Will Oprah take her talk to cable (OWN)? Considering she tied Maury in ratings, maybe she should!
Taylor
Filed under: TV News > Oprah Winfrey
It could be a risky move!
Oprah's contract for The Oprah Winfrey Show is up in 2011 and many are
wondering whether she'll extend the show in syndication or move it to
her highly-anticipated Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) on cable?
OWN is a joint venture between Oprah and Discovery Communications and
supposedly the chief of Discovery Communications David Zaslav is
demanding that Oprah make the move to the new network or lost the deal
altogether!
Rumor has it that they will issue a press release in a few days
announcing OWN's launch for 2011 and in subsequent weeks O will make
the announcement that she's moving the show from Chicago to OWN's LA
headquarters beginning in Fall 2011.
We're not sure this is a good idea!
There's a possibility OWN could distribute the show for syndication,
but otherwise we have a feeling she'll be seen by a smaller audience
if she's only on cable. Her ratings have already fallen by half over
the past ten years!
Is Oprah losing steam?
It doesn't really matter in the long-run though, The Big O is worth
$2.3 billion!!!
[Image via Apega / WENN, NTVNAT.com.]
Posted: November 5, 2009 at 12:45 pm
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Filed under: TV News > Oprah Winfrey
We guess the American public love a bit of trashy television and just
can't get enough of hearing Maury Povich telling would-be baby
daddies: "You are NOT the father!"
Maury is now tied with Oprah as the number one talk show among adults
ages 18-34 and Maury is the #2 talk show among women ages 18-49 and
adults 18-49, second only to the Big O!
This is surprising to us because we thought Ellen or TyTy would be up
there for sure!
For the week of October 19th, Maury averaged 3 million viewers per
episode and was up 11 percent from their ratings during the same week
last year!
We're sure Tyra is pulling out her weave her hair over this news!
[Image via WENN, NTVNAT.com.]