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  • May 2008

    • Oprah's Slipping—or TV Is

      New York Times  |  May 26, 08 12:17 PM CDT

      Oprah's Slipping—or TV Is

      (Newser) - Oprah’s still the queen, but her ratings have been sliding, the New York Times reports. Her flagship show's average ratings have fallen 7% this year, continuing 3 straight years of slipping; her reality show, Oprah’s Big Give , lost about a third of its audience over the course of its single run. Meanwhile, O magazine has lost 10% of its circulation. More »

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      Oprah Winfrey  • TV ratings  • daytime talk show  • Oprah's Big Give

    • ABC Schedules Only 2 New Fall Shows

      Associated Press  |  May 13, 08 8:00 PM CDT

      ABC Schedules Only 2 New Fall Shows

      (Newser) - ABC will debut just two new shows in the fall, partly because of the writers' strike. One will be a reality show produced by Ashton Kutcher that tests family members on how well they know each other. The other, Life on Mars , is based on a British show about a police detective transported back to 1973, the AP reports. ABC also is picking up Scrubs from NBC, but the network said Oprah Winfrey has decided not to bring back Oprah's Big Give . More »

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      television  • Oprah Winfrey  • ABC  • Oprah's Big Give

  • March 2008

    • With Big Give , Oprah Shows Smaller Side

      New Yorker  |  Mar 21, 08 6:26 PM CDT

      With Big Give , Oprah Shows Smaller Side

      (Newser) - The new ABC show Oprah’s Big Give might be exactly what it claims—an epically scaled, nurturing-obsessed cult of personality—but the format is old and unsuitable, Nancy Franklin writes in the New Yorker , and the star is self-obsessed. The competition charity program sometimes reduced to her tears, Franklin allows, but mastery of manipulation is no great shakes in and of itself. More »

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      Ford  • reality TV  • Oprah Winfrey  • ABC  • philanthropy  • competition  • James Frey  • Oprah's Big Give

    • Oprah Makes Giving Competitive

      New York Times  |  Mar 2, 08 12:42 PM CST

      Oprah Makes Giving Competitive

      (Newser) - Heavyweight philanthropist Oprah Winfrey will outsource giving to a whole new level tonight: Her new ABC reality show, “Oprah’s Big Give,” makes charity a competition. Contestants compete to raise money for needy folks and causes, and each week the lowest-earner is given the boot, reports the New York Times. But warm fuzzies aside, even a blogger for Oprah’s hometown Chicago Tribune notices “something off-putting” about competitive giving. More »

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      Hurricane Katrina  • reality TV  • Oprah Winfrey  • ABC  • philanthropy  • Oprah's Big Give  • Extreme Makeover  • Survivor

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