Ricki Lake is a daytime talk show hosted by U.S. actress Ricki Lake. The show specializes in sensationalistic topics involving invited guests and incorporates questions and comments from a studio audience . The show debuted in 1993 and had a fairly long run, eventually being cancelled in 2004. In 1994, the show was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host.
Garth Ancier and Gail Steinberg were the original executive producers. Michael Rourke moved into the executive producer role in 2003.
The theme was written by Jellybean Benítez.
The show is produced by The Garth Ancier Company in association with Columbia Pictures Television (later Columbia-TriStar Television and currently Sony Pictures Television).
