When Oprah Winfrey bid adieu to her studio and at-home audience of sobbing, enraptured fans back in the spring, she didn't say she was leaving television altogether. Could the American viewing public really let her? Of course not.
There's No Staying Away: Oprah Announces New TV Show
Oprah to OWN LA or Just Create More Long Audition Lines?
Oprah Winfrey's new OWN network, headquartered in Miracle Mile, will launch on January 1st. Though the big premiere is only 11 days away, Winfrey has yet to hunker down in the Los Angeles offices which has raised questions about the viability of the channel, according to the LA Times.
The channel, aimed at helping people "live their best lives," has suffered from a host of challenges including three years of launch delays
TV Junkie: Big Wednesday
OK so now Oprah wants her own network and she's going to get it. Remember that she is one of the four founders of the Oxygen Network, you know, that paragon of programming that now includes: The Bad Girls Club, Snapped, and the Oxygen Original movie Husband for Hire. Now she's distancing herself from that loathsome swamp of bad TV because of her new altruistic endeavor, the modestly named OWN (The Oprah Winfrey Network) which replaces the Discovery Health Channel. Will the Big O stay with this for the long haul or just until something else, like a Stedman replacement, gets her attention?

