Coverage of Madonna and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin gave the syndicated magazine show genre the strength to grow its ratings for the week ending Oct. 26. All six shows inside the genre boosted household ratings week-to-week, as Gov. Palin’s appearance on “Saturday Night Live” and Madonna’s publicized split...
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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...
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...
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...
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...