Oprah Winfrey may be moving her talk show to cable
We've long since established that Oprah Winfrey is starting her own network -- literally OWN, as in the Oprah Winfrey Network -- but questions have swirled about what would happen to her immensely popular syndicated talk show. Well, if you believe Deadline Hollywood, she's taking it with her.
The site says sources whisper that The Oprah Winfrey Show may make the jump to the new network in 2011, since she's under pressure from Discovery Communications to make it an anchor of the fledgling network. This would all be bad for CBS Television Distribution, which syndicates the show, but don't believe the hype just yet.
"In all honesty, we have not heard she's made a decision yet whether to continue," a source tells Deadline Hollywood, noting CBS expects a one- or two-year extension. "We think we're still in the talking stages. To our minds, it's a non-decision."
Still, moving the most popular talk show on TV to a tripl-digit network? We have a hard time believing Oprah would turn that into an exclusive based on syndication fees alone.
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