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“The Haves and the Have Nots” star Jaclyn Betham calls Amanda a little crazy this season

January 21, 2014 Barb Oates

Providing much of the drama in Season 2 of Tyler Perry’s The Haves and the Have Nots is Jaclyn Betham, who plays Amanda Cryer in OWN’s top-rated drama that airs Tuesdays at 9pm ET. This season of The Haves and the Have Nots finds the once-fragile Amanda in full-out beast mode looking to extract revenge on all who have wronged her. “She’s coming out of her shell in more dark ways than others, for sure, she’s not as introverted,” Betham says of her character. “She does seek her revenge. I think people are going to be really shocked this season […]

TCA 2014: Deion Sanders reality show focuses on parenting

January 10, 2014 Barb Oates

Wow, can Deion Sanders talk. Amid that witty sarcasm and banter is a man with a heart of gold when it comes to children. At the Television Critics Association’s 2014 Winter Press Tour Sanders told critics that he grew up never hearing the words “I love you” from his father or his stepfather, so today he showers children with those words. His life is the subject of Deion’s Family Playbook, a new reality series on OWN debuting in Saturday, March 1 at 10pm ET/PT. “I had a biological father that used drugs and another stepfather that was somewhat of an […]

OWN acquires Tyler Perry’s “For Better or Worse” and orders more “Love Thy Neighbor”

August 22, 2013 Jeff Pfeiffer

Good news for Tyler Perry fans as OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network recently announced that it will premiere Season 3 of Tyler Perry’s For Better or Worse in September, and that it has doubled the order of new episodes for Tyler Perry’s Love Thy Neighbor. For Better or Worse aired its first two seasons on TBS and will debut Season 3 on OWN Sept. 18 at 9pm ET/PT with two back-to-back half-hour episodes. The comedy — written, directed, executive-produced and created by Tyler Perry — centers on salon owner Angela Williams (Tasha Smith) and her husband, former pro football player Marcus […]

Lindsay Lohan: Oprah scores first post-rehab interview, 2014 reality show

July 12, 2013 Lori Acken

Score another one for Oprah Winfrey. Having landed the first post-scandal chats with disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong, freewheeling pop starlet Rihanna and the family of doomed songbird Whitney Houston, the talk-show icon will interview Lindsay Lohan in August following the completion of Lohan’s court-ordered, 90-day stay at the Betty Ford Center, according to Entertainment Weekly. Winfrey’s OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network has also signed Lohan to star in an eight-part docuseries chronicling her life post-rehab and her efforts to reclaim her career. The show is scheduled to air sometime in 2014. Lindsay has shunned previous reality offers, including taking part in her […]

“All My Children” and “One Life to Live” to start a 10-week run on OWN

June 26, 2013 Jeff Pfeiffer

OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network announced today that it has acquired the first 40 episodes of The OnLine Network‘s reprisal of the daytime dramas All My Children and One Life to Live. The popular dramas started up production again this year — online — after ending their runs on ABC in 2011 and 2012, respectively. OWN’s airings give viewers a chance to see episodes on more traditional TV during what the network is billing a “special exclusive 10-week limited engagement” beginning July 15. “These shows have proven to be very popular with a significant, loyal fan base, not to mention Oprah […]

Hashtag Hilarious: A few funny moments with OWN’s Golden Sisters

May 31, 2013 Lori Acken

• UPDATE: Golden Sisters moves to Wednesday nights at 10pm beginning June 12 Outspoken senior-citizen sisters Mary Bartnicki (age 82) and Josie Cavaluzzi and Teresa Dahlquist (74-year-old twins) became overnight Internet sensations when a web video of their comical reaction to Kim Kardashian’s sex tape went viral. Now sporting a large and loyal fan base via You Tube, Twitter and Facebook, these fun-loving, Bronx-born siblings are the stars of OWN’s new reality series, Golden Sisters, lighting up Wedneday nights with their ageless brand of joie de vivre. I recently caught up with talent agent Teresa and hairdressers Mary and Josie for […]

Raising Whitley on OWN features comedienne Kym Whitley

April 19, 2013 Barb Oates

Raising Whitley on OWN stars actress and comedienne Kym Whitley in a chaotic, fun look at single motherhood. When comedienne Kym Whitley signed up to mentor troubled young women, she never expected to walk away a mother herself. After receiving a call from a hospital where they told her, “Your baby is ready,” Whitley’s life changed forever. Her story of raising her baby boy Joshua is documented in the humorous, heartfelt series Raising Whitley, debuting Saturday, April 20 at 10pmET on OWN. The social worker told Whitley that the birth mother chose her as the guardian for the baby because […]

Oprahs Next Chapter: Mark Burnett and Roma Downey talk ‘The Bible’ controversy

April 12, 2013 Lori Acken

Emmy award-winning producer Mark Burnett and actress Roma Downey, the famous husband-and-wife team behind History’s controversial ratings hit The Bible, will talk about their careers, the miniseries and the recent dustup over their onscreen Satan on this Sunday’s Oprahs Next Chapter. The all-new episode premieres at 9pm ET/PT on OWN. Burnett and Downey will explain what drove them to create The Bible — which they describe as much “a movement” as a miniseries — and discuss their heartbreak upon realizing that the first appearance of Jesus in the TV epic had been eclipsed by an uproar about whether their “Satan,” Moroccan […]

Jackson thrives: La Toya Jackson chronicles her fresh start on OWN’s new Life With LaToya

April 8, 2013 Lori Acken

La Toya Jackson, the tabloid-tormented middle child of music’s most famous family, says the decision to welcome television cameras back into her life was an easy one for a single, wonderful reason: At long last, nothing and no one stands in her way. “There is such a misconception about not just me, but my family, as well,” Jackson explains of her new OWN series Life With LaToya. “For the first time, this is something I want to do. I want the world to see me. The Jacksons have always been sort of a secret or a mystery. That mystery has been […]

Pastor Rick Warren brings his lessons for a purpose driven life to Oprah’s Lifeclass Feb. 24

February 21, 2013 Lori Acken

His inspirational book The Purpose Driven Life has sold tens of millions of copies worldwide and been translated into more than 50 languages since its 2002 debut. Now Pastor Rick Warren drops by Oprah’s Lifeclass to give viewers an even deeper understanding of how to put his words and ideas into meaningful action. The episode airs this Sunday, February 24 at 9pm ET/PT on OWN.. As the founder of Southern Californa’s Saddleback church — which now boasts some 20,000 members and numerous satellite congregations — Warren has made it his life’s mission to help people answer the question that is the subtitle of his tome: […]