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 Oprah's Slipping—or TV Is 

Ratings for her shows have fallen, but execs aren't worried

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

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

ABC Schedules Only 2 New
Fall Shows

Reality show, drama get green light; Oprah passes on Big Give

Associated Press Associated Press May 13, 08 8:00 PM CDT
(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 »

More about:  television • Oprah Winfrey • ABC • Oprah's Big Give

TV REVIEW

With Big Give, Oprah Shows Smaller Side

Reality charity show provokes sniffles, but writer calls it vain

New Yorker New Yorker Mar 21, 08 6:26 PM CDT
(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 »

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

Oprah Makes Giving Competitive

New show's contestants will compete to be the best philanthropist

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