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Daytime television underwent a major shift following a pivotal tragedy in the 1990s. In this video, Maury Povich reveals the shocking moment on 'The Jenny Jones Show' that forever transformed daytime talk show protocols and legal regulations.

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00:00After that, no guest was ever approached without a subject that didn't know was going to be asked about.
00:08But things changed in the talk shows when the unfortunate killing of a guest on Jenny Jones.
00:17And that changed everything.
00:18And this was when a guest on Jenny Jones was approached by another guest and they wanted to have a
00:28relationship, two guys.
00:31One guy wanted to have a relationship with another guy.
00:33And apparently it was terribly embarrassing.
00:37And after the show, days after the show, I mean, one of the guys was killed.
00:43It changed the whole viewing of daytime TV.
00:47We had 10, 12 pages of legal documents that each guest had to sign.
00:55We had to make sure that there were never questions that were going to be asked that they weren't prepared
01:00for.
01:01And every single show, all of a sudden, had an attorney that was attached to the show.
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