Jack E. Jett - The Jack E. Jett Show

The Jack E. Jett Show

In early 1990, Jett returned to his native Dallas, Texas. Having been an avid fan of public-access television cable TV in Los Angeles, Jett found a very limited public-access television selection in Dallas. He decided to create a show that featured various oddball characters and freaks of nature. The show became a local cult classic, and soon became available on cable access stations in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Houston, and Austin.

PrideVision Television in Canada (later renamed OUTtv) offered Jett the chance to move from public-access television to national cable television. He co-produced 65 episodes of The Jack E. Jett Show with Chris Rentzel; that show later became one of the first programs on the Q Television Network, the first American television network catering to the LGBT community.