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Oprah Winfrey is expressing astonishment over Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s statement today, on ABC's "Good Morning America," that he was considering her as a candidate to replace Barack Obama as Illinois’ senator. She also said she never would have accepted. “Absolutely not,” she told...
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With a crumbling economy worrying stations and syndicators, the panel of experts consulted for TelevisionWeek ’s 2009 Most Bankable Stars of Syndication are putting their money on off-network personalities. This year’s list is dominated by off-net stars such as Charlie Sheen, Seth MacFarlane, Jerry Bruckheimer...
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Television syndication executives are looking to weather an economic storm in 2009 in which the revenue travails at TV stations will move up the chain toward programming distributors, affecting nearly every move they make. Speaking at TelevisionWeek ’s ninth annual Syndication Roundtable, syndication...
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Oprah Winfrey, asked about her plans for 2011 after the contract for her current syndicated show ends, told “Access Hollywood” Wednesday night that she’s “not done” with her show. "I'm not done," she told “Access” at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's 50th anniversary gala in...
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Harpo Productions is pouring cold water on a claim that Oprah Winfrey is expected to end her syndicated show in September 2011. Discovery Communications CEO David Zaslav today said his company, which is partnering with Ms. Winfrey to launch the Oprah Winfrey Network on cable next year, expects her to...
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Discovery Communications, which will partner with Oprah Winfrey in the new OWN cable network starting next year, expects her to stop doing her syndicated show in September 2011. “The expectation is that after that, her show will go off of ABC in syndication and she will come to OWN," Discovery CEO...
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“The Oprah Winfrey Show’s” post-election program Wednesday took in its highest ratings in metered household markets in almost nine months. The show drew a 6.5 preliminary household rating in 56 metered markets, which is also a season high. Ms. Winfrey, who was a prominent member of the crowd at President...
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Leave Oprah alone! OK, so I’m no Chris Crocker . And Oprah Winfrey is nowhere near the besieged basket case that Britney Spears appeared to be last year. But the recent media madness regarding the Queen of Talk’s alleged snub of the Queen of Wasilla was a journalistic jaw-dropper on just about every...
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Some Republicans are launching a petition drive for the election campaign. The target? It asks Oprah Winfrey to interview GOP vice president candidate Sarah Palin on her syndicated talk show before the election. The petition’s Web site, www.palinpetition.com, says it’s backed by a group called the Political...
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Producers for TelePictures Productions programs “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” and “The Tyra Banks Show” are in discussions with presidential hopefuls after the dominant day-time host, Oprah Winfrey, said she wouldn’t have candidates on her show. Ms. Winfrey’s statement was prompted by a story on The Drudge...
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Oprah Winfrey is strongly denying a story on the Drudge Report Web site that the reigning queen of talk shows was balking at having Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin on her show. “The item in today’s Drudge Report is categorically untrue,” Ms. Winfrey said. “There has been absolutely...