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Oprah Staging Wedding to Save Network: Tab

Evann Gastaldo — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:48:05 CDT

How to save her failing network: Get married on live TV! That's Oprah Winfrey's plan, insiders tell the National Enquirer . Oprah's romantic proposal to longtime partner Stedman Graham reportedly included an offer of a $100 million "prenup" and the tearful line, "You're the only one who can save the day....

Oprah Winfrey Network Could Lose $143M This Year

Evann Gastaldo — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 09:54:47 CDT

Yet more bad news for the Oprah Winfrey Network: SNL Kagan estimates that its losses could hit $142.9 million this year. Low ratings and bad press could make trouble with advertisers as well as cable operators, says an analyst at the research and investment firm. "We're expecting a big...

Latest at Oprah's Struggling Network: 20% of Staff Gone

Rob Quinn — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 01:30:00 CDT

This week on Oprah: dealing with unemployment. The Oprah Winfrey Network is laying off a fifth of its workers as part of a major restructuring at the cable network, which has struggled for ratings since its launch last year, AP reports. "It is difficult to make tough business decisions that...

Inside Rosie's 'Hellhole' OWN Show

Evann Gastaldo — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 10:55:33 CDT

Oprah Winfrey herself made the call to cancel Rosie O'Donnell's talk show on OWN , Ramin Setoodeh reveals in an extensive Daily Beast piece that goes behind the scenes. Setoodeh talked to staffers on the show and discovered problems on both sides: O'Donnell was a less-than-easygoing boss ("It was such a...

Oprah Cancels Rosie

Mark Russell — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 05:24:49 CDT

The struggles continue at Oprah Winfrey's cable channel OWN, as Rosie O'Donnell's talk show was canceled yesterday after just one season, reports E! Online . The Rosie Show started last October, with Russell Brand as the main guest and 497,000 viewers. It steadily declined after that, pulling in just 204,...

Bobbi Kristina: I Spent Mom's Last Night 'in Her Arms'

Evann Gastaldo — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 10:54:33 CDT

The night before Whitney Houston died, Bobbi Kristina Brown asked her mother to stay with her. "I slept in her arms all day, all night long," Brown told Oprah Winfrey last night. In her first interview since Houston's death, Brown called her mother "my everything," the AP reports. "She's always...

Oprah Winfrey: Sorry for Begging for OWN Viewers

Evann Gastaldo — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:13:04 CST

We all know the Oprah Winfrey Network is struggling with ratings —but apparently the situation is so bad that Winfrey herself felt the need to tweet a request for viewers on Sunday night, as the Grammys were airing. "Every 1 who can please turn to OWN especially if u have...

In Oprah Interview, Christie Has Praise for ... Obama

Evann Gastaldo — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 06:50:00 CST

Chris Christie had surprisingly positive words for Barack Obama in a recent sit-down with Oprah Winfrey, calling him "very charismatic" and "genuine." Asked about the president's chances for re-election, Christie replied, "I think those who underestimate Barack Obama underestimate him at their own peril. He is as good a politician...

Oprah's New Talk Show Notches Lackluster Debut

Evann Gastaldo — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 12:47:28 CST

Oprah's new talk show debuted Sunday night, and just 1.1 million people watched. That may sound like a lot at first—and, in fact, it is the second largest audience for any show on the struggling Oprah Winfrey Network—but not when you consider Winfrey averaged 6.5 million...