BOOKERS on “The Jerry Springer Show” call it “the Springer triangle.”

As explained last week on the VH-1 documentary “When Jerry Springer Ruled the World,” the Springer triangle is that region of the country where the majority of calls from prospective guests originate.

The calls come in reply to the solicitations for guests that the Springer show puts up on screen.

Stretching south from Ohio to Texas, then east to Florida and then back up north to Ohio, the “triangle” even includes one unspecified area code in the Carolinas that has produced so many “Springer” guests that phone numbers with that prefix make one producer’s heart skip a beat every time he sees one on a message slip.

The interesting thing here is not so much that “Springer” producers can identify a specific region of the country as particularly rich in guests. It’s that they’ll always get a phone call from someone somewhere, no matter how ridiculous or embarrassing the situation.

Looking for incestuous siblings? The phone calls flood in. Transsexual love triangles? The phone rings off the hook.

And there’s no end in sight, thanks to the proliferation of TV programs designed to showcase freakish behavior.

On MTV, young people on “I Want a Famous Face” agree to undergo plastic surgery to look like their idols.

You would think it would be impossible to find people willing to participate, but apparently, a shortage of subjects has not been a problem. On a recent show, a young woman sought to boost her self-esteem by having her face altered to look like Britney Spears. She underwent the surgery and she still felt lousy.

On Bravo, parents are seen pushing their poor children into show business on “Showbiz Moms & Dads” and into competitive sports in the upcoming “Sports Kids Moms & Dads.” Lunatic pet owners are showcased in another show in the same series, “Showdog Moms & Dads.”

On a recent episode of TV Land’s “Chasing Farrah,” a Farrah Fawcett fan proudly showed off the tattoos he had inscribed all over his body in her honor.

He was the only “superfan” shown with tattoos, but he was by no means the only fanatic located by the producers. Several others were shown who had entire rooms in their homes devoted to Farrah and related “Charlie’s Angels” memorabilia.

The guests for these and other shows come from all over – from California to Connecticut.

On TV, we’re looking more and more like a nation of nuts. And the “Springer triangle” is too small to contain us.