Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Oprah's departure leaves a wide range of possibilities

I have read the The Philippine Star World News Newspaper which dated November 24, 2009 on page A-23 which reveals Oprah's revelation of her 24-year-old television institution, "The Oprah Winfrey Show". Part of the news says:

There is no single replacement for Oprah Winfrey. That's not necessarily a statement about the dominance of her 24-year-old television institution, "The Oprah Winfrey Show." Rather, is is the reality of television syndication.

When Winfrey leaves the broadcast airwaves in two years, a stable of talk shows will vie to fill her former time slot on more than 200 stations across the country. Individual stations are bound to place differing bets, drastically reshaping the daytime TV landscape.

As with NBC and Jay Leno earlier this year, the television chess board is being rearranged by a talk show host. Winfrey's departure could even affect the ratings for the network evening newscasts. "All of a sudden, there are so many moving pieces," said Bill Carroll, who recommends syndicated shows to stations for the Katz television Group on Friday.

Even before Winfrey announced last Friday that 2011 would be, as she put it, the "exact right time" to step off her broadcast stage, TV executives were jostling on behalf of Ellen DeGeneres, Dr. Mehmet OZ, Dr. Phil McRraw and other hosts who aim to benefit from the syndication shake-up.

Analysts say that DeGeneres and Dr. Oz, in particular, stand to gain, because their deals with stations will come up for renewal at the same time that Winfrey intends to depart. Aspiring hosts could emerge as well.

"I'm sure there are a number of people calling their agents today and saying, 'I think I could be the next Oprah,'" Carroll said.

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