Love that video

They need to promo the hell out of this since they only have 2 weeks to get the word out. OWN is buried way up in the 100s in my channel lineup (and I imagine for most cable) so the odds of people stumbling upon it while flipping the way they might if it was Bravo or Lifetime seems slim.

Wow just realized OLTL will return to televison, 45 years from the day they originally premiered.

I was waiting for a promo. They do need to promote the hell out of it. O herself needs to be tweeting on the first day, IMO, just like they had her in this promo.

OWN is on DirecTV channel 279, so it's not completely buried on there, but I have heard on a lot of cable companies it is buried. I don't get OWN at the moment because I have the lowest package I can get, LOL. So hopefully people even just browsing will be able to find it. They should also promote the hell out of it during Perry's shows.

The OWN Network is on channel 60 in my Cox channel lineup.

I was waiting for a promo. They do need to promote the hell out of it. O herself needs to be tweeting on the first day, IMO, just like they had her in this promo.

I wonder if any of the other networks will be able to run promos?

I may be crazy for saying this but I am expecting Y&R ratings. Or at least B&B!!!!

At first I thought the promo was user-generated. It looks cheap. But whatever, at least there's a promo.

And I hope Oprah knows that "Adam Chaaandler" is often away on business.

OWN is on DirecTV channel 279, so it's not completely buried on there, but I have heard on a lot of cable companies it is buried. I don't get OWN at the moment because I have the lowest package I can get, LOL. So hopefully people even just browsing will be able to find it. They should also promote the hell out of it during Perry's shows.

It just moved from third tier here to the first tier, and ive hard from a few people in different areas it was also moved to their cheapest tier with bravo, lifetime, we and oxygen as well.

I don't love that promo, but I will take anything. It's a good start. I would love to have promos like on SOAPnet with the actors doing bumpers, maybe even with Oprah. And of course promos that feature clips. That is whats going to get people tuning in. Show Debbi Morgan on last weeks episodes and you have a hit. They just need to focus on the powerful stuff and less fluff.

LOL yeah. Their scheduling is making no sense to me.

The new schedule makes less and less sense to me. I believe that PP is finding their way through the maze of ratings, people watching the show, the splicing and dicing and extreme editing going on, and a host of problems.

It is my hope that the new fall episodes will pick up steam and we can get out of this Summer Slump with these episodes coming from the fired writing team. PP has said that there will be some new people coming on board the show with surprises and such and such. I am willing and ready to be patient and just keep watching the show and get through this summer slow down.

so does that mean that even with these mini-marathons, they won't be back to back on day 1? What genius made that decision?

Edited: Got it now- still stupid. Wonder if this ties into some greater ep count plan with PP/Hulu? I can't imagine there isn't some reason for repeating the third ep.

Repeat, repeat, repeat. Who is making all these decisions and why?

They need to promo the hell out of this since they only have 2 weeks to get the word out. OWN is buried way up in the 100s in my channel lineup (and I imagine for most cable) so the odds of people stumbling upon it while flipping the way they might if it was Bravo or Lifetime seems slim.

You make a very valid point. Yes, promo work ASAP. I don't know why the actors are not continuing to get out there and talk up the show more with the extended LONG hiatus going on right now. I guess some of them have other projects lined up to fill in the time inbetween block filming.

Well it's Prospect Park's job to book the actors. They did a decent promo push at the beginning, but that was rushed and basically dropped once the shows premiered. We don't get updated promos like regular shows highlighting the storylines. Why isn't Debbi Morgan out promoting the show? I don't think they've had her do one talk show to promote this. They need to get her, Darnell and Sal on BET, TV One, etc. and OWN.

That Oprah promo made me weepy.