Tabloid TV king Jerry Springer is to host a daytime talk show on British television, producers announced Thursday.

Commercial network ITV said Springer would present a morning show for a monthlong run in May or June. The program will fill the slot vacated by "Trisha," a long-running British chat show. advertisement

ITV said the new show would be tamer than Springer's trashy U.S. program, which is famous for raucous audiences and raunchy topics such as "Pregnant by a Transsexual" and "I Married A Horse."

And in other Springer news...

While Springer is in Great Britain, he will get audiences all shook up when he appears on Celebrity Stars In Their Eyes as legend Elvis Presley.

He wears a £10,000 rhinestone jumpsuit - the most expensive costume ever designed for the ITV show - when he appears next month.

He said: "Elvis is one of my favorites. I'm from that generation where as a kid we all started combing our hair back like him. "I've only ever sung in the shower or performed for friends so this will be the first time I will have sung in public.

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