S*** gets used on the Walking Dead, which is on AMC, a station that is sometimes on a lower tier than OWN, so I'm guessing cussing to a certain extent on cable is okay.

For me, this is the biggest takeaway from his comments. He has ignored these shows and hasn't said one thing about the reboot, and this is how he starts?

Still, he's irrelevant to this. Oprah made a mistake, but everybody makes mistakes. She now see's how well soaps are working on her network and has doubled The Have or Have Not's order and if this does well, this could be a destination for soaps now. How is it any different from sticking with ABC, even though they canceled two soaps? Or CBS which canceled several soaps? What is important is what is happening NOW. Everything goes out of style and comes back. I just hope the timeslot is good and that these shows do well. I do think they should've aired the two shows back-to-back thoughl.

What mistake did Oprah make?

This is such great news. I'll definitely catch up with AMC this way. If OWN keeps doing this, I may just cancel Hulu Plus and watch the shows here.

When it says they will air the first 40 episodes, that doesn't include those Friday specials does it? Without them, both shows would have aired 24 episodes by tomorrow if I counted correctly.

Edited June 26, 201312 yr by OLTL_fan

What mistake did Oprah make?

I believe it was a mistake not considering the soaps when she was launching OWN. The network had no vision was a total disaster for the first couple years. Having the passionate soap fanbases and two hit shows could've helped her tremendously. And didn't she say in her statement that soaps were dead and had their time? That was a mistake, even then.

Edited June 26, 201312 yr by Chris B

Oprah followed conventional wisdom about those shows at that time. That conventional wisdom just happened to be wrong - as was the aesthetic vision she and Frons had for OWN and ABC, respectively.

I found the way she delivered her message at the time to be condescending and ill-informed, but at the same time I could hardly blame her for not wanting to front all that money herself. This move however, with PP running them, after proven viewership, is a smart business decision. And the fact is that Oprah is good news for soaps, period.

Edited June 26, 201312 yr by Vee

My mind done already jumped to a splashy cross-promotional "The Return of Erica Kane" sit-down interview on Oprah's Next Chapter.

This is such great news. I'll definitely catch up with AMC this way. If OWN keeps doing this, I may just cancel Hulu Plus and watch the shows here.

When it says they will air the first 40 episodes, that doesn't include those Friday specials does it? Without them, both shows would have aired 24 episodes by tomorrow if I counted correctly.

I don't think so especially since its a Monday-Thursday air schedule

This is such great news. I'll definitely catch up with AMC this way. If OWN keeps doing this, I may just cancel Hulu Plus and watch the shows here.

When it says they will air the first 40 episodes, that doesn't include those Friday specials does it? Without them, both shows would have aired 24 episodes by tomorrow if I counted correctly.

The Friday episodes do not count.

Wait... I thought Oprah was the big bad devil lady that refused to save soaps because she hates them?

This. Is. Hilarious.

But on reals, congrats to them.

My mind done already jumped to a splashy cross-promotional "The Return of Erica Kane" sit-down interview on Oprah's Next Chapter.

Oh, that is genius.

Anyone who sees this as anything other than a good thing is retarded.

LMAO! How do you really feel?

This is such great news. I'll definitely catch up with AMC this way. If OWN keeps doing this, I may just cancel Hulu Plus and watch the shows here.

When it says they will air the first 40 episodes, that doesn't include those Friday specials does it? Without them, both shows would have aired 24 episodes by tomorrow if I counted correctly.

Correct

My mind done already jumped to a splashy cross-promotional "The Return of Erica Kane" sit-down interview on Oprah's Next Chapter.

This has me singing..... All of the bad feelings have disappeared, Here is the rainbow I’ve been praying for, It’s gonna be a bright (bright), bright (bright) sun-Shiny day.....

All the Oprah haters cam have a seat.

I believe it was a mistake not considering the soaps when she was launching OWN. The network had no vision was a total disaster for the first couple years. Having the passionate soap fanbases and two hit shows could've helped her tremendously. And didn't she say in her statement that soaps were dead and had their time? That was a mistake, even then.

I don't think it was a bad decision at all. PP still has not proven that removing both shows from network television was a mistake. Shows were dropping like flies, and it made no good business sense for Oprah to dive in and pick them up. What's she's now doing? This makes sense! I see nothing but profit for her while bringing an audience to her network.

I think what fits with OWN nowadays is what saves OWN's ass. Case in point: Tyler Perry and soaps. So it's fine with me, and I think it fits her audience.

And as obnoxious as I often find Oprah, I think there's something very karmically appropriate about these soaps now being in the hands of a powerful black women. Both black and female audiences has been the backbone of soaps for years and years, but more and more they've been marginalized, especially the black viewers. Even Y&R has all but turned its back. I think there's something right about this.

I do hope she does PR with them, yes. And appears on the show. And I want Tika to do a guest shot back on OLTL, but I've said that. She is just fantastic on that terrible Tyler Perry soap - a revelation beyond imagining, except some of us could imagine it.

P&G will never give up their toys, until someday they do. Maybe. They just don't care.

I think he's probably happy, on some level. I just find it incredibly tacky that this is basically his first comment on OLTL since PP returned from the dead - to bitch about Oprah. Given everything his GH has been a party to of late - right down to having extras shout "Todd! Todd!" as RH/Franco enters camera range onscreen - you'd think he'd have more tact.

Angie and Jesse are role models in the AA community. Debbi and Darnell are role models in the AA community. Oprah had them on when she had her final 25th year on her talk show. She interviewed both together. It would be great to have them do an interview for an hour show to honor their 30 years working together as colleagues and in real life very close personal friends, BFF for life.