Maury Povich is looking back at some of the most shocking moments in daytime TV, especially the murder linked to the Jenny Jones Show that effectively changed how the era of TV was filmed.
Daytime TV talk shows were everything people could talk about in the ’90s, with multiple series spawning during the time like The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Jerry Springer Show, and Povich’s hit “You Are Not the Father” show, Maury. It was an era of drama, arguments, fights on set, deep-rooted secrets revealed, and chaos. Speaking with Entertainment Weekly, Povich recalls how an unfortunate incident on the Jenny Jones Show “changed everything.”
Hosted by Jenny Jones, the talk show aired in 1991 and started as any other, focused on cooking, fashion, and celebrities before it was reworked into a tabloid talk show. Its evolution during the second season led to a spike in ratings, as Jones tackled single-issue panel discussions with everyday guests.
While Povich’s show skyrocketed in ratings, so did Jones’s as it focused on biracial families, police wives, and juicy discussions that led to shock and awe. In 1995, the series released its most controversial episode, which Povich explains caused a dramatic shift.
“Things changed in the talk shows [with] the unfortunate killing of a guest on Jenny Jones,” Povich says. “That changed everything. Before that, no guest was ever approached about a subject they didn’t know they were going to be asked about.”
According to reports, “Revealing Same Sex Secret Crush” was an episode filmed by the Jenny Jones show but was never actually released. It was largely due to what occurred after it was filmed, as the episode focused on openly gay singles telling their straight friends they have a secret crush on them.
The episode had Scott Amedure, a 32-year-old gay man, talk about his crush on his 24-year-old straight friend, Jonathan Schmitz. Unknown to Amedure, Schmitz was brought on stage, with the former telling Jones, “You lied to me,” while trying to play it cool. As a result of what occurred on stage, Schmitz was angered and killed Amedure with a 12-gauge shotgun in Lake Orion, Michigan.
Povich recalls the incident having been “terribly embarrassing” and how the murder “changed the whole viewing of daytime TV.” It’s largely due to Jones and the staff having never told Amedure the whole truth of what was going to happen in the segment.
“We had 10, 12 pages of legal documents that each guest had to sign. We had to make sure that there were never questions that were going to be asked that they weren’t prepared for. And every single show, all of a sudden, had an attorney that was attached to the show,” he explains.
Schmitz was found guilty of first-degree murder, with him having told 9-1-1 that it was due to what occurred on the talk show. While Jones was seen as an example of “ambush television” and Amedure’s family filed a wrongful death and negligence suit, the courts found the show “had no duty to anticipate and prevent the act of murder committed by Schmitz.”
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