Oprah Winfrey Launches New Network OWN This Weekend

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Oprah Winfrey Launches New Network OWN This Weekend

Posted at 12/29/2010 by Staff 0 Comment

Oprah is readying her new network OWN (Oprah Winfrey Network) for a January 1st launch. The network will replace the current Discovery Health Channel and has set beating Discovery Health’s ratings as a goal in the first year they are on air. The programming OWN is launching with is not enough to fill a 24 hour block so, at least initially, many of its programs are expected to repeat throughout the day.

Here are some highlights of the new programming OWN will launch with as listed on Oprah.com. For a full list of programming, click HERE. To find out what channel OWN is on your cable, click HERE.

1) Ask Oprah All Stars: For the first time, Oprah’s All Stars – Dr. Phil, Suze Orman, and Dr. Mehmet Oz – will appear on one stage to answer viewers’ pressing questions about health, wealth, and mental well-being. Shot before a live studio audience, this four-part special offers unprecedented access to Oprah Winfrey’s go-to group of masters as they share their wisdom and help viewers jumpstart their best year ever.

2) Season 25: Oprah Behind the Scenes: For the first and last time, “The Oprah Winfrey Show” opens its doors to invite viewers behind the scenes for the making of the farewell season. See what happens off-camera as the staff, guests and Oprah herself reveal a side the public has never seen of one of television’s most popular and enduring series. Get an inside look at the passion, the pressure and the people that dedicate their lives to producing one of the most beloved shows in television history.

3) Oprah Presents Master Class: They are the stories you’ve never heard from the people you thought you knew best. Hand-picked by Oprah Winfrey for their unique impact on the world, eight true modern masters step forward to share the greatest lessons they’ve learned along the way. In an intimate setting, they share their successes, their failures, their triumphs, disappointments and heartbreaks. Master Class offers an unprecedented first-person insight into the brilliant minds of the famous people we love, respect, and admire. First season masters include Jay-Z, Simon Cowell, Sidney Poitier, Dr. Maya Angelou, Diane Sawyer, Lorne Michaels, Dr. Condoleezza Rice and Oprah Winfrey.

4) Breaking Down The Bars: A seven-episode docu-reality series that follows the dramatic transformation of a group of female prisoners during their time at the Rockville Correctional Facility in Indiana. With the help of therapist Dr. Stephanie Covington, we explore the heart-wrenching journeys of these women as they take the steps needed to reach their personal goals. The show also visits the womens’ families as they wrestle with the challenges and changes brought by the incarceration of a loved one.

5) Enough Already! with Peter Walsh: In each episode of Enough Already!, acclaimed organization and clutter expert, Peter Walsh helps a family get rid of the overwhelming clutter that is taking over their home and impeding them from living the life they want. In just days, Peter will help each family understand the underlying reasons why clutter has crept into their lives and teach them how to relinquish their emotional attachment to the things surrounding them so they can move forward clutter-free.

And for those of you who are fans of Discovery Health, OWN plans to run some of their programming in 2011.