"Jenny Jones" (1991) TV series 1991-2003

User Rating:

2.9/10   

Director:

Neil Flagg

Seasons:

6 | unknown

Release Date:

September 1991 (USA)

Genre:

Talk-Show

Plot:

This is just another daytime talk show, comparable to other hosts' shows, with sensational topics, invited guests, and audience participation.

Plot Keywords:

Audience Participation | Interview | Non Fiction | Character Name In Title

Cast

Jenny Jones	...	Herself - Host / ... (4 episodes, 1997-2001)
Crystal Storm	...	Herself (3 episodes, 1998-2001)
Laura Nevell	...	Herself (2 episodes, 1998-1999)
Krystal	...	Herself (2 episodes, 2002)

Runtime:

60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Company:

River Tower Productions

Trivia:

In 1995, the show became the focus of a sensational murder trial. On 9 March 1995, 29-year-old Jonathan Schmitz appeared on a show called "Same-Sex Secret Crushes", but having only been told that the show was about secret crushes, he assumed that the admirer was a woman. The secret crush turned out to be his neighbor, 32 year-old Scott Amedure. Feeling that he had been publicly humiliated, Schmitz killed Amedure three days later with a 12 gauge shotgun. Schmitz was tried for first degree murder, but the case was overturned due to a technical error in the jury selection. In 1999, he was tried for Second-degree murder and received a sentence of 20-25 years. In May of that year a civil trial found "The Jenny Jones Show" to have been negligent because they did not screen the guests before inviting them on the show. The show was ordered to pay the Amedure family $25,000,000 for funeral expenses and pain and suffering for each family member. This decision was later overturned on appeal. The show pressed on in spite of sluggish ratings and was finally cancelled in 2003.

Movie Connections:

Featured in One Eight Seven (1997)

Silly, but who cares?

As far as talk shows go, this is probably towards the bottom of the pile, but then I don't think it was developed as a medium for curing the ills of society. Instead, it exploits trash culture and provides some great guilty pleasure fun. The show is so bad that it's obviously meant to be that way.

And it didn't hurt that at least one show per week was devoted to "13 year old girls obsessed with sex".