It’s not every day someone comes along and believes in
you so much so, that they ‘gift’ you $100 million dollars. But in essence, that’s
just what Discovery Communications did when inking a deal with humanitarian and mega-media visionary, Oprah
Winfrey—and The Oprah Winfrey Network
was born.
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| "The Promised Land," Oprah's oceanside home (Montecito, CA) |
Debuting on January 1, 2011 Oprah’s
network began captivating more than 83,000 households with a bevy of original programming,
documentaries, specials and acquired movies.
Yep, the media gurus at Discovery Communications new what they were doing.
One year later, Oprah teamed up with long-time friend and media mogul Tyler Perry-- where his directing, producing and gritty-yet-powerful
story telling brought to OWN, one of
the hottest night time dramas, The Haves
and the Have Nots. In just a few short seasons, 3.6+million viewers have
become Tuesday night soap-box addicts (me included!), as we find ourselves ‘thirsting for more’--
betrayal, manipulation, sexy, cut-throat scripting from Perry. The
Haves and the Have Nots gives us an ‘up close and personal’ view of the Cryer’s,
a power-hungry and ohhh-so-dysfunctional family and the intricate dynamics they have with their staff and
Southern community.
OWN’s innovative foray into TV-land continues with Oprah’s Next Chapter, Oprah’s Lifeclass, Super Soul Sunday, and a host of
non-scripted segments due this Fall.
And, as per usual, you
know Oprah does it B-I-G... so her international reach is no exception. Millions of cable households as far away as The Balkans/Romania/Bulgaria, Australia, South Africa, Poland and Russia, enjoy the network’s
exciting, thought provoking and transformational television programming.
Yep, Discovery Communications new what they
were doing!
My tribute to this beautiful humanitarian and her vision continues on my website G A Z E L L A | Beauty + Grace + Gentleness. Oprah Winfrey, the woman-- then and now-- her message, the Network, Tyler, Iyanla, Marianne, Tina, VIDEOS, her books and more!
“…I am a woman in process. I'm just trying like everybody
else. I try to take every conflict, every experience, and learn from it. Life
is never dull.” --Oprah Winfrey
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