OWN CEO Christina Norman
Oprah's business venture with Discovery Communications, OWN, will be launched this fall and will include a line-up of programming designed to help you "live your best life." CEO of OWN Christina Norman, who came to the company from MTV, provided an interview to The Hollywood Reporter where she explained Oprah's role in the network and show possibilities.
Christina Norman shared with THR, "Tons of hands-on involvement from Oprah. Obviously, this is her name, her legacy, her vision, so we're reviewing show ideas with her constantly." When it comes to the direction of the network, Norman shared, "This network is not Oprah TV. It can't be. So I think we've got to expand the notion of what it means to live a life with purpose, which includes humor, which includes talk shows, which includes all sorts of non-scripted things, which might even include game shows. It will include documentaries."
I am anxious to see how the network is molded and presented to current Oprah fans and viewers, but also to a new audience looking for inspiration and purpose in their lives. Do you plan on watching the programming on OWN? Please share your thoughts in the comment section below.
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No, I will not watch it. I stopped watching Oprah about 10 years ago. She is just so arrogant and full of herself. Everything with her has to be a huge overdone production. And I hate watching her interview people because she can be so cocky, she lays around on the stage and puts her legs wherever she feels like. I want to take her and scream: sit like a lady!
In regards to Michael Jackson (may he rest in peace and may his children find some peace as well) I think her silence says more than words can ever describe. It shows (at least to me) how cold and how calculated Oprah really is. She doesn’t like all of the attention that Michael Jackson has gotten and she’s envious of all of his successes, that we know. But it’s very sad that she hasn’t at least cleaned up her act in this one instance. Because if it weren’t for Michael Jackson, like the Reverend Sharpton said, there would be no Oprah. Michael Jackson made it acceptable for people like Oprah to have such a successful cross-over career and this is how she acts. Sickening!
Absolutely, 100% agree with the previous post!