Chicago: Talk show queen Oprah Winfrey, whose eponymous 25-year old TV show is concluding next year, on Thursday announced a slew of new programmes for her upcoming channel, including a global series that will take her to India and China.
A total of 15 new series have been announced for Winfrey’s channel ‘OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network’, which will launch on January 1, 2011. One of the five new shows announced today is ‘Oprah’s Next Chapter’, in which Winfrey will have “riveting conversations with the people we all want to hear from, in some very unexpected places”.
“Oprah’s getting untethered from the chairs, opening up her world and taking you with her. From the Taj Mahal to her beloved oak tree, the Great Wall to her own teahouse, it is a whole new kind of Oprah show,” OWN chief executive officer Christina Norman said in a statement.
Winfrey, 55, would interview a range of people from celebrities to politicians to newsmakers in other countries. “My vision for OWN is to create a network that inspires our viewers and makes them want to be who they are on their best day,” Winfrey said.
The new shows would see appearances by Academy Award-winning director James Cameron, Grammy Award-winning pop culture icon Lady Gaga, Nobel laureate American author Toni Morrison and former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
Over the years, Winfrey, has built an empire of about $2.5 billion as she touched the lives of millions of viewers across the world through her shows on women empowerment, education, health and lifestyle. PTI
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