Oprah lands Discovery hostages
[This post has been updated.]
Synergy is a beautiful thing.
Oprah's people announced Tuesday, in all-caps:
"FIRST TELEVISION INTERVIEW: DISCOVERY HEADQUARTERS HOSTAGES COME FORWARD" on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" Thursday, Sept. 16.
"Weeks after a gunman burst into Discovery [Communications] headquarters with explosive devices strapped to his body, the hostages speak for the first time. Tune in on Thursday, September 16, 2010 to 'The Oprah Winfrey Show'," the announcement continued.
This week is the First Week of the Last Season of 'The Oprah Winfrey Show'. Oprah is leaving the world of daytime syndication in order to launch Oprah Winfrey Network in a joint venture with Discovery, early next year.
James Jay Lee, who was known for protesting programming on various Discovery cable networks -- the list includes Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, etc. -- was shot by police and died Sept. 1 after showing up at the company's Sliver-Spring headquarters carrying a handgun and holding three people hostage for hours.
Oprah's camp did not say whether all of the hostages -- two Discovery Communications employees and a security guard -- would be on hand to boost ratings the first week of her Very Last Season as Queen of Daytime.
More on Oprah:
Debut surprise: Audience going Down Under
Video: The Australia conniption fit
By
Lisa de Moraes
|
September 14, 2010; 9:55 AM ET
Categories:
Local TV
Save & Share:
Previous: Oprah debut surprise: audience going Down Under
Next: TBS finally admits "My Boys" is toast
Will she also have the Washington Freedom soccer team on before they get sent to the four winds?
Posted by: bs2004 | September 14, 2010 10:39 AM | Report abuse
So, 250,000 women will see the show.
Posted by: jckdoors | September 14, 2010 3:10 PM | Report abuse
We encourage users to analyze, comment on and even challenge washingtonpost.com's articles, blogs, reviews and multimedia features.
User reviews and comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. Finally, we will take steps to block users who violate any of our posting standards, terms of use or privacy policies or any other policies governing this site. Please review the full rules governing commentaries and discussions.