25 years. In May  of that year a civil trial found "The Jenny Jones Show" to have been  negligent because they did not screen the guests before inviting  them on the show. The show was ordered to pay the Amedure family  $25,000,000 for funeral expenses and pain and suffering for each  family member. This decision was later overturned on appeal. The  show pressed on in spite of sluggish ratings and was finally  cancelled in 2003.