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Jessell at Large
NATPE 2012: It's Still All About Oprah
TVNewsCheck, Jan 20, 2012, 3:00 PM EST
Oprah is long gone — she taped her last show for broadcast syndication eight months ago — but her presence (or absence) is still being felt throughout broadcasting and will pervade the NATPE conference next week in Miami Beach. She'll continue to be the measure by which every other talk show evaluates itself and the subject of countless conversations about her impact on broadcasting. Full Story | Comments (4)
Pittsburgh Sweeps
Pittsburgh Ratings Reflect Loss Of 'Oprah'
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Dec 2, 2011, 7:18 AM EST
Jessell at large
Come Home Oprah. All Is Forgiven
TVNewsCheck, Nov 4, 2011, 3:32 PM EDT
Despite the brand name of perhaps the most famous and beloved woman in the history of television, Oprah Winfrey’s OWN cable network is not doing well. It suggests that Oprah didn't fully appreciate the promotional power and quality programming environment she had during her long run in broadcasting. So here's a suggestion for her: Turn OWN into a multicast channel and seek carriage on broadcast subchannels. Suddenly, instead of working against you, you will have TV stations working for you again. Full Story | Comments (19)
Oprah's Afternoon Replacement: No One Yet
Media Life, Nov 3, 2011, 11:48 AM EDT
Nearly six months after Oprah Winfrey finished her syndicated talk show, it's clear that no one will come close to replacing the queen of daytime in ratings. It doesn't look like anyone has inherited her viewers, either. The top remaining talk shows are drawing numbers only half as good as Winfrey's, and none of the new shows has stood out. Link | Comments (1)
Air Check by Diana Marszalek
Post-‘Oprah’ Newscasts: So Far, So Good
TVNewsCheck, Oct 19, 2011, 8:47 AM EDT
Most of the seven top-25 stations that filled the 4 p.m. time period left by Oprah's departure with local newscasts report they’re pleased with their performance so far in this new TV season. Three are holding their top positions in household ratings, and at least two more are leading their markets in key demos. Here’s a first look at how the newscasts are doing. Full Story | Comments (1)
Former Lifetime Head Consulting For OWN
Sep 28, 2011, 6:27 AM EDT
Oprah Betting OWN's Future On Ex-Rival
New York Post, Aug 29, 2011, 6:43 AM EDT
Oprah Winfrey, TV’s greatest hit-maker, is counting on Rosie O’Donnell to save her struggling cable network. OWN — which launched New Year’s Day to un-Oprah-like ratings — has already burned through more than $150 million in start-up money without producing a single hit show. The irony of history’s most-successful talker looking to a former rival to save her network may be the biggest story of the upcoming fall season. Link | Add comment
Oprah Takes CEO Role At OWN
TVNewsCheck, Jul 13, 2011, 9:30 AM EDT
She also adds chief creative officer of the cable network to her previous role of chairman. Harpo Studios’ Erik Logan and Sheri Salata are named presidents. Full Story | Add comment
Daytime Emmys To Honor Soap Scoundrels, Oprah
Associated Press, Jun 17, 2011, 6:25 AM EDT
Last 'Oprah' Show Date Scheduled
AP, Mar 25, 2011, 2:54 PM EDT
May 25 will be the last day that original episodes of The Oprah Winfrey Show will debut. Oprah has been in reruns for the last few weeks. But Winfrey tweeted Thursday that she was "hard at work planning the final shows," and new episodes would begin April 7. Full Story | Add comment
Oprah Buries The Hatchet
Daily Beast, Mar 24, 2011, 7:48 AM EDT
Michael Vick To Appear On Winfrey's Talk Show
Associated Press, Feb 14, 2011, 2:46 PM EST
ABC, CBS Getting Reverse Comp From Belo
TVNewsCheck, Feb 8, 2011, 3:40 PM EST
The publicly traded station group is paying the networks for programming on its four ABC and five CBS affiliates. Full Story | Comments (2)
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WABC Plans Its Post-'Oprah' Era
Crain's New York Business, Feb 7, 2011, 8:50 AM EST
The New York ABC O&O plans to add a local news hour. Also affecting the station will be  Regis Philbin's departure from the syndicated hit Live with Regis and Kelly that WABC airs at 9 a.m., although his exit is being pushed back from August to November. Link | Add comment
S.C. Governor Won't Let Oprah Interview Smith
Associated Press, Dec 31, 2010, 5:56 AM EST
Hugh Jackman Injured On Australian 'Oprah' Set
Hollywood Reporter, Dec 14, 2010, 6:08 AM EST
The Mad Scramble To Be Oprah's Last Guest
New York Times, Nov 15, 2010, 6:55 AM EST

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  • David Wiegand

    Fans of Sex and the City have finally gotten their wish: Their beloved sex-focused sitcom is back on the air ... sort of. The four women have become four men, of course, and the writing isn't as good. Oh, and the laugh track so annoying, it's offensive. And did I mention that the costumes would be considered fashionable if you were holding a yard sale? Men at Work on TBS is almost quaint, it's so old fashioned. If it had any meat on its bones, you'd be tempted to say it's the sadly ignoble epitome of TV's long-festering emasculated-men syndrome. But it's so much of a big, forgettable, innocuous shrug, it's not even worth any actual vitriol.

  • Mike Hale

    The USA Network's motto is "Characters Welcome." Apparently they're especially welcome if they resemble Oscar Madison and Felix Unger. Already stocked with Odd Couple knockoffs in Psych and White Collar, USA adds to its inventory Common Law, another comic crime-fighting show about mismatched partners. But this latest entry exhibits very little of that kind of spark as it tries to wring laughs from the juxtaposition of counseling and police work. It looks too flat and schematically plotted to succeed as the type of lightweight summer fun we’ve come to expect from USA.

  • Joanne Ostrow

    Johnny Carson: Fantastic entertainer, miserable human being. That's the lasting message of Johnny Carson: King of Late Night, the new PBS American Masters film, a rich history of a rare product of television who dominated the small screen for decades. Unprecedented access to personal archives plus all existing episodes of The Tonight Show (1962-92), distinguishes this film by Peter Jones. Telling interviews with family and colleagues, including second wife Joanne Carson, former Tonight Show executive producer Peter Lassally and a number of biographers sharpen the picture. The clips are carefully selected to illustrate specific personality traits, the performance highlights are given context and meaning beyond funny lines and memorable moments.

  • Hank Stuever

    AMC's The Pitch is a sharply-made if slightly off-putting reality series that follows different advertising agencies each week as they compete for new accounts. The inspiration for the show — made clear by its own ad campaign — is to harness some of the verve generated by the network's acclaimed Mad Men. The Pitch has a way of making the ad world seem like a real downer — a repugnant exercise in egotism laced with depressing bouts of creative compromise.

  • Tim Goodman

    HBO's Veep stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus as former Sen. Selina Meyer, who accepts the vice presidential duty and regrets it almost immediately: She has no real power and gets muscled by the Senate, Congress and the (so-far-unseen) president, who delegates all the truly crappy jobs to her. Louis-Dreyfus has found perhaps her best post-Seinfeld role and takes to it with such fervor — the constant swearing, the barely veiled desire to become president, the unhappy give-and-take with other politicians and a delightful disdain for average citizens — that you can't help but applaud what is clearly an Emmy-worthy effort. Her work alone makes Veep a gem, but there's even more to like.

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