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Oprah Offers Sarah Ferguson her OWN Show?

by Catherine Lawson, posted Jul 26th 2010 7:35AM
Debt-ridden Sarah Ferguson may have found a way out of her current financial predicament, and her savior is reported to be none other than the Queen of U.S. TV, Oprah Winfrey.

According to 'The Daily Mail', Oprah called Fergie to offer her a prime time chat show on the new cable network OWN, which is debuting in January. Oprah and Ferguson have known each other for some time and Ferguson appeared on 'The Oprah Winfrey Show' back in May to explain herself after her recent "cash-for-access" scandal.

A source close to Ferguson said: "Oprah has always been impressed by Sarah's ability to pick herself up and reinvent herself. ... She feels Sarah will be someone viewers of her new channel will be able to relate to on many levels -- she's a divorcée, a working mother, someone who has made some very public mistakes and a woman who, like Oprah, constantly battles with her weight."

Ferguson was caught by a British tabloid offering to sell access to her ex-husband, Prince Andrew, in exchange for hundreds of thousands of dollars, and she was videotaped accepting a $40,000 "down-payment" from a reporter posing as a businessman. (Prince Andrew knew nothing of his ex-wife's plan.) In a statement released after the video was made public Ferguson said: "It's true that my financial situation is under stress. However, that is no excuse for a serious lapse in judgment." She told Oprah that she'd been drunk, and "I was not in the right place. I haven't faced the devil in the face because I was in the gutter at that moment."

OWN is a joint venture between Oprah Winfrey and Discovery Networks. Due to launch January 1, 2011, it will replace the current Discovery Health Channel and will concentrate on issues related to health, relationships and personal development and fulfillment. In addition to new makeover shows from Carson Kressley and Cat Cora, OWN has commissioned the pilot of a mediation show, 'Confrontation: The Conversation', from executive producer Tom Forman ('Breakthrough With Tony Robbins').

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LLPR

Sarah Ferguson? what about Grace Baine the mother nature in peril creator who is now launching her new show with oprahs help on the OWN " don't hijack my house" is looking to get a time slot take a look at the sneak peak on Own.com and click to tell oprah this new empowering viewers google search gracebaientv https://www.oprah.com/plugform_own1.jsp?plugId=3077535
search grace baine on the OWN to see sneak peak of dont hijack my house

July 28 2010 at 4:15 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
LLPR

Sarah Ferguson has a show or is it Grace Baine who will land a her show " Don't Hijack My House" on Oprah's new network OWN click below
https://www.oprah.com/plugform_own1.jsp?plugId=3077535
http://myown.oprah.com/audition/index.html?request=video_details&response_id=22384&promo_id=1
to see sneak peak tell oprah you want to see the new " Don't hijack my House" google search gracebainetv google the mother nature in peril creator on google and see what she is doing on the OWN www.imdb.com/name/nm1140761

July 28 2010 at 4:05 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Angiebaby

"Cash-For-Access" scandal? I thought it was the penultimate Pay-to-Play business policy! Ahh haa ha! Anyway, Fergie as a talk show host the next big thing? Well, what Oprah wants, Oprah gets!

July 27 2010 at 1:50 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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ja

How sad that a person with so many positive opportunities
would sink to celebrating a spoiled, destructive, opportunist who didn't hesitate to stick a knife in the bosom of her family, and then say that they love her unconditionally. Is that how she rewards them? If Oprah is so interested in the lives of young women that she starts a school, she had better rethink the role models she is presenting to them. Fergie has been
proven to be a liar and a cheat. Enough sensationalism!

July 27 2010 at 11:59 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Sharon

Was it fair for the English royalty to put Fergie on such a low wage that she had to scrape to buy food? Not that she has a clue about $$ management! Maybe she should hire on at the local McDonalds and see what the Prince says then? Maybe, he'll encourage them to give her a bonus each year.

July 27 2010 at 1:20 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Anne

I believe many viewers will watch Sarah Ferguson because they are curious about her behavior. I doubt that she has ever been taken seriously as a person in her own right, aside from her previous marriage to a "Royal". She would not be given the time of day from the father of her children if she was actually all that bad a person. He would be trying to keep his girls away from her. She has been a good mother from what I can see, compared to many other women in the world's limelight. Everyone deserves a chance and she has been trying hard to provide those "chances" for herself in the past. I believe Oprah has a good heart and can see that "good heart" in Sarah as well. As far as "selling access" to her ex husband, I believe she was very clear that she was not "promising" anything, but merely was trying to provide an opportunity for an interview. Many people have "agents" doing the same thing for themselves. If she had asked Edward in advance if he would do an interview "for her", I believe he would have done it, and I think she believed that, too.

July 27 2010 at 12:56 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Mike

Tell me there isn't an ulterior motive here. Oprah has everyone snowed. I think she's a fraud.

July 27 2010 at 12:48 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
p lund

I will miss the Discovery Health channel. I do not care for Oprah, or talk shows in general. They are all the same, and I have never even heard of half the people promoted.

July 27 2010 at 12:37 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
PIANORUTH

There is so much hate in this world, and I notice most of it exhibited here on line on AOL! Ever entered a Chat room here? Bring your artillery and helmut...they are filled with vulgar, mean-spirited
characters who love to reduce nice people to ashes!

Isn't there any refinement, kindness or compassion left in the world anymore? What has happened to this country? I actually blame it on the decline of our school systems which create kids with no idea about manners, Culture, History or tradition! Just one big population of" junk yard dogs" types angry and wanting instant gratification and ready for a good fight at the expense of decent, educated minds.


I think that Oprah has a good idea here, as most adults (not the immature babies who watch Jersey Shore type shows) would enjoy seeing Fergie have a show...the royals are fascinating to most people, and Fergie is a good interviewer.

Granted, Fergie made some stupid decisions, but she has also been give a dirty deal financially by the Royal family, only earning about 25k a year from them...by royal standards, that is "peanuts". Don't be so fast to cast people to the wolves!

American people need to learn how to evalute, articulate and motivate! But most of all, show compassion and understanding.

July 27 2010 at 12:17 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
anna

I need a show,I wish I knew Oprah ... I'm a really super nanny (grandma) I bet I can have a great reality show ... Oprah if you're reading this please contact me

July 27 2010 at 12:12 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Laura Lynn

Now that's a show that I would be interested in watching. I've always liked Sarah. She's really down to earth, not afraid to be herself and always willing to admit her faults. It's a shame that her marriage never worked out, but she's lucky to have two wonderful girls and a wonderful ex. who still looks out for her. she's one very lucky woman.

July 27 2010 at 11:15 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply

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