IN THE SPOTLIGHT WITH ROBIN ROBERTS: JANET JACKSON (TV)
Summary
One in this series of interview programs hosted by Robin Roberts.
This episode’s guest is singer and dancer Janet Jackson. Topics of discussion include: Jackson’s immediate reactions to the recent death of her brother, pop music icon Michael Jackson and her recollections of the last time she saw him alive; her feelings during his memorial service and attempts to find “closure”; her attempts to provide comfort to her niece, Paris Jackson, and the rest of the Jackson family; her early experiences appearing publicly alongside the Jackson Five as a child; recollections about Joe Jackson, the Jackson family patriarch, and the controversy about whether he was an abusive parent or not; her early television acting roles and her father’s influence in developing her career; her conflicted feelings about her upbringing and her family’s Jehovah’s Witness beliefs; her brief, failed marriage to singer James DeBarge in 1984; the Jackson family’s unsuccessful attempts to stage interventions for Michael when his drug use became known to them; her lengthy secret marriage to Rene Elizondo and subsequent relationship with her manager Jermaine Dupri; her long-standing weight and body image issues; her attempts to forge a career outside of her family as a young woman; latent bouts of depression in her life in spite of her success; her thoughts on the investigation into Dr. Conrad Murray, Michael Jackson’s physician at the time of his death; the media attention surrounding Michael’s children, particularly in the past few months, and their reactions to his death; and her attempts to deal with her grief by returning to work, including acting and singing. Includes commercials.
Details
- NETWORK: ABC
- DATE: November 18, 2009
- RUNNING TIME: 0:57:38
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: 105986
- GENRE: Talk/Interviews
- SUBJECT HEADING: African-American Collection - Music; Talk/Interviews
- SERIES RUN: N/A
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV – Commercials – AT&T phone service
- TV – Commercials – Blackberry smartphones
- TV – Commercials – DayQuil cough medicine
- TV – Commercials – Dior perfume
- TV – Commercials – Enterprise car rental service
- TV – Commercials – Everlon jewelry
- TV – Commercials – Gap clothing stores
- TV – Commercials – HP electronics
- TV – Commercials – JCPenney department stores
- TV – Commercials – Jared jeweler
- TV – Commercials – Kohl’s department stores
- TV – Commercials – Maybelline cosmetics
- TV – Commercials – Nikon cameras
- TV – Commercials – On-Star automobile assistance service
- TV – Commercials – Oral-B electric toothbrushes
- TV – Commercials – Red Baron pizza
- TV – Commercials – Sensodyne toothpaste
- TV – Commercials – Sprint phone service
- TV – Commercials – “2012” motion picture
- TV – Commercials – “Did You Hear About the Morgans?” motion picture
- TV – Commercials – “Four Christmases” home video release
- TV – Commercials – “Invictus” motion picture
- TV – Commercials – “The Blind Side” motion picture
- TV – Commercials – “The Princess and the Frog” motion picture
- TV – Commercials – “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” motion picture
- TV – Promos – “20/20”
- TV – Promos – “2009 American Music Awards”
- TV – Promos – “Dancing with the Stars”
- TV – Promos – “Find My Family”
- TV – Promos – “Flash Forward”
- TV – Promos – “Good Morning America”
- TV – Promos – “Grey’s Anatomy”
- TV – Promos – “Jimmy Kimmel Live”
- TV – Promos – “V”
CREDITS
- Lynn Redmond … Producer, Writer
- Muriel Pearson … Producer, Writer
- George Paul … Director
- Kim Powers … Writer
- Robin Roberts … Host
- Janet Jackson … Guest
- Danyel Smith … Interviewee
- Kendal Seidel … Interviewee
- Jimmy Jam … Interviewee
- Rodney Jerkins … Interviewee
- Kenneth Crear … Interviewee
- James DeBarge
- Jermaine Dupri
- Rene Elizondo
- Joe Jackson
- Michael Jackson
- Paris Jackson
- Conrad Murray