wilkos Bio | Wiki
Steve Wilkos (Full Name: Steven John Wilkos) is a popular American television personality, a veteran of the United States Marine Corps as well as a retired law enforcement officer with the Chicago Police Department. As of now, Steve works as the host of The Steve Wilkos Show since 2007. Before, Steve worked as a director of security on Jerry Springer from 1994 through 2007. He had initially substituted for Springer as host on many occasions prior to being given his own talk show.
Steve Wilkos Age
Steve was born on March 9, 1964, in Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. He is 57 years old. Steve celebrates his birthday on March 9, every year.
Steve Wilkos Height
He is a man of above-average stature. Steve stands at a height of 6 ft 3 in ( Approx1.88 m).
Steve Wilkos Family
He was born in Chicago, Illinois, in the United States to his caring parents. Steve is the proud son of Jeanette (née Pelikan) who served as a beauty school instructor, and Stanley Wilkos, a retired police officer who was in the Korean War as an army paratrooper. She was also brought up in what is currently the Roscoe Village neighborhood in North Center, Chicago, as one of four children.
Steve Wilkos Wife | Kids
Steve is now married to his third wife Rachelle Wilkos a retired senior producer on Jerry Springer who is currently the executive producer of The Steve Wilkos Show. The pair married in 2000 and have two kids namely Ruby and Jack. Before, he was married to Hannah Wilkos whom they separated in 1999 the same year they married. Prior to that, he was married to Rosae Wilkos from 1985 to 1987.
Steve Wilkos Show
NBC Universal Television officially reported in January 2007 that Steve would host a talk show of his own based at NBC Tower in Chicago. This self-titled program premiered on September 10, 2007, and garnered high ratings. He is known due to his abrasive approach to solving disputes on his self-titled show, tackling various different issues such as child abuse, molestation, as well as cheating partners.
Steve expressed disapproval with the first season of the talk show, as he reflected: “All I did was yell at everybody and throw people off the stage. There was no level of emotion — just hardcore yelling.” Steve said this was how he was produced by his original executive producer, but that his wife encouraged him to be himself and go with his “gut.”
As with other tabloid talk shows, his show aired primarily on affiliates of Fox, MyNetworkTV, and The CW. Only scattered ABC, CBS, and NBC affiliates in smaller markets aired it to fill their timeslot. The CW Plus has aired The Steve Wilkos Show since 2007, airing weekdays between 8 am-10 am.
Steve Wilkos On Jerry Springer
The producers of Jerry Springer in May 1994, taped in Chicago at that time, needed security guards, so they decided to hire Steve and other off-duty police officers to serve part-time for the show. Steve recruited several colleagues officers for the job, and he retired from the force in 2004 and served exclusively for the show starting in 2001.
Entertainment Weekly announced that Steve became a professional wrestler with the Maryland Championship Wrestling during a temporary production hiatus of Jerry Springer. He appeared in 2005 as a guest on Check, Please!, a restaurant-reviewing program on Chicago’s PBS station, WTTW. Following Springer started what would be a seven-episode stint on Dancing with the Stars in 2006, Steve filled in for him in the meantime and Springer afterward recruited him to substitute for him each Monday, calling him “the obvious choice.”
Far away, Jerry Springer has made cameo appearances on the MLB Network. He was seen on TV series Between Brothers, The Wayans Bros., and in the movie Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me as a security guard for Jerry Springer.
Steve Wilkos Net Worth
Steve is an American television personality, a veteran of the United States Marine Corps who works as the host of The Steve Wilkos Show since 2007. Therefore, Steve has accumulated a decent fortune over the years. Steve’s estimated net worth is $857, 443.
How Old Is Steve Wilkos
Steve is a 59-year-old who was born on March 9, 1964, in Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. Steve celebrates his birthday on March 9, every year.
