Jenny Jones (1991–2003) User Reviews (10)

A 'Dirty' Guilty Pleasure

[Apprenti · 3/10 · 1 January 2007]

One good thing – and probably the *only* good thing – about "Jenny Jones" is that it tries to cater to various fetish tastes. Beefy musclewomen; blond, busty pornstars; scantily-clad, sexually promiscuous underaged girls (read: pedophilia) with potty mouths; glamour-girl wannabes. You name it, "Jenny" has it. I won't deny I enjoyed watching the show if only to see these females exhibited like pieces of meat to be craved for as if viewers are carnivorous dogs.

"Jenny" is no better or worse than "Jerry Springer". It is just classier looking (sort of like "Star" being a classier version than "National Enquirer") and, unlike "Jerry", allows underaged girls to behave 'out-of-control' on national TV, much more so than shows like "Maury", "Ricki Lake" or "Sally". On that alone, "Jenny" has done more to promote pedophilia tendencies – whether that is the producers and host's intentions or not – than any pornographic material. Consider these: Why are the girls scantily-clad? Why do they cuss? Why do they strut like street-walkers? Why do their talks almost always include bragging of sexual promiscuity? Why no troubled boys featured (when there are as many of them out there)? The other talk shows take great strides to tone down the profanity and on-camera behavior of the underaged guests. "Jenny" exercises no restraint whatsoever, other than no nudity or physical assault.

The show has it good moments. Paternity tests – a talk show staple – past guests taking ownership for their bad behaviors, showcase of local talents, even tackling racism. But the afore-mentioned bad points greatly outweigh the good, because the former literally sells sex. Just the fact that it has underaged girls behaving like street-walkers and whores is enough to turn off mainstream audiences. "Jerry Springer" is at least smart enough to keep the underaged away from its show. Even if the sensational murder on account of the "Same-Sex Secret Crushes" episode never happened, "Jenny" would have gone to the gutter anyway. Besides lovers of trash shows, who else watches it? Closet perverts, potential registered sex offenders??

Some day the whole world will find out the actual demographic breakdown of "Jenny"'s viewers by episode themes. Meaning statistics by gender, age group, TV tastes of they that watch 'bony to buff' musclewomen, out-of-control underaged nymphos, narcissists claiming to be too beautiful to get dates, or whatever floats their boat.

Yet I don't miss the show. It was fun and self-gratifying (for me) while it lasted. But trash is trash. When it's gone, you don't really miss it.

Disposable.

[Rid.X · 11 March 2000]

Much like the three-ring-circus that is "The Jerry Springer Show", this was once was a high-quality show that dealt with relevant issues. Nowadays, the show has become shallow and asinine, and its attempts to be "hip" are laughable.

There have been moments recently when they've tried to be topical. They've done a number of shows on out-of-control teens (which has been done better on "Sally", where she lets it be known she won't put up with any bull.) This should've been an interesting hour of television, but it was derailed largely because it wound up going nowhere. Why they rely on b.s. pop psychology is beyond me; send them straight to boot camp and work them over; no forensic analysis is going to help anything. I'm almost certain much of this is due to Jones herself: she comes across as too cheerful and sunny a personality to tackle the hard issues. She'd be best to leave those to Montel and Sally Jesse.

When they're not trying to be topical, they do what they best: shows filled to the brim with T&A (without these, I imagine they'd lose half the viewing audience.) Whether it's porn stars, strippers, or former high school outcasts, they successfully bring more cleavage than expected in the "family viewing hour." Of course, it doesn't help that many of the ladies are either airheads or superficial bimbos without class (or, worst case scenario, both.)

I'm going to go out on a limb and postulate that show has been downhill since the now infamous 1995 incident where a guest on the show gunned down a male acquaintance who had admitted to having a crush on him. Suffice it to say that the incident was tragic, but when the facts came out, it signaled the depths of the irresponsibility of those who worked behind-the-scenes.

Pretty good talk show

[Catherine_Grace_Zeh · 9/10 · 27 July 2006]

I really miss this talk show. First off, I must say that it was a pretty good talk show. Also, I haven't seen every episode. However, if you ask me, it was still a good show. I know some of the theme song by heart, too. Even so, it was fun to see people get busted. The only person I truly loathed was Rude Jude! In addition, I really enjoyed watching wild teenagers get reformed by Raymond Moses. Before I wrap this up, I'd like to say that I'll always remember this show in my memory forever, even though I haven't seen every episode. Now, in conclusion, if some network ever brings it back, I hope that you catch it one day before it goes off the air for good.

Silly, but who cares?

[matlock-6 · 13 November 2003]

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".

Comment

[raysond · 24 September 2002]

Just as the three-ring-circus was established for "The Jerry Springer Show",it goes just to prove that Jenny Jones really scrapes the bottom of the TV talk show barrel of garbage and it shows. The only saviour that makes her show stand out is the local bands she has to perform on her show and some of these musical bands(most of them are just independent acts with some of them looking to branch out and make it on their own)are very good. The rest of it I wouldn't care one bit since its nothing but utter crap(which goes to a point that this show has faced cancellation twice and they keep putting it back on the air)at it complete worst. Second to Maury and Ricki Lake.

Utter and complete crap.

[Nick Zbu · 25 May 2001]

If you are reading this review, then you must have enough time on your hands to actually watch this show. Like many talk shows, it's an excuse to laugh at the misfortunes of others. It's a freakshow of many guests who scream for ratings and it provides no knowledge to any problems except an endless parade of cliches from 'experts' who were probably picked off the street.

Listen: you are probably here for a reason. Go outside. Go read a book. Clip your toenails and go outside and see how people act when they're not held underneath a magnifying glass. I suspect that most of the people on this show are being told what to say in return for meager payment. If you want reality, go outside. Save your time and watch something entertaining. This is not.

As for Ms. Jones, I would insult her but since she doesn't have a clue in that bubblehead of hers aside from breast cancer and those cliches, I'll save my venom for a person who has a base grasp of the English vocabulary.

JENNY JONES IS A BIG JOKE.

[mack3175 · 15 February 2003]

Her show is a big joke, next to Montell Jordon and Jerry Springer. It all started in the big crush episode in 1995, and the tragic results that happened after. What really gets to me is that she does not express any sorrow over it. She is revealing that she and her show are utter trash. I can't understand that why is this show still on the air for a few more years. This show should have been cancelled and never spoke of again.

Good show, excellent host

[csweetleaf2 · 8 April 2003]

What this show mainly deals with are sex-obsessed girls, troubled teenagers, kids sent off to boot camp, breast implants and the paternity test. And I think that Jenny Jones is a great host cause I like her sense of humor cause she doesn't seem to get angry as easily as most people and sometimes we get to see former MP Raymond Moses when it comes to naughty children on their way to boot camp.

The Best Daytime Talk Show

[Collinator54 · 28 January 2003]

Jenny Jones is one of the best shows on television. It is always interesting and entertaining and has great topics. "Boot Camp" blows all other talk show out of the water. For a good daytime show watch Jenny Jones. So dont miss Jenny Jones weekdays at 3:00-4:00 on FOX.

No Harm Done

[stushort · 25 April 2003]

Whilst anyone killing another as a result of a T.V. show is tragic,I think we may well be talking lowest common denominator here....As a rule this is easy to watch trash T.V. and just good fun, not to be taken seriously. Not every show has to be thought provoking and intellectual.