Don’t Be Desperate, Oprah: 5 Television Programs That Could Save OWN

June 13th, 2012 - By Charing Ball

Oprah Movie of the Week: Remember back in the ’80s, when the family would crowd around the television to watch the ABC Movie of the Week? You know, the made-for-TV mini-series that featured dramatic re-tellings of con-artist bigamists, crazy mistresses and cheating abusive husbands who murdered their wives and blamed it on a black guy?  You should totally rip off that idea.  I mean, it’s not like they are using it anymore. Little known fact: ABC Movie of the Week helped establish the network as a legitimate competitor to rivals CBS and NBC. Now imagine what a salacious tale ripped from the headlines can do for OWN’s ratings? I can see it now: Larenz Tate and Ted McGinley starring in the Hunger Pains: the True Life Story of the Face-eating Zombie Man. What? Too soon?

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  • IllyPhilly

    *in my Dave Chapelle scream* OPRAH!!! This is exactly what you need! Minus reality shows. Keep, What Would You Do? as it’s only reality show.

  • Ms. VonnieG

    I wish I knew Oprah so I could pass this on to her…

  • MJC

    If Oprah wants ratings she needs to revive the daytime soap. Even a rerun of “All My Children” would garner better ratings than most of what she airs now. “All My Children” and “One Life to Live” have MILLIONS of fans that watched for over 40 years and would continue to do so if Oprah saved them. She could find a production model that would make it cost-efficient to produce them.

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