Michael Eugene Joseph Jerrick was born on 3 July 1950, in Wichita, Kansas USA, and is a news anchor and host, best known for co-hosting “The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet” through Fox.
So just how wealthy is Mike Jerrickas of early 2017? According to sources, Jerrick has established a net worth of over $2 million. The main source of his fortune has been his involvement in the news section of the television industry.
Mike Jerrick Net Worth $2 million
Jerrick grew up in Wichita, along with his five siblings, where he attended Chaplain Kapaun Memorial High School, matriculating in 1968. He later enrolled at the University of Kansas graduating with a degree in journalism.
Mike began his career at WIBW-TV located in Topeka, Kansas. He then landed a job as a producer on WNYW in New York, later becoming its host. Several years after, he began working at San Francisco’s KPIX-TV. His net worth started to grow.
The mid-’80s saw Jerrick becoming a co-host of the USA Network’s “Alive and Well” afternoon talk show, paving his way to recognition and fame. Opportunities continued to come his way, and he went on to host HBO’s “World Entertainment Report” for a few years, and later became host of the Sci-Fi Channel show “Sci-Fi Buzz”, for which he received a CableACE Award nomination. He also served as host of the America’s Talking’s “What’s News” and CNBC’s “America After Hours”.
In 1999 he began hosting the WTXF “Good Day Philadelphia”. All contributed to his net worth.
Jerrick started to work on the Fox News Channel in 2002, hosting news shows such as “Day Side” and “Fox & Friends Weekend”, reinforcing his popularity and increasing his wealth. In 2007 he got his own syndicated morning talk show called “The Morning Show with Mike & Juliet” with Juliet Huddy; the show featured various celebrity interviews, with audience included in it, and sections relating to viewers. It became extremely popular among audiences, which enabled Jerrick to achieve a great level of popularity himself, and to obtain a sizable income as well. The show ended in 2009.
Jerrick then returned to WTXF in Philadelphia, where he began hosting Fox 29’s “Good Day Philadelphia” with Sheinelle Jones, and has remained on the show ever since.
Jerrick has been known to make numerous on-air bloopers while on Fox 29, such as the one involving Donald Trump’s advisor Kellyann Conway, for which he got a week of suspension for using a vulgar term in a discussion about the woman. He later apologized for his inappropriate comments.
Aside from his involvement in Fox 29, he also serves as an occasional substitute on “Fox & Friends Weekend” in New York.
Throughout his career as a news anchor, Jerrick has established himself as one of the most recognizable faces and voices of his generation in the world of news shows. Aside from boosting his popularity, his success has also enabled him to amass a significant fortune.
When it comes to his personal life, Jerrick was married to Joy Jerrick, with whom he has two children. According to some reports, he has been engaged to a girl named Shelda since 2014.
