Yeah. I also don't blame her either because the nutso were probably repeatedly harassing her to the point where she probably had to do something.

I think the nasty reactions to her picking them up is ridiculous. To me, shut up and be happy they are on a cable network. Like I said it can't really be anything but good for the shows.

Yeah, I found her video really offputting and unnecessary to reeling soap fans at the time but seeing the comments now along the lines of----Oprah where were you when I tweeted you 45000 times and sent you 2 boxes of bars of soap every day for a month. Now you need me to save OWN? Well I won't" etc----I'm feeling forgiving toward O. These people need to have a seat. I feel similar to the people who moan about paying for Hulu Plus or iTunes because soaps should be "free like on ABC"- never mind the fact that they can;t figure out they are free on regular Hulu--- these shows have high production costs and neither PP nor Oprah owe you a thing.

Edited July 3, 201312 yr by greens_dupres

This was just an announcement. I don't consider it a promo or anything. And I agree with KMan101 in the sense that there probably wasn't much time to do much more.

Oprah has always been about her brand. It's basically what's got her to where she is, so no, I'm really not surprised that the announcement would be Oprah in front of the cameras...uh, have people not perused a copy of O Magazine before?

I fear some soap fans will run out of behind the scenes things to kvetch about.

They have to use to Oprah IMO. It's HER network, LOL. And besides all I keep reading and seeing is how she's credited for tweeting to save her network.

And I used to merchandise magazines and pretty much Oprah was on every.single.cover. She sells herself so it makes sense.

She has like a gazillion twitter followers.

Was this link posted? It's just a quickie article:

http://www.showbiz411.com/2013/06/26/why-oprah-wants-the-abc-soaps-tyler-perrys-soap-has-saved-her-network

LOL, I totally missed this Oprah twitter/ratings "controversy": http://www.eonline.com/news/294280/oprah-twitter-scandal-winfrey-apologizes-after-soliciting-nielsen-viewers-to-watch-own

Edited July 3, 201312 yr by KMan101

I just realized that Melissa Egan is listed on the OWN episode of AMC on the episode description and Michael Easton is on the OLTL description.

wow she made it all about her

It wouldn't surprise me if she shot this while she was vacationing in Hawaii last week. That's why it looks a little unpolished compared to the other OWN promos.

LOL, I totally missed this Oprah twitter/ratings "controversy": http://www.eonline.com/news/294280/oprah-twitter-scandal-winfrey-apologizes-after-soliciting-nielsen-viewers-to-watch-own

Yeah, that was a year ago. Big no no.

I think it would be cool if they did promos like these for AMC and OLTL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXvS2iepA5Q

I think it would be cool if they did promos like these for AMC and OLTL

The promos that ABC did with the Enrique Iglesias song Escape are similar to this.

The promos that ABC did with the Enrique Iglesias song Escape are similar to this.

All these years later I can still see those promos so clearly in my mind- my favorite ever- somewhere in some box in my parents house there is a VHS tape with these that I refused to throw away even when VCRs became outdated. Zander/Liz/Jason; Leo/Greenlee; David/Anna- were there more? Natalie? Edited- I did forget Jen Rappaport found her way into them. I think that was one of ABC's last splashy summer promo campaigns if not the very last.

Sigh PP should recreate those. Same song (I don't care if its dated)- AJ/Miranda, David/Cara, Jeffrey/Des/Matt/Dani, Cutter/Nat. I'll foot the bill Oprah & Jeff.

Edited July 3, 201312 yr by greens_dupres

The promos that ABC did with the Enrique Iglesias song Escape are similar to this.

I found them, I agree they kind of were similar

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIERlqv2zxo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oyy_uPj6AnI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GHDXHtcEE8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=almVwRlF1hM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61XLstOiv9o

found a similar one..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NinzXR3OGCI

All these years later I can still see those promos so clearly in my mind- my favorite ever. Zander/Liz/Jason & Leo/Greenlee & David/Anna- were there more? Natalie? I did forget Jen Rappaport found her way into them. I think that was one of ABC's last splashy summer promo campaigns if not the very last.

Sigh PP should recreate those. Same song (I don't care if its dated?)- AJ/Miranda, David/Cara, Jeffrey/Des/Matt/Dani, Cutter/Nat. I'll foot the bill Oprah & Jeff.

I agree they should... and even put in the ones like the Sonny/Brenda/Carly and Jason/Courtney for other people.. I can see a Jack/Kate one similar to the Jason/Courtney one..

I found them, I agree they kind of were similar

One of the only times I actually liked Greenlee is in this short promo

OWN has always been on the basic cable tier here, as was Discovery Health before it. Oprah's fanbase isn't even that strong down here -- for a while, New Orleans's own Angela Hill Show got higher local ratings than O. But whatever, as long as I can view my soap on TV, I'm good.

The scheduling is so unnecessarily confusing. So, based on what TVGuide.com has for Monday the 15th and Tuesday the 16th, it'll be like this (using central times):

MONDAY 7/15

11am: AMC #001

11:30: AMC #002

12pm: AMC #003

12:30: AMC #003

1pm: OLTL #001

1:30: OLTL #002

2pm: OLTL #003

2:30: OLTL #003

TUESDAY 7/16

11am: AMC #002

11:30: AMC #003

12pm: AMC #004

12:30: AMC #004

1pm: OLTL #002

1:30: OLTL #003

2pm: OLTL #004

2:30: OLTL #004

And we can only assume the rest of the week will be...

WEDNESDAY 7/17

11am: AMC #003

11:30: AMC #004

12pm: AMC #005

12:30: AMC #005

1pm: OLTL #003

1:30: OLTL #004

2pm: OLTL #005

2:30: OLTL #005

THURSDAY 7/18

11am: AMC #004

11:30: AMC #005

12pm: AMC #006

12:30: AMC #006

1pm: OLTL #004

1:30: OLTL #005

2pm: OLTL #006

2:30: OLTL #006

I kinda like it, because it gives you several choices of which timeslot you want to watch regularly (if you're watching live). After the first day few days, if you can only watch AMC at 11:30am and OLTL at 2:30pm, you won't miss an episode. I still think it would make much more sense to just put the shows in an hour block that airs three times a day, but that would mean taking the shows outside of the daytime ghetto, and...well, we can't have that, can we?!

Edited July 3, 201312 yr by All My Shadows

For all the mess of the FX Canada situation--I think they got it right schedule wise. Two daytime and one late night hour blocks each week day and then the weekend marathon. I just hope the weird repeat of the last two episodes doesn't confuse too much some of the less, umm, mentally fortunate soap fans our there... I can see them complaining straight away. Seriously though who is in charge of scheduling at OWN? WHat a bizarre mess--I just can't picture someone sitting at a meeting suggesting and agreeing to that.

But wait, I thought the mini marathon was only the first day?