Will Oprah Take Her Show To Cable?

It could be a risky move!
Oprah‘s contract for The Oprah Winfrey Show is up in 2011 and many are wondering whether she’ll extend the show in syndication or move it to her highly-anticipated Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) on cable?
OWN is a joint venture between Oprah and Discovery Communications and supposedly the chief of Discovery Communications David Zaslav is demanding that Oprah make the move to the new network or lose the deal altogether!
Rumor has it that they will issue a press release in a few days announcing OWN’s launch for 2011 and in subsequent weeks O will make the announcement that she’s moving the show from Chicago to OWN’s LA headquarters beginning in Fall 2011.
We’re not sure this is a good idea!
There’s a possibility OWN could distribute the show for syndication, but otherwise we have a feeling she’ll be seen by a smaller audience if she’s only on cable. Her ratings have already fallen by half over the past ten years!
Is Oprah losing steam?
It doesn’t really matter in the long-run though, The Big O is worth $2.3 billion!!!
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