What ever happened to the Jenny Jones show?!
Question: And how is it that Jerry Springer is still playing? Sorry but I really hate him I saw three shows and quit. Also what happen to the Ricky Lake show?
Answers: And how is it that Jerry Springer is still playing? Sorry but I really hate him I saw three shows and quit. Also what happen to the Ricky Lake show?
On March 6, 1995 one of the programs on the show, "Same Sex Secret Crushes," would become a blessing and a curse for Jones.[attribution needed] It was on that program that Scott Amedure, a gay man, confessed to his best friend Jonathan Schmitz, that he had a crush on him. The response from Schmitz was mostly humorous as he laughed about that revelation in front of the audience. However 3 days after the shows' taping Schmitz, upset over that incident, killed Amedure. The producers decided not to air the show after the murder made headlines. However, the episode did air on Court TV when the network was covering the trial. Clips of the episode were also featured in the HBO documentary, Talked to Death.
That incident, and the revelation that Schmitz had a history of mental illness and alcohol/drug abuse would come out in a trial, where Schmitz would be convicted of second degree murder. He is currently serving a 25-50 year prison term.
Jones and the producers would later be sued by Amedure's family for neglecting to finding out Schmitz's history of mental illness and substance abuse. Jones testified under oath that the producers told Schmitz that his admirer could be a man, but Schmitz thought that the admirer was a woman. Jones also admitted that the show didn't want Schmitz to know the outcome of his secret crush. Amedure's family would win the ruling and the show was ordered to pay $25 million, but that decision would later be overturned by the Michigan appellate court because the producers were not responsible for what happened to the guests after their appearance on the show.
Another show involving secret crushes would result in one station in Chico, California, CBS affiliate KHSL-TV, dropping her show altogether after learning this one involved transgendered people. After those two incidents the producers decided to no longer do shows featuring crushes involving same-sex or transsexuals
Jenny Jones premiered September 1991 and ended September 2003.
Ricki Lake premiered September 1993 and ended August 2004.
i wondered that too! ha ha.