Adios, Jenny Jones!
02-04-03, 08:50 AM
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Adios, Jenny Jones!
As someone with firsthand knowledge from my days with the Springer show, which is on the same floor of the same buiding as Jenny, good riddance!!! Not only is her show trash pretending to be something it's not, but on a personal note, Jenny herself is a bitch.
http://www.suntimes.com/output/feder...n-feder04.html
Days are numbered for 'Jenny Jones Show'
February 4, 2003
BY ROBERT FEDER SUN-TIMES COLUMNIST Advertisement
The good news is that Chicago soon won't have "The Jenny Jones Show" to kick around anymore. The bad news is that it took 12 years to finally go away.
Warner Bros. Domestic Television is expected to announce any day now that it will cease production of the Chicago-based syndicated talk show, leaving Oprah Winfrey and Jerry Springer as sole survivors of the once-thriving gabfest genre here.
Insiders at NBC Tower, where both Jones and Springer produce their shows, said word of Jones' demise began circulating last week.
Jones' show has been something of a civic embarrassment since its debut in 1991. Even its home station, WMAQ-Channel 5, dropped the program after two seasons, although it continued to originate from the NBC-owned station's studios and production facilities.
The low point for "Jenny Jones"--and perhaps all of talk television--came in 1995 when one guest wound up murdering another who had confessed a same-sex "secret crush" as part of an ambush stunt on the show.
After declining ratings and the loss of outlets in New York and Los Angeles threatened to kill the show last year, Tribune Co. rescued it as part of a major agreement with Warner Bros.
The deal gave "Jenny Jones" one more year on WGN-Channel 9 and other Tribune Co. outlets.
February 4, 2003
BY ROBERT FEDER SUN-TIMES COLUMNIST Advertisement
The good news is that Chicago soon won't have "The Jenny Jones Show" to kick around anymore. The bad news is that it took 12 years to finally go away.
Warner Bros. Domestic Television is expected to announce any day now that it will cease production of the Chicago-based syndicated talk show, leaving Oprah Winfrey and Jerry Springer as sole survivors of the once-thriving gabfest genre here.
Insiders at NBC Tower, where both Jones and Springer produce their shows, said word of Jones' demise began circulating last week.
Jones' show has been something of a civic embarrassment since its debut in 1991. Even its home station, WMAQ-Channel 5, dropped the program after two seasons, although it continued to originate from the NBC-owned station's studios and production facilities.
The low point for "Jenny Jones"--and perhaps all of talk television--came in 1995 when one guest wound up murdering another who had confessed a same-sex "secret crush" as part of an ambush stunt on the show.
After declining ratings and the loss of outlets in New York and Los Angeles threatened to kill the show last year, Tribune Co. rescued it as part of a major agreement with Warner Bros.
The deal gave "Jenny Jones" one more year on WGN-Channel 9 and other Tribune Co. outlets.
02-04-03, 10:31 AM
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Originally posted by redskull47
Our long national nightmare is finally over...
Seriously, I'm suprised to find out it's still on!
Our long national nightmare is finally over...
Seriously, I'm suprised to find out it's still on!
* secret crush
* from geek to chic
* i want to confess my sexy job
02-04-03, 11:06 AM
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Originally posted by GuessWho
yeah, but she seemingly only has 3 topics
* secret crush
* from geek to chic
* i want to confess my sexy job
yeah, but she seemingly only has 3 topics
* secret crush
* from geek to chic
* i want to confess my sexy job
02-04-03, 12:35 PM
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Not that I watch these shows anyway, but is Montel off the air now? Ricky Lake? It mentions only Oprah and Springer are left...
02-04-03, 12:40 PM
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Originally posted by fujishig
Not that I watch these shows anyway, but is Montel off the air now? Ricky Lake? It mentions only Oprah and Springer are left...
Not that I watch these shows anyway, but is Montel off the air now? Ricky Lake? It mentions only Oprah and Springer are left...
here = Chicago
02-04-03, 03:23 PM
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Originally posted by GuessWho
yeah, but she seemingly only has 3 topics
* secret crush
* from geek to chic
* i want to confess my sexy job
yeah, but she seemingly only has 3 topics
* secret crush
* from geek to chic
* i want to confess my sexy job
Of course, they will just fill the slot with "Russian Roulette Date" or some other date based drivel. Daytime tv bites.
02-04-03, 03:55 PM
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She's been gone from my local since last year.
We now have "Good Day Live" with those two chicks and that guy who get on my damn nerves.
I would rather have another hour of Texas Justice...
Oh well.
We now have "Good Day Live" with those two chicks and that guy who get on my damn nerves.
I would rather have another hour of Texas Justice...
Oh well.
02-04-03, 04:26 PM
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Originally posted by beavismom
Of course, they will just fill the slot with "Russian Roulette Date" or some other date based drivel. Daytime tv bites.
Of course, they will just fill the slot with "Russian Roulette Date" or some other date based drivel. Daytime tv bites.
02-04-03, 05:02 PM
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Yahoo!! Long overdue. Is Povich still around? He's complete trash too.
I can't believe Springer is still on the air. He should be ashamed of himself. I saw him on "Crossfire" the other night (debating that fascist creature Ann Coulter), and he surprised me once again at how thoughtful and cogent he is. That said, after years of shamelessly cashing in by trolling trailer parks for guests, he has zero credibility. He should take his money and whatever soupcon of dignity he has left and anonymously crawl into the nearest gated community.
I can't believe Springer is still on the air. He should be ashamed of himself. I saw him on "Crossfire" the other night (debating that fascist creature Ann Coulter), and he surprised me once again at how thoughtful and cogent he is. That said, after years of shamelessly cashing in by trolling trailer parks for guests, he has zero credibility. He should take his money and whatever soupcon of dignity he has left and anonymously crawl into the nearest gated community.
02-04-03, 05:03 PM
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This show should have been gone years ago. The day that one of her guests was shot and killed by another guest and the show was put on trial for it, it should have been taken off the air. Now we need to get rid of Ricki Lake and Montell.
02-04-03, 06:56 PM
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Originally posted by conscience
I don't think the murder has anything to do with the show going off the air. So it should not even be discussed.
I don't think the murder has anything to do with the show going off the air. So it should not even be discussed.
02-05-03, 08:56 AM
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Originally posted by WWE Jedi
I wasn't saying that the show is going off the air because of the murder. The show is going of the air because it stinks and it no money can be made from it. I was saying that the show should have been taken off the air after the murder occured.
I wasn't saying that the show is going off the air because of the murder. The show is going of the air because it stinks and it no money can be made from it. I was saying that the show should have been taken off the air after the murder occured.
But that is what you really feel since you posted those final words, anyway.
02-06-03, 04:43 AM
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Originally posted by Norm de Plume
Yahoo!! Long overdue. Is Povich still around? He's complete trash too.
I can't believe Springer is still on the air. He should be ashamed of himself. I saw him on "Crossfire" the other night (debating that fascist creature Ann Coulter), and he surprised me once again at how thoughtful and cogent he is. That said, after years of shamelessly cashing in by trolling trailer parks for guests, he has zero credibility. He should take his money and whatever soupcon of dignity he has left and anonymously crawl into the nearest gated community.
Yahoo!! Long overdue. Is Povich still around? He's complete trash too.
I can't believe Springer is still on the air. He should be ashamed of himself. I saw him on "Crossfire" the other night (debating that fascist creature Ann Coulter), and he surprised me once again at how thoughtful and cogent he is. That said, after years of shamelessly cashing in by trolling trailer parks for guests, he has zero credibility. He should take his money and whatever soupcon of dignity he has left and anonymously crawl into the nearest gated community.
Springer is not an idiot but cash is more important than any sense of morality. What a waste of brains.
02-06-03, 10:37 AM
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Originally posted by big whoppa
Povich is still on. Flipping channels, I caught an episode a couple of days ago about grossly overweight babies.
Povich is still on. Flipping channels, I caught an episode a couple of days ago about grossly overweight babies.
Springer is not an idiot but cash is more important than any sense of morality. What a waste of brains.
02-06-03, 06:50 PM
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Originally posted by Norm de Plume
I can't believe Springer is still on the air. He should be ashamed of himself. I saw him on "Crossfire" the other night (debating that fascist creature Ann Coulter), and he surprised me once again at how thoughtful and cogent he is.
I can't believe Springer is still on the air. He should be ashamed of himself. I saw him on "Crossfire" the other night (debating that fascist creature Ann Coulter), and he surprised me once again at how thoughtful and cogent he is.
And really, to call Ann a fascist says not of her character, but of yours. I just love how liberals go crying about conservatives when they just wish to enforce the law of the land!