Hey, "20/20" fans. We're back on here to let you know that ABC will be serving up another episode of 20/20 tonight,August 4, 2023. However, it will not be a new episode. Yep, ABC is going to serve up another repeat episode of 20/20 this week. Some of you guys might not have seen this repeat episode when it originally aired. So, we're going to serve up a preview session for it. We were able to get this preview information for tonight's August 4, 2023 episode from ABC's press release archives. So, we're going to pull it up right now. Let's go. The first thing right off the bat is the official title for this repeat episode of 20/20. It's called, "Growing Up Buttafuoco." It originally aired way, way back on November 8, 2019. In tonight's August 4, 2023 repeat episode, the 20/20 team revisted the Buttafuoco story in which Mary Jo Buttafuoco was shot in the...
- 8/4/2023
- by Andre Braddox
- OnTheFlix
In a captivating episode, “20/20” delves into the infamous Long Island Lolita case, revisiting the shocking attempted murder of Mary Jo Buttafuoco nearly three decades ago. The incident involved then-17-year-old Amy Fisher, who gained notoriety as the “Long Island Lolita” after shooting Mary Jo on her front porch due to an affair with her husband, Joey Buttafuoco.
Through the eyes of the Buttafuoco family, including Mary Jo, Joey, and their daughter Jessie, who was only 9 years old at the time of the shooting in May 1992, the program offers a gripping perspective on their journey. Jessie reflects on growing up under the tabloid glare that dominated her childhood and how she managed to survive the intense scrutiny. She opens up about the family’s life after the incident, including her mother’s excruciating recovery, their decision to move to California to escape the relentless media frenzy, and her own battle with drugs,...
Through the eyes of the Buttafuoco family, including Mary Jo, Joey, and their daughter Jessie, who was only 9 years old at the time of the shooting in May 1992, the program offers a gripping perspective on their journey. Jessie reflects on growing up under the tabloid glare that dominated her childhood and how she managed to survive the intense scrutiny. She opens up about the family’s life after the incident, including her mother’s excruciating recovery, their decision to move to California to escape the relentless media frenzy, and her own battle with drugs,...
- 8/4/2023
- by Alex Matthews
- TV Regular
Vice TV’s “Dark Side of the 90’s” returns with its second season next month, featuring new twisted tales from the era. In the Season 2 trailer, which is exclusive to Variety, Mary Jo Buttafuoco breaks down the infamous 1992 incident in which she was shot in the face by Amy Fisher, a teenager that her husband, Joey Buttafuoco, had committed statutory rape against.
Labeled by the tabloids as “The Long Island Lolita,” 17-year-old Fisher served seven years on first-degree aggravated assault charges for the attack. “I turned my head to open my door, and that’s when my head exploded,” Mary Jo Buttafuoco says in the trailer.
The promo also includes 90’s icon Maury Povich, and teases of deep dives into “Cops,” “The Real World” and Mma and UFC.
Per Vice, “‘Dark Side of the 90’s’ reveals the soul of the decade through the pop culture moments, trends and people that captivated us.
Labeled by the tabloids as “The Long Island Lolita,” 17-year-old Fisher served seven years on first-degree aggravated assault charges for the attack. “I turned my head to open my door, and that’s when my head exploded,” Mary Jo Buttafuoco says in the trailer.
The promo also includes 90’s icon Maury Povich, and teases of deep dives into “Cops,” “The Real World” and Mma and UFC.
Per Vice, “‘Dark Side of the 90’s’ reveals the soul of the decade through the pop culture moments, trends and people that captivated us.
- 5/11/2022
- by Jennifer Maas
- Variety Film + TV
It's been more than 25 years since Mary Jo Buttafuoco was shot in the back of her head by her husband Joey Buttafuoco's lover, 16-year-old high school student Amy Fisher. But now, Mary Jo is opening up about the "Long Island Lolita" scandal that rocked the nation back in the 1990s, and just one day before she tells all in Oxygen's Snapped, she revealed that now that it's been more than two decades since the incident, Mary Jo has finally been able to forgive Amy for what she did all those years ago. "After seven years, I went to the Betty Ford center because I was addicted to these drugs and I wanted to get off of them," Mary Jo said in an interview with Fox News about her addiction to pain killers after the incident. "I had survived this gunshot wound, but I was now a drug addict if you will.
- 8/18/2018
- by Emma Hernandez
- In Touch Weekly
The 1991 murder trial of Pamela Smart is one that takes a number of twists and turns, beginning with the apparent home invasion that resulted in the death of her husband, Gregg, to the revelation that the murder had been carried out by a trio of teenagers, who, it would be revealed, was actually coerced into that killing by the victim's wife, who had been having a sexual affair with one of them. It's all explored — in detail — in the Sunday, Aug. 19 debut of Pamela Smart: An American Murder Mystery, a three-part docuseries that airs exclusively on the Investigation Discovery network. What follows is a look at who the key players of this sensational story that was called "The Trial of the Century". Gregory ("Gregg") William Smart (Victim) He was born Sept. 4, 1965, in Nashua, Nh, and as a teen and young adult was more concerned with partying and Heavy Metal music than anything else.
- 8/16/2018
- by Ed Gross
- In Touch Weekly
“No one even calls this case the Gregg Smart murder case ever. It’s like he’s lost in it; he’s the ultimate victim in this whole thing.” There’s no escaping the truth behind those words. Back on the night of May 1, 1990, an unsuspecting Greggory Smart returned to his New Hampshire condominium where, once inside, he was attacked by a pair of intruders. In the end, one of them forced him down to his knees while the other fired a .38 caliber bullet into his head. That night, Gregg Smart did become the ultimate victim. But the irony comes from the fact that it’s his widow, Pamela, who is speaking those words. She’s the voice protesting the fact that Gregg seems to have been forgotten in the aftermath of his own death. But she is also the one who is serving a life sentence at the Bedford...
- 8/14/2018
- by Ed Gross
- In Touch Weekly
Snapped is back! This week, Oxygen announced the TV show's 24th season will premiere on August 19th.
The new season of the true crime docuseries feature episodes on Amy Fisher, Mary Jo Buttafuoco, and "breaks down how a shadowy affair led a jealous teenager to commit a brash act of violence, and after 25 years we hear from the surviving victim herself as she sheds light on her side of this notorious scandal that rocked America."
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The new season of the true crime docuseries feature episodes on Amy Fisher, Mary Jo Buttafuoco, and "breaks down how a shadowy affair led a jealous teenager to commit a brash act of violence, and after 25 years we hear from the surviving victim herself as she sheds light on her side of this notorious scandal that rocked America."
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- 8/11/2018
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Natalie Wood seemed to hint at something sinister with husband Robert Wagner, allegedly telling her sister before her tragic death: “Sometimes it’s better to be with the devil you know, than the devil you don’t.” Lana Wood, now 72, revealed her famous sister’s eerie words to the creators of the blockbuster new podcast, Fatal Voyage: The Mysterious Death of Natalie Wood. The 12-part audio documentary is the culmination of years of dogged investigative reporting by a team of journalists lead by host Dylan Howard — and exposes chilling new evidence suggesting Wood could have been murdered. In the first four chapters, now available for download on iTunes, the podcast probed the tragic actress’ meteoric rise from child star to red carpet royalty, as well as her first marriage to fellow Hollywood actor Wagner, now 88. That marriage ended in divorce in 1962, five years after they began dating, after Wood discovered...
- 8/8/2018
- by Editorial Staff
- In Touch Weekly
It's back! Oxygen Media, the network for high-quality crime programming, launches the 24th season of the critically-acclaimed franchise Snapped with the infamous case of Amy Fisher and Mary Jo Buttafuoco. It was the scandal that rocked a quiet town in Long Island, NY, and now Mary Jo is telling all about that fateful day that her husband Joey Buttafuoco's teenage mistress, Amy, shot her in the head in cold blood right at the front door of their family's home. Watch the video above to see In Touch's exclusive sneak peek! "That was the biggest news in town that day," Mary Jo said in an exclusive sneak peek. "This was my journey, and during the course of it, I did a lot of things wrong, I made a lot of mistakes, I tried to do the best I can. Nobody told me, 'Okay Mare, this is what happens when somebody...
- 8/8/2018
- by Emma Hernandez
- In Touch Weekly
Mary Jo Buttafuoco is speaking out in a new interview — and she has some choice words to say about Amy Fisher, the “Long Island Lolita” who shot her in the face on May 19, 1992.
“You know, it’s been 25 years,” Buttafuoco told Dr. Oz on a Tuesday episode of his eponymous TV show.
“She’s in her 40s now,” Buttafuoco continued of Fisher. “She hasn’t made good choices, that’s her decision. I wish she hadn’t. I forgave her. I forgave her more for me, because again, like I said, when you got this anger and this bitterness you have to say,...
“You know, it’s been 25 years,” Buttafuoco told Dr. Oz on a Tuesday episode of his eponymous TV show.
“She’s in her 40s now,” Buttafuoco continued of Fisher. “She hasn’t made good choices, that’s her decision. I wish she hadn’t. I forgave her. I forgave her more for me, because again, like I said, when you got this anger and this bitterness you have to say,...
- 11/8/2017
- by Steve Helling
- PEOPLE.com
Mickey Rourke has gone under the knife again.
The 65-year-old boxer-turned-actor opened up in an Instagram post about his latest trip to the doctor, this time for a nose job.
“Moments after nose surgery with Dr. Dhir. Now i am ‘pretty again ‘:(lol)… one more to go” he wrote alongside a smiling photo of himself and a doctor with a bandage on his nose. ”I don’t know what day it is don’t even realize operation is over.”
Rourke gave very few details about the procedure and a rep for the star did not immediately respond to a request for comment from People.
The 65-year-old boxer-turned-actor opened up in an Instagram post about his latest trip to the doctor, this time for a nose job.
“Moments after nose surgery with Dr. Dhir. Now i am ‘pretty again ‘:(lol)… one more to go” he wrote alongside a smiling photo of himself and a doctor with a bandage on his nose. ”I don’t know what day it is don’t even realize operation is over.”
Rourke gave very few details about the procedure and a rep for the star did not immediately respond to a request for comment from People.
- 10/9/2017
- by Char Adams
- PEOPLE.com
On May 19, 1992, Mary Jo Buttafuoco was shot in the head on the front porch of her home in Massapequa, New York. The shooter: 17-year-old Amy Fisher, a high school student who was having an affair with Mary Jo’s husband, Joey.
Miraculously, Mary Jo survived the attack. She moved on with her life. She divorced her husband in 2003, and began living a quiet life away from the spotlight — except for the occasional TV appearance.
She married Queens businessman Stu Tendle in 2010 — the same year she released a book, Getting It Through My Thick Skull: Why I Stayed, What I Learned,...
Miraculously, Mary Jo survived the attack. She moved on with her life. She divorced her husband in 2003, and began living a quiet life away from the spotlight — except for the occasional TV appearance.
She married Queens businessman Stu Tendle in 2010 — the same year she released a book, Getting It Through My Thick Skull: Why I Stayed, What I Learned,...
- 10/5/2017
- by Steve Helling
- PEOPLE.com
Exclusive: In a story that is particularly pertinent as Americans continue to grapple with the issue of gun legislation, Mary Jo Buttafuoco’s life story is being made into an unscripted documentary to coincide with the 25-year anniversary of her being shot in the face by her husband’s mistress. Tent City and FremantleMedia North America just optioned Buttafuoco’s life rights and will develop her life story with her. In May 1992, Buttafuoco opened her front door and was…...
- 1/23/2017
- Deadline TV
On May 19, 1992, Mary Jo Buttafuoco was inside her home in Massapequa, New York, when the doorbell rang. Seconds later, she was standing face to face with Amy Fisher, a 17-year-old high school student who had been having an affair with her husband, Joey.
As the bizarre confrontation was seemingly ending, Mary Jo Buttafuoco turned away — just seconds before Fisher shot her in the head. Miraculously, Buttafuoco survived the attack, and months later, Fisher pleaded guilty to first-degree assault and served seven years in prison.
Overnight, the story became international news. The media frenzy was so feverish that the story spawned three TV movies,...
As the bizarre confrontation was seemingly ending, Mary Jo Buttafuoco turned away — just seconds before Fisher shot her in the head. Miraculously, Buttafuoco survived the attack, and months later, Fisher pleaded guilty to first-degree assault and served seven years in prison.
Overnight, the story became international news. The media frenzy was so feverish that the story spawned three TV movies,...
- 11/18/2016
- by skhelling
- PEOPLE.com
Couch potatoes, get ready because a whole lot of TV is coming your way this Labor Day Weekend. There’s three Law & Order marathons, trips down memory lane for House and Boy Meets World fans, and new episodes of several current TV faves, including Under the Dome and Mistresses. Plus, Fxx kicks things off in style with a Parks and Recreation fest! To help you wade through it all, we’ve singled out the best fare for holiday viewing.
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- 8/31/2013
- by Vlada Gelman
- TVLine.com
With stories from the Nsa scandal to Paula Deen’s downfall to the George Zimmerman trial, we’re in the midst of what is already destined to be remembered as one of those great viral summers. It’s reminiscent of the summer media frenzy of 1992, when Long Island Lolita Amy Fisher shot Mary Jo Buttafuoco, Woody Allen bedded stepdaughter Soon Yi Previn, and thousands rioted in Los Angeles after the cops who beat Rodney King were acquitted. But in both cases, the cultural contagion and resulting confusion may have had less to do with the stories themselves than the new technologies through
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- 7/12/2013
- by Douglas Rushkoff
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Mary Jo Buttafuoco didn't ask to make national headlines, but she found herself in the media spotlight along with her husband Joey and his teenage lover, Amy Fisher. Mary Jo was shot by Fischer, and she says now that the experience was "a blessing in disguise." Oprah Winfrey checked in with Mary Jo on the latest "Oprah: Where Are They Now?"
Mary Jo said that without the horrific experiences she went through on May 19, 1992, she wouldn't be where she is today. And where she is now is a place of happiness and, to her own surprise, love.
"I really thought that was it, you know, I had my one shot. I’m old, it’s never gonna happen again," she told Oprah. "Lo and behold, surprise! I fell in love at 47-years-old."
Mary Jo is now married and happy. And while she does talk with her ex -- she...
Mary Jo said that without the horrific experiences she went through on May 19, 1992, she wouldn't be where she is today. And where she is now is a place of happiness and, to her own surprise, love.
"I really thought that was it, you know, I had my one shot. I’m old, it’s never gonna happen again," she told Oprah. "Lo and behold, surprise! I fell in love at 47-years-old."
Mary Jo is now married and happy. And while she does talk with her ex -- she...
- 10/10/2012
- by Jason Hughes
- Huffington Post
Joey Buttafuoco is breaking his 20-year Silence about his affair with Amy Fisher by writing a tell-all book, TMZ has learned. Buttafuoco tells TMZ the reason he's coming forward after so many years is due to a recent brush with death. He believes it's time to "clean the slate" and finally move on with his life -- aptly titling the memoir, "Closure."Joey tells us, "Everyone thinks they know [the story] but they really don't."Joey says...
- 9/3/2012
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
She made a fortune off shooting her ex-lover's wife in the face -- and now, "Long Island Lolita" Amy Fisher is putting that money to use ... buying a brand new pad in Florida for more than half a million dollars!In case you forgot ... Fisher became infamous in 1992 -- when she was just 17 -- after shooting her lover's wife Mary Jo Buttafuoco in the head. Mary survived, but Amy pled guilty to first-degree aggravated assault and served 7 years in prison.
- 6/24/2012
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Mary Jo Buttafuoco -- who was infamously shot in the face by her husband's teenage lover nearly 20 years ago -- re-married in Las Vegas yesterday.Buttafuoco exchanged vows with a guy named Stu Tendler, who reportedly manages a print shop in Vegas. She used her maiden name in the ceremony ... Mary Jo Connery.Mary Jo underwent numerous surgeries and lost her hearing in one ear as a result of the shooting. She wrote a book about the ordeal entitled,...
- 2/26/2012
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Oh boy — seems like Lindsay Lohan’s troubled life is about to get even more troublesome: Vh1 has confirmed that Lohan’s father, Michael Lohan, has signed on to appear on season 5 of Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew. Though Vh1 has not announced the complete cast yet, they’ve released some of the other names set to check into reality show treatment: Bai Ling (The Crow), Michaele Salahi (The Real Housewives of D.C.), Jeremy Jackson (Baywatch), and “the Long Island Lolita,” Amy Fisher. (For you youngins out there, Fisher became the subject of controversy in the early 1990s when...
- 3/3/2011
- by Kate Ward
- EW - Inside TV
Unless you've spent every single waking moment since Saturday under a rock or watching Jerseylicious (Seriously, can you believe friggin' Doria?), you'll know that the news has been dominated by the shooting outside a Tucson, Arizona Safeway supermarket which resulted in six people dead (including John Roll, chief judge for the U.S. District Court for Arizona) and Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in the hospital. New news about the shooting - and shooter Jared Loughner - has been steadily streaming across news tickers on every major news channel, but that doesn't mean a few networks haven't seen the need to be a little... creative... in the ways they've been searching for additional angles. So: Cue Mary Jo Buttafuoco.
- 1/10/2011
- by Alex Alvarez
- Mediaite - TV
Long Island Lolita Amy Fisher is taking it all off for Haiti. The porn star is stripping off at the Scene Restaurant & Lounge in Commack, Long Island, and she promises to donate a portion of her earnings toward the relief effort in Haiti.
According to Page Six, the 35-year-old mother of three, who launched her own porn site last year, got naked starting Thursday and will continue stripping off until Saturday at the venue.
Fisher hit headlines at the age of 17 when she shot and severely wounded Mary Jo Buttafuoco, the wife of her lover. She was dubbed as the Long Island Lolita by the media. She pled guilty to first degree aggravated assault and served seven years in prison, while her lover, Joey Buttafuoco, was charged with statutory rape.
Upon her release, she became a columnist for the Long Island Press. She signed a deal to become a stripper...
According to Page Six, the 35-year-old mother of three, who launched her own porn site last year, got naked starting Thursday and will continue stripping off until Saturday at the venue.
Fisher hit headlines at the age of 17 when she shot and severely wounded Mary Jo Buttafuoco, the wife of her lover. She was dubbed as the Long Island Lolita by the media. She pled guilty to first degree aggravated assault and served seven years in prison, while her lover, Joey Buttafuoco, was charged with statutory rape.
Upon her release, she became a columnist for the Long Island Press. She signed a deal to become a stripper...
- 1/22/2010
- icelebz.com
Adult film actress Jenna Haze attends eXXXotica 2009 Miami Beach. Picture by: Splash News. Adult film actress Jenna Haze attends eXXXotica 2009 Miami Beach. Picture by: Splash News. Adult film actress Jenna Haze attends eXXXotica 2009 Miami Beach. Picture by: Splash News. Adult film actress Amy Fisher at the eXXXotica 2009 Miami Beach convention. Amy Fisher is better known as the "Long Island Lolita" for serving 7 years in prison after shooting Mary Jo Buttafuoco, the wife of her lover Joey Buttafuoco. Picture by: Splash News. Adult film actress Amy Fisher at the eXXXotica 2009 Miami Beach convention. Amy Fisher is better known as the "Long Island Lolita" for serving 7 years in prison after shooting Mary Jo Buttafuoco, the...
- 5/12/2009
- by James Wray
- Monsters and Critics
"The Insider" speaks with the authors of Beverly Hills Beauty Secrets -- dermatologist Douglas Hamilton and renowned plastic surgeon Babak Azizzadeh, who performed a reconstructive and aesthetic procedure on Mary Jo Buttafuoco after she suffered facial paralysis as a result of being shot in the face. Dr. Azizzadeh explains the procedures he performed on Mary Jo, which included correcting her smile and performing a face lift and a rhinoplasty. The entire procedure took about five to six hours to complete on Mary Jo. In Beverly Hills Beauty Secrets, in stores now, the doctors say they deliver coveted and essential information on how to look fresh-faced and almost flawless. Watch the video to learn more about the Mary Jo's surgery, and hear how she and Dr. Azizzadeh connected.
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- 5/8/2009
- by TheInsider
- TheInsider.com
"The Insider" has the latest... Here's what we're working on for Friday's Insider: Inside the dangerous new surgery for the face transplant patient! Cheating boyfriends caught in the act and the undercover video! Plus, Mary Jo Buttafuoco's plastic surgery makeover! And tears for Elizabeth Edwards from Rielle Hunter's sister! All this and more on the next edition of "The Insider."
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- 5/8/2009
- by TheInsider
- TheInsider.com
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