The Wichita native started his career at Topeka's WIBW-TV in Kansas, when colleague Steve Doocy was at WIBW's crosstown rival, KSNT-TV.

He hosted two unsold game show pilots, What Are My True Colors in 1987 and Perfect Match in 1991 He also appeared on HBO's World Entertainment Report, before moving to the Sci-Fi Channel's Sci-Fi Buzz and later hosting What's News on America's Talking, a short-lived cable news channel.

On the 23rd, Jerrick, co-host Alex Holley, and guests were discussing Trump advisor Kellyanne Conway's now infamous 'alternative facts' claim when he said that she was 'good at bullshit'.

Management immediately suspended Jerrick for the rest of the week for using a word considered to be offensive on live television.

[3] He returned to the air on January 30 with an apology to Holley and viewers, who had shown support for him on the station's social media during his absence.