Jerrick was raised in Wichita. He attended Chaplain Kapaun Memorial High School, a Jesuit-run boys' school, which later merged to become Kapaun Mount Carmel Catholic High School. 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. Jerrick later worked at
WNYW in
New York as a producer and later host, before moving to
San Francisco's
KPIX-TV. During the mid-80s, Jerrick served as co-host for the
USA Network afternoon talk show
Alive and Well. 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. Soon after, he hosted
CNBC's
America After Hours, and moved to WTXF as the morning host on
Good Day Philadelphia. He came to the
Fox News Channel in 2002. After his daytime talk show,
The Morning Show with Mike & Juliet, was cancelled, Jerrick returned to Philadelphia, and now co-hosts Fox 29's
Good Day Philadelphia. He is occasionally called back to New York as a substitute on
Fox & Friends Weekend. On Wednesday April 1, 2015, Jerrick announced his candidacy for Mayor of Philadelphia for the 2015 elections. This announcement was made on
Good Day Philadelphia, and Jerrick received multiple messages of support. It was revealed to have been an April Fools' joke. In January 2017 Jerrick was suspended for a week by Fox 29. 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'. Holley immediately responded 'We're sorry for that', and Jerrick apologized as well. Management immediately suspended Jerrick for the rest of the week for using a word considered to be offensive on live television. 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. ==References==