THE OPRAH WINFREY SHOW

Oprah Winfrey is set to receive an honorary Oscar.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the chat show host – who received an honorary degree in June from the University of the Free State in South Africa – will be awarded with the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in recognition of her extensive charity work.

The 57-year-old American – who supports a number of causes, including Academy for Girls in South Africa, as well as her namesake foundations – will be presented with the accolade on November 12 at the third annual Governors Awards dinner and ceremony at the Hollywood & Highland Center.

Oprah was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for Steven Spielberg’s ‘The Color Purple’, in which she made her film debut in 1985, and she now runs her own TV network after 25 years of presenting her self-titled US talk show, which came to an end in May. Oprah was also executive producer on the movie “Precious” that saw Mo’nique win a best supporting actress award.

Yet tv website deadline.com had this to say:
Suffice it to say that of all the lousy decisions made by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences and its Board of Governors, choosing Oprah Winfrey to receive the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award has to rank among the worst. This Oscar statuette is supposed to be given “to an individual in the motion picture industry whose humanitarian efforts have brought credit to the industry”. Nasty!

Actor James Earl Jones – who has appeared in more than 50 movies, which has seen him provide the voice of Darth Vader, as well as starring in ‘Scary Movie 4′ and ‘Patriot Games’ – and make-up artist Dick Smith, NBC’s first make-up artist when he began his career in 1945, will also be awarded with honorary Oscars for their outstanding careers.

Ten rethink their plans for Oprah finals week.

The three last episodes of the Oprah Winfrey Show will now air one day later than planned. New NCIS will now remain on Tuesday night May 24, with Oprah at 9pm Wed May 25, 8.30pm Thur May 26 and the final episode Friday May 27, 9pm. The Behind the Scenes special is now out.

The new look ONE gets some tweaking.

This Thursday night, May 19, Everest – Beyond the Limit has been pushed out of the schedule, in favour for more episodes of COPS. COPS will air this Thursday from 7.30pm in a double episode. Looks like COPS will be ONE’s most regularly played program. The change applies to subsequent Thursdays as well.

Emergency Search and Rescue replays.

Still on ONE and this week’s episodes of Emergency Search and rescue will be replayed on Saturday (May 21) from 11.30am.

Amazing Race Australia Encore on 7mate

The Amazing Race Australia will be encored this Friday at 7.30pm on 7mate with Gene Simmons bumped to 9pm, and the movie Major Payne moved to next Friday May 27 – unless another encore pops up. Before anyone asks, no – Amazing Race Australia is NOT in HD. While the US version is now made in HD, the Australian version is not.

Amazing Race Australia encore on Seven

Sunday morning, 10am or 11am depending on where you are, instead of US Amazing Race.

Triple the Unsolved Mysteries on 7mate.

From this Saturday May 21 from 9.30pm, Unsolved Mysteries will play in triple episodes bumping out Mega Disasters and The Universe. The change applies to the next three Saturdays at this stage.

An Idiot encored

ONE will encore An Idiot Abroad at 10.30pm, Wed May 18, pushing regular programming back an hour.

[UPDATED] Oprah times now changed.

In the week of May 22-28, Ten will be screening the final THREE episodes of Oprah during prime time, at 9.00pm Wed May 25, 8.30 May 26 and 9.00pm Friday May 27 for the final. The first two are called The Oprah Winfrey Show – Finale Week, while the actual very last Oprah Winfrey show for EVER airs at 9pm Friday May 27.

Here’s how the rest of the week fits in with Oprah.

No changes to Sunday programming with Merlin, Masterchef, Hawaii Five-O and the NCIS repeat all remaining in place as per usual.

On Monday May 23, episode 3 of series 2 of Offspring continues at 8.30pm, followed by the return of House at 9.30pm with Season 7, episode 18.

Then on Tuesday May 24, New NCIS 8.30, NCIS: LA at 9.30pm. Masterchef and Bondi Vet remain at 7.30 and 8pm respectively.

Wednesday May 25 sees Glee out for a week to make way for Oprah. A 90 minute Masterchef team challenge episode pushes the start time back to 9pm for Oprah, with the season finale and FINAL EPISODE EVER of Lie to Me following at 10pm.

Thursday May 26 is the second last Oprah. It follows Masterchef at 8.30pm, pushing out the season finale of The Good Wife for another week. Law & Order: SVU remains at 9.30pm.

Friday May 27 sees the FINAL Oprah play out at 9pm, following Masterchef Masterclass. Jamie Oliver gets a week off. Law & Order is also out.

Sydney only: White Collar has its season finale at 9.30pm Saturday May 28.

Could we be seeing Oprah’s pay TV channel OWN – The Oprah Winfrey Network – in Australia soon?

Foxtel are reportedly in discussions with Oprah to launch the channel on its platform. Oprah has indicated she would like to see the channel air in as many countries as possible.

It launches this week in Canada, after premiering January 1 in the US. OWN is a joint venture between Oprah’s multimedia company Harpo Productions and Discovery Communications.

Details of where OWN would fit into Foxtel’s packaging as well as any time frame on negotiations are not yet known.

Source: SMH

UPDATED Just over a month after Oprah left our shores, Ten will be airing the episodes recorded during her stay over three nights starting from 7.30pm Wednesday January 19.

The Oprah specials air soon after they do in the US, at 7.30pm Wed Jan 19, Thur Jan 20 and Fri Jan 21 as well as Sunday Jan 23, 7.30pm

Moving to its third night now, The Good Wife returns on a Thursday night with new episodes. The first will be at 8.30pm Thursday January 20 – which places it three weeks before the official ratings period begins.

The Good Wife first aired on Sunday nights on Ten, when it premiered early 2010, then moved to Wednesday nights for its season two return in September 2010.

Following the Good Wife at 9.30pm will be Law and Order SVU (NEW EPISODE).

Premiering on Saturday January 15 at 6.30pm on Ten, is The Gadget Show – a British series focussing on technology.

Meanwhile, Jamie Oliver will keep the 6.30pm weeknight timeslot warm until the new news services take over on Monday January 24. Jamie Oliver’s last show will be on Friday Jan 21.

Oprah is here, and Ten’s Angela Bishop has the exclusive Australian interviews.

On Ten news at Five tonight, Oprah said that her itinerary had changed and that she was going to helicopter over the Great Barrier Reef, then go to Uluru. She has plans to also visit Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Tasmania and more.

Her guests today are spread over various locations including The Blue Mountains, Byron Bay and the Hunter Valley. Oprah will meet up with them at various stages before her two shows at the Sydney Opera House next week.

Angela Bishop will be on the 7PM Project with an exclusive interview with Oprah, and there will be a one hour special next week in which Angela and Oprah talk about what the future holds after her 25^th season finale, plus she reveals what it is like to be one of the world’s most influential women.

2.00pm Monday, November 29 on Ten

The wait is finally over! From Monday november, 22 tEn will be premiering episodes of the Oprah Winfrey Show.

With so many fascinating celebrities, guests and topics, Oprah’s final season will be the biggest ever and there are going to be some rip-roaring shows to come!

In response to the overwhelming interest in Oprah Winfrey’s Sydney Opera House show in December this year, the daytime queen is expected to announce a second show.

It is understood that Winfrey will be announcing that two shows will be filmed on the Sydney waterfront on December 14 as part of her week-long venture down under.

Emails are also expected to be sent out to those who have expressed an interest in attending the show inviting them to enter the lottery for tickets.

While in Australia, Winfrey will also take to the Outback to present a show.

Source: News.com.au

Oprah is coming to Australia, and Network Ten’s Angela Bishop has secured an exclusive interview with the world’s most influential entertainer.

Later this week Angela will interview Oprah via satellite and the exclusive interview will broadcast across TEN news, The Circle, and The 7pm Project.

Plus, the Australian Adventure announcement episode has been fast-tracked and you can watch Oprah make this spectacular announcement to her studio audience, tomorrow (Wednesday 15 September) at 1pm on TEN.

Oprah will land on Australian shores, along with 300 of her American studio audience in December 2010. Here for just over a week, Oprah will record two shows in Australia, including one at the Sydney Opera House and another following Oprah and her audience as they travel to some of the country’s most iconic locations.

Australian fans will also get a once in a lifetime opportunity to be part of this experience. Oprah will announce a ticket lottery later this month, and Australian audiences will be able to apply via www.Ten.com.au for tickets to this amazing event where for one day only, Sydney’s Opera House transforms into the Oprah House.

Keep watching The Oprah Winfrey Show, weekdays on TEN at 1pm for more details.

Daytime television queen Oprah Winfrey will jet to Australia later in the year to film for her US show.

Oprah announced that she will bring her show down under for around ten days in December where she will shoot in Sydney.

About 450 people are expected to travel with the talk show host, including an American audience whom she treated to flights to Australia as part of the show.

The Sydney show will be the first ever Oprah show filmed outside of the US and will feature A-list Aussie celebrities from film, music and sport.

It is believed that Oprah and her correspondents will travel around the country to gather stories worthy of international exposure.

Her audience will also participate in a three-day “Australian adventure” somewhere in the Outback.

Source: Daily Telegraph