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THE END OF 'OPRAH' AS WE KNOW HER
DeadlineHollywood ^ | Thursday November 5, 2009 | Nikki Finke

Posted on 11/05/2009 9:53:44 AM PST by WestTexasWend

Daytime Diva Giving Up Syndicated Talk Show & Moving To Her Cable Network In 2011

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The industry has been betting that the daytime diva would extend The Oprah Winfrey Show for at least another year or two because of the huge cash license fees which stations have long paid her. But people around Oprah are telling me that won't happen. They say that Discovery Communications chief David Zaslav has demanded that Oprah "move it or lose it" -- move her talk show to OWN, or risk losing the Oprah Winfrey Network altogether. I've learned that in coming days Winfrey and Discovery will issue a press release announcing OWN's on-air launch for the start of 2011. And, in several weeks, Oprah will tell the public that she's ending her syndicated Chicago-based daytime talk show when her current deal runs out and moving it to OWN headquarters in Los Angeles probably as soon as mid-2011.

(Excerpt) Read more at deadline.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Politics/Elections; US: California; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: amabo; harpo; obama; oprah
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To: WestTexasWend

Good! Now she won’t be able to reach so many people with her “New Age” religion that is so off track.


21 posted on 11/05/2009 10:36:29 AM PST by bamagirl1944 (That's short for Alabama, not Obama)
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To: NativeNewYorker
Heh, here is the Mac version:


22 posted on 11/05/2009 10:40:10 AM PST by rlmorel (Obama, The Flatulence of One Thousand Black Dogs After Eating Boiled Eggs Be Upon Him...)
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To: goodnesswins

Well, have him come here and when Beck gets back into the swing, he needs to contact him. Big O is not the only game in town. I got along all these years w/o ever watching her!


23 posted on 11/05/2009 10:40:16 AM PST by presently no screen name
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To: WestTexasWend

The Queen of Sanctimony.


24 posted on 11/05/2009 10:46:34 AM PST by Dr. Thorne (world champions)
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To: mlizzy

Arlene is a Obot. She is too far gone for prayers....


25 posted on 11/05/2009 10:51:21 AM PST by kittymyrib
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To: WestTexasWend

Whatever. I never watched her show, anyway.


26 posted on 11/05/2009 10:58:04 AM PST by SuziQ
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To: rlmorel

Well, YOUR version works.


27 posted on 11/05/2009 10:59:32 AM PST by NativeNewYorker (Freepin' Jew Boy)
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To: WestTexasWend

28 posted on 11/05/2009 11:02:04 AM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: NativeNewYorker

LOL...you can steal it if you like...we are both saying the same thing!


29 posted on 11/05/2009 1:09:45 PM PST by rlmorel (Obama, The Flatulence of One Thousand Black Dogs After Eating Boiled Eggs Be Upon Him...)
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To: rlmorel

+1


30 posted on 11/07/2009 12:58:22 AM PST by altair (I want him to fail)
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