Oprah's departure presents problem for TV stations

AP on Yahoo ^ | 11/21/09 | Caryn Rousseau and Ryan Nakashima - ap

[ansel12]

Well, being given two years notice should help some.

[NormsRevenge]

Good ca$h cows don’t come cheap.. she’ll be hard nigh impossible to replace.

maybe ‘The Sarah Palin Show’ deserves a shot.

[doc1019]

leaving a huge void for broadcast TV

She is already a “huge” void. IMHO

[Freddd]

Just in time for the 2012 elections, eh????

[EagleUSA]

This does represent a major problem — the stock in Kleenex will drop by at least 50% and commercialized liberalism will take a severe setback. Think of all those women that will have to make themselves cry and be miserable......wow, this will be culture shock for the Obama crowd....

[londonfog]

She is truly a no talented nothing used to purge the masses of racism.

[Freddd]

Nah, she said she would rather write...

[STONEWALLS]

“leaving a huge void”

....void?!! what void?....no more plugging phoney books?...no more pop psychology?...no more Obama worship?...
I’ve never seen an Oprah show for more than 10 minutes....and that was once every two or three years.

[skimask]

Who cares about that opportunistic, racist, gas bag. She is no different than Jerry Springer.

[derllak]

OMG, what am I ever gonna do without Oprah????

Same thing I always have, I guess. :)

About time she stopped polluting the airwaves!

[GeronL]

You would think a 2-year warning would suffice

[umgud]

Maybe they can replace her with Rosie O’Donnell.

[kcvl]

Oprah Winfrey has been the inspirational, change-your-life champion

Don't make me puke. She is just a female Jerry Springer! Who do they think they are kidding.

[Vendome]

Big deal. She is going to OWN her OWN cable channel.

Hey, that is an amazing coincidence, she could call it OWN(Oprah Winfrey Network).

She has the power and franchises to fill up her own network. Dr. Phil, Dr. Oz and more. she owns those shows and can easily develop more.

[quantim]

Oh, dear.

Another bailout.

[londonfog]

She is a worthless opiate for the mindless women. She is a joke. She fills the cranium of with mush. Adios — Leave quickly.

[GeronL]

that would be enough to make me say umgud!

[FrankR]

"even as she raises the possibility of more Oprah than ever when she starts her own cable network. "

While I'm willing to "upgrade" to the next higher DISH package to get FOX News, I would not do the same just to get Oprah.

This is going to be just in time for the elections, so it will be all obama, all the time channel...which is not a whole lot differenct than CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC, and MSNBC.

I've never watched an entire Oprah show, and I never will... Anyone who has to give "gifts" to their audience, up to and including a car, would naturally command ratings for a while. But like obamacare, that would be unsustainable.

[mrsmel]

The leftist harpies of “The View” stand ready to take up the slack for self-congratulatory or flakey New Age liberal women everywhere.