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Oprah WInfrey's booking of Sarah Palin for her Nov. 16 show is a sweeps month coup. |  |
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 | By Tim Cuprisin   Media Columnist E-mail author | Author bio More articles by Tim Cuprisin |
| Published Oct. 21, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. |
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Word that Oprah Winfrey has lined up Sarah Palin for her Nov. 16 show is one more example of the power of the queen of daytime TV.
November's a key month in television, one of three main "sweeps" months when detailed ratings information is gathered by Nielsen Media Research. Here in Milwaukee, where the show airs at 4 p.m. weekdays on Channel 12, the show is an important lead-in to the ABC affiliate's evening news casts.
Despite Oprah's people calling the interview a "world exclusive," it's likely to be just the first of a number of interviews as the former Republican vice-presidential nominee sells her new book, "Going Rogue."
In September 2008, when the presidential race was heating up, Oprah said she wasn't interested in having Palin on her show. Of course, the queen of daytime talk was also out campaigning for Barack Obama last year. At the time, she told ABC News that it wasn't anything personal against Palin. It's just that she wasn't having candidates on her show.
With Palin's memoir is due to hit the stores on Nov. 17, expect her to be all over TV that week after launching the sales effort on Oprah's couch.
Now, if only Palin will follow up her Oprah chat with a visit to the Ed Sullivan Theater to sit down with David Letterman.
Now, that would be the biggest event of the November ratings period.
CHARLIE AND SARAH: Speaking of Palin, she'll be making a Nov. 6 Milwaukee appearance on behalf of Wisconsin Right to Life. Master of Ceremonies for the event will be WTMJ-AM (620) talker Charlie Sykes, who's not expected to be asking her any tough questions.
IT WAS INEVITABLE: MTV learned years ago that it couldn't sustain an audience with music videos, TV Land figured out that old TV shows could be rerun so many times in prime-time. Now cable's Weather Channel -- which long ago moved beyond just weather forecasts to include weather-themed documentaries in its prime-time lineup -- will start airing movies.
The first Friday night flick scheduled for the Weather Channel is George Clooney's "The Perfect Storm," from 2000, which will air at 7 and be repeated at 9:30. Don't worry, there will also be weather updates provided through the evening.
ON TV: Buzz from the entertainment media is that George Stephanopoulos will take over the chair vacated by Diane Sawyer when she moves from ABC's "Good Morning America" to replace retiring Charlie Gibson on "World News" at the end of the year.
- ABC has given a full-season run to its Monday night drama, "Castle."
- New York's Gov. David Paterson tells NY1 that he wants to go on to NBC's "Saturday Night Live," where Fred Armisen has done an impression of the blind governor. "I thought I would help them get ratings," he said.
- Rachael Ray's syndicated daytime talk show has been renewed through 2012, Broadcasting and Cable reports.
- NBC is planning a companion series to its "Biggest Loser," sending trainer Jillian Michaels around the country to help folks lose weight.
OUR GAL, HEATHER: OK, so the only connection between Heather Graham and Milwaukee is that she was born here. But maybe that's enough of an excuse to keep a close eye on her.
Her latest is a TV commercial for MoveOn.org pushing the public option option in the health care reform debate. Her spot follows below.
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Posted by Broner on Oct. 22, 2009 at 3:51 p.m. (report)
Corrina, I hear what you're saying. But no one is going to take you seriously with your rhetoric. Ever heard of the high road?
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Posted by corrina252 on Oct. 22, 2009 at 3:32 p.m. (report)
Broner, I am happy that you lean to my side but please don't be offended when I call Obama the "Messiah" or "Lord Obama". I do that because the cult-like following to this Chicago thug is mind boggling. I understand you people hate Bush and wanted something new, fine, ok. But, admit it, Obama IS a radical and is bordering on being a SOCIALIST. What is going on right now in the country is almost "Liberal McCarthyism" with the mainstream media in cahoots. For pete's sakes, we have record deficit spending, a stimulus that is a farce and not creating job one, and an all out assault on free enterprise. And god forbid if someone challenges this lunacy without being called a racist.
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Posted by Broner on Oct. 22, 2009 at 11:08 a.m. (report)
Corrina, where'd you go? Take a break from your manifesto and reply.
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Posted by Broner on Oct. 22, 2009 at 8:14 a.m. (report)
Hey Corrina, politically I lean much more to your side than a lot of people who post on this site. You said that my comments lack substance (ok, a lot of times they do but I'm just agitating people) but your "Messiah" and "Lord Obama" comment plus your ALL CAPS significantly take away from any points you're trying to make. You come across as a kook. Bury that.
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Posted by corrina252 on Oct. 21, 2009 at 6:24 p.m. (report)
Broner, I almost feel sorry for you as I bury you with my insightful comments. As usual you have nothing substantive to add to the discussion and on top of all that, like most liberals, you just ain't funny. You are amusing in a sad sort of way though.
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