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April 8, 2010
Worst TV Network EVAH
Is it that thing that Al Gore did that nobody watches or can remember the name of? No. Not even close. It is, drum roll,The Oprah Winfrey Network, launching Jan. 1, will also include Oprah’s Next Chapter, a new one-hour show that will feature Winfrey hitting the road to have “more riveting conversations with the people we all want to hear from, in some very unexpected places.” The show, from Harpo Prods., was one of five new series announced today to advertisers in New York, including Visionaries: Inside the Creative Mind; Your Own Show: Oprah’s Search for the Next TV Star; Gayle King Live!, and Why Not? With Shania Twain... Other programs that have already been announced for OWN’s launch in January include Breaking Down the Bars (a one-hour show that goes inside prison walls); In the Bedroom with Dr. Laura Berman (a show featuring a sex therapist); Inside with Lisa Ling (a [non-gynocological] investigative series); and Searching (a show that attempts to reunite long-lost friends and family members.) -- EW.comHT: HillBuzz who sums it up as: "Oprah's Weird Noises network (OWN), that she plans to launch on January 1st. Which, we predict, will be regularly watched by all of 12 people."
Posted by Vanderleun at April 8, 2010 11:35 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
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You are ignoring the wisdom of the Late, Great, Sage of Baltimore, H.L. Mencken, who said: "No one ever went broke by underestimating the taste of the American public."
Posted by: Fat Man at April 9, 2010 7:22 AM
Target Demographic; Unemployed navel-gazing minority lesbians and/or Rachel Maddow and his it-friend.
Posted by: Blastineau at April 9, 2010 7:54 AM
Once upon a time we had something called "Vanity Presses."
Now, people with vast amounts of money from actual successes can indulge themselves spectacularly. But why?
Posted by: Don Rodrigo at April 9, 2010 10:06 AM