The nypost.com reports OWN, as the much-anticipated Oprah Winfrey Network is to be called, has had more than its fair share of trouble getting off the ground.
Now, the queen of daytime is bringing the TV exec credited with getting Dr. Phil and Rachael Ray on the air.
Terry Wood, Oprah’s go-to woman at CBS, which had syndicated her afternoon TV show, abruptly quit the network yesterday and is in talks to take over programming at OWN, according to sources.
When asked yesterday about Wood, a spokesman for OWN replied “nothing is in the works” right now.
A high-level change coming just one month before OWN’s scheduled Jan. 1 launch is a sign that Oprah is not happy with the slate of new shows set to begin airing next year.
“One thing Oprah is not used to is low ratings,” says one insider.
The network — originally scheduled to launch in late 2009 and twice delayed — is already going to debut with a limited schedule.
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Oprah Network Denies Talks with Outgoing CBS Exec (Brian Stetler, Media Decord blog NYTimes.com)
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