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A feature length documentary about the 2021 fatal overdose of TV relationship expert Dr. Laura Berman’s teenage son is in production via Steven Cantor’s Stick Figure Entertainment and Rubber Ring Films.

Berman’s 16-year-old son, Sammy Chapman, died after taking a pill he bought through Snapchat that was laced with fentanyl. A synthetic opioid that is similar to morphine, fentanyl is 50 to 100 times more potent, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (Nih). Chapman’s February 2021 death garnered national attention.

“Nationwide, fentanyl overdoses are the leading cause of death for adults between the ages of 18 and 45 and over 300 people die every day in America from Fentanyl poisoning,” says Sam Chapman, Berman’s husband. “The drug that killed our son Sammy was delivered to a house like a pizza.”

Filmmaker Matthew Mishory, founder of Rubber Ring Films, will direct the docu, which is currently in production.

Mishory will follow...

Even Mariah Carey's ex can't help but jam out to her classic hits. On June 30, Nick Cannon shared a TikTok featuring his and Carey's twins, 12-year-old Monroe and Moroccan, teaching him the dance moves to "Touch My Body." He captioned the video, "Only Right!! Shout out to Mommy!!! The Empress Queen of all Queens!"

In the TikTok, Cannon watches his daughter Monroe show him the steps before joining in the fun. At first, he goes the dad route of being silly (and almost loses his sweatpants), but he soon falls into step with his daughter. Meanwhile, Moroccan joins his dad as his twin's backup dancer.

Monroe and Moroccan are Cannon's eldest children. The "Wild 'N Out" host also shares Golden, Rise, and Powerful Queen with Brittany Bell, twins Zion and Zillion and Beautiful Zeppelin with Abby De La Rosa, and Legendary Love with "Selling Sunset" star Bre Tiesi.

OWN host Dr. Laura Berman and her husband Samuel Chapman provided an update on her family just over a month after her 16-year-old son Samuel "Sammy" Berman Chapman was found dead following an accidental overdose. The teen reportedly died after taking a pill laced with fentanyl, a powerful opioid used to relieve pain that can be deadly in small quantities.  On the March 20 episode of journalist Ana Garcia's podcast True Crime Daily, the couple called the opioid crisis the "other pandemic" facing Americans today, as they detailed how their family is managing in the wake of such a tragedy. Chapman recalled finding Sammy "on his back after he...

Dr. Laura Berman is opening about the loss of her 16-year-old son. On Feb. 9, the New York Times best-selling author and relationship therapist spoke with Today's Katie Snow about the day she found her son, Samuel Berman Chapman, unconscious from an apparent overdose of fentanyl-laced Xanax pills that were purchased through Snapchat. "I didn't intend for us to be on the news," she said while sitting next to her husband Samuel Chapman. "I just felt helpless. All I was thinking about is this couldn't happen again. And I was so furious and helpless." She recalled the day she found her son unconscious in his room, after the teen "asked his dad for a...

Dr. Laura Berman is mourning the loss of her teenage son. On Monday, Feb. 8, the New York Times best-selling author and sex therapist confirmed on Instagram that her 16-year-old son Samuel Berman Chapman passed away from a drug overdose. "My beautiful boy is gone. 16 years old. Sheltering at home. A drug dealer connected with him on Snapchat and gave him fentanyl laced Xanax and he overdosed in his room," Dr. Berman shared on social media. "They do this because it hooks people even more and is good for business but it causes overdose and the kids don't know what they are taking. My heart is completely shattered and I am not sure how to keep breathing. I post this now only so that not one more kid...

There is a legal thread going through the drama development at Eva Longoria‘s UnbeliEVAable Entertainment with a third sale of an hourlong project with legal elements. The project, Vega V. Vega, has landed at NBC. Written/co-executive produced by Laurie Silverstein, the show centers on a brilliant, young, successful lawyer who suddenly finds herself forced to go into a practice with her mother, a pioneering female attorney with whom she has a love/hate relationship. Attorney Elizabeth Bradley, who starred on David E. Kelley’s NBC reality series The Law Firm, serves as producer. Bradley started her legal career in the law firm where her mother was a partner, and the two later launched a successful practice together, Bradley & Bradley, Llp. Vega V. Vega is produced by Warner Bros TV and UnbeliEVAable, with Longoria, George W. Perkins, Sunta Izzicupo and Ben Spector executive producing. This marks CAA-repped UnbeliEVAble’s fourth sale this season.

Along with loading up on genre/superhero series, the CW has been looking to launch medical, cop and legal franchises. Beauty & The Beast qualifies as a police drama, and the network tried out medical drama Emily Owens, MD last fall. Now it is teaming with Eva Longoria for a legal drama project that will feature the CW’s signature soapy elements. Written by Nikita co-executive producer Albert Kim, the untitled drama centers on a woman imprisoned for a double murder she didn’t commit who earns her law degree while behind bars, then wins her freedom and joins the high-powered law firm that she believes is at the center of the conspiracy that framed her. Longoria’s UnbeliEVAble Entertainment is producing with Warner Bros Television. UnbeliEVAble’s Longoria and Ben Spector executive produce with Kim. This marks CAA-repped UnbeliEVAble’s third sale this season. The company also has Trust, an...

New York — Maggie Edinger, 26, is in a cozy relationship. It's predictable and relaxing. She's in that phase, she said, "where you start wearing sweatpants and completing each other's sentences."

And that's just her relationship with "Law & Order," plus spin-offs. She remains on the hunt for an actual boyfriend.

Edinger, who's pursuing a business degree in New York while working in public relations, is a binge TV watcher extraordinaire. She looks at nothing but L&O, despite having dipped in and out of the franchise in real time over the years.

For some like Edinger, binging on TV shows and movies feels a whole lot like dating. While Edinger is happy and content in her crime-fighting bubble, others know they should break up but can't imagine committing to new loves, especially those that might have too many seasons to fit into a weekend fling. I'm talking to you "Dexter" and "Breaking Bad.

Enjoying an evening out with her besties, Eva Longoria headed to Fabrocini's in Bel Air.

The "Desperate Housewives" star looked fresh in a neon coral top, white linen pants, and wedges as she chatted with pal Ken Paves.

Earlier this week, the 38-year-old actress got some exciting news, as NBC picked up a comedy she is executive producing.

According to Deadline, inspired by the life of sex therapist Laura Berman, the show will follow a female sex & relationship expert who helps patients deal with intimacy, love, and unusual fetishes. However, that’s nothing compared to navigating the relationships with her ex-husband, his new girlfriend, and her own mother, all while raising her two young sons.

Exclusive: NBC has put in development a multi-camera comedy from writer-producers Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont (Made Of Honor), with Eva Longoria attached to executive produce. Inspired by the life of relationship therapist Laura Berman, the untitled project centers on a female sex & relationship therapist who helps patients deal with intimacy, love and unusual fetishes — but that’s nothing compared to navigating the relationships with her ex-husband, his new girlfriend and her own mother, all while raising her two young sons. Universal TV is producing. The comedy falls under the first-look deal Longoria and her UnevliEVAble Entertainment inked with Uni TV last fall. Kaplan, Elfont and Longoria executive produce with UnveliEVAble’s Ben Spector and Freestyle’s Francesca Silvestri and Kevin Chinoy. Berman, who has a show on Own, In the Bedroom With Dr. Laura Berman and is a regular guest on The Dr. Oz Show, serves as a co-exec producer.

Not in the mood? Apparently more common than not according to Own. The popular series .In The Bedroom with Dr. Laura Berman. returns with all-new episodes Tuesday, December 4 (10-11p.m. Et/Pt) on Own: Oprah Winfrey Network. Dr. Berman uncovers what.s really going on between the sheets, as she helps real life couples build stronger relationships and improve their sex lives. Dr. Laura Berman is an assistant clinical professor of Obgyn and Psychiatry at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University, holds a Master's Degree in clinical social work, a Doctorate in health education specializing in human sexuality from New York University, and completed a fellowship in Sexual Therapy with the Department of Psychiatry, New York University Medical Center.

America’s favorite moms are teaming up to launch Around the Clock, a new daily talk show on the Everyday Health YouTube Original Channel. Hosts include: Ali Landry, Star of Hollywood Girls' Night Camila Alves, SpokesMoms’ Co-Founder, CEO & Head Designer of Muxo Handbags Heather Armstrong, New York Times Best-Selling Author and one of Forbes Magazine's 30 Most Influential Women in Media Kendra Wilkinson, Bestselling Author and Star of We TV’s Kendra On Top Laila Ali, Television Host and World-Class Champion Athlete The Around the Clock hosts tackle topics that matter most to them as mothers, wives, and as women. This first week's topics range from sharing tips on keeping post-baby romance alive and shedding the baby weight to lively debates on relevant and sometimes controversial subjects such as spanking and the trending practice of eating the placenta. Around the Clock joins the slate of original programming on YouTube's Original Channel...

Nigel Lythgoe has started a new production company, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Nigel Lythgoe Productions, a joint venture with American Idol's 19 Entertainment, already has reality projects in development for Alice Cooper, Pussycat Dolls founder Robin Antin, sex and relationship expert Dr. Laura Berman and Kim Kardashian. Some of the networks Lythgoe is working with include CBS, E! and TruTV.

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Los Angeles, California (X17online) - American Idol producer Nigel Lythgoe has begun developing unscripted television projects under his new production company, Nigel Lythgoe Productions, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The company, a joint venture with American Idol’s 19 Entertainment, reportedly has projects lined up with Kim Kardashian, rocker Alice Cooper, Pussycat Dolls founder Robin Antin, and sex and relationship therapist Dr. Laura Berman. Lythgoe is joined by former E! and Fox executive Kary McHoul as president and former BBC Worldwide executive George David Monas as VP of production.

Own’s fall schedule is up, and it includes the previously announced debut of Rosie O’Donnell’s new talk show. The Rosie Show will be paired on weeknights with remixed repeats of Oprah Winfrey’s talk show that offer helpful life advice. ”With Rosie and Oprah holding down our weeknights, we have a great opportunity to seamlessly reach our core audience on weekends with these strong original and returning series,” Own president Erik Logan said in a release. Here’s the lineup (second season premieres of Enough Already! with Peter Walsh, In the Bedroom with Dr. Laura Berman, and...

Los Angeles, CA – Own: Oprah Winfrey Network announced today that Oprah Winfrey will expand her role as chairman of the network and become the permanent chief executive officer and chief creative officer, effective this Fall. Own also announced that Erik Logan and Sheri Salata, currently presidents of Harpo Studios, will now become presidents of Own, effective immediately. Logan and Salata will work closely with Discovery Communications chief operating officer Peter Liguori in his role as interim CEO to ensure a smooth transition and maximum creative output over the coming months. Additionally, all future television production at Harpo Studios will be directed exclusively to Own, strengthening the alignment and programming mission of both companies. Going forward, Logan and Salata will maintain their leadership and oversight responsibilities for Own produced content at Harpo Productions Inc including Rosie debuting in October, Oprah Presents Master Class, In The Bedroom With Dr. Laura Berman, and...

Updated, 5/24 Ready for Breaking Bad to return? Or perhaps True Blood is more your cup of tea? Read on to find about those and other summer premieres for basic and premium cable TV:

May 27

VH1 Storytellers: Death Cab for Cutie (VH1, special)

May 29

Big Fat Gypsy Weddings (TLC, special)

May 30

Platinum Hit (Bravo, series premiere)

Basketball Wives (VH1, season premiere)

Cake Boss (TLC, return)

Single Ladies (VH1, series premiere)

Man vs. Monster (National Geographic Wild, series premiere)

May 31

Million Dollar Decorators (Bravo, series premiere)

Love Handles: Couples in Crisis (Lifetime, series premiere)

June 1

Franklin & Bash (TNT, series premiere)

Men of a Certain Age (TNT,...

CA, United States (Ahn Entertainment) - The Oprah Winfrey Network will be premiering four new series beginning early next month. These new shows will be aired along with other recently announced series premieres such as "Finding Sarah" and "Ryan & Tatum: The O'Neals."

In "Unfaithful: Stories of Betrayal," viewers will get an intimate look at couples who have dealt with infidelity in their marriages. Each episode presents two couples who meet with a therapist in order to voice the feelings that go along with the betrayal. The series premieres Monday, June 6 at 9 p.m. Et.

Dr. Laura Berman became a famous face on The Oprah Winfrey Show and beginning this June, she will have a stage of her own. "The Dr. Laura Berman Show" will include an array of topics, from sex and intimacy to embarrassing moments in the boudoir. Dr. Berman will answer questions from callers throughout the nation. The...

CA, United States (Ahn Entertainment) - The Oprah Winfrey Network will be premiering four new series beginning early next month. These new shows will be aired along with other recently announced series premieres such as "Finding Sarah" and "Ryan & Tatum: The O'Neals."

In "Unfaithful: Stories of Betrayal," viewers will get an intimate look at couples who have dealt with infidelity in their marriages. Each episode presents two couples who meet with a therapist in order to voice the feelings that go along with the betrayal. The series premieres Monday, June 6 at 9 p.m. Et.

Dr. Laura Berman became a famous face on The Oprah Winfrey Show and beginning this June, she will have a stage of her own. "The Dr. Laura Berman Show" will include an array of topics, from sex and intimacy to embarrassing moments in the boudoir. Dr. Berman will answer questions from callers throughout the nation. The...

After 25 seasons, Oprah Winfrey taped the third- and second-to-last episodes of her iconic talk show in Chicago’s United Center Tuesday night, with 20,000 guests watching — including EW. The episodes, entitled “Surprise Oprah! A Farewell Spectacular,” will air May 23 and 24, but why wait? We live-blogged the entire epic event, including surprise guests — Michael Jordan! Aretha Franklin! Maria Shriver! — and guest performances from Beyoncé, Rascal Flatts, Stevie Wonder and Alicia Keys. Check out our full tick-tock of all the highlights below, and then come back tomorrow morning for our recap of the blessed event. (All times are Central Daylight.)

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Lots of new shows on Own for the summer. Let's have a gander: Own: Oprah Winfrey Network announced today four new series will be joining the network.s primetime lineup in June. .Unfaithful: Stories of Betrayal. will premiere Monday, June 6 (9-10 p.m. Et/Pt) immediately followed by .The Dr. Laura Berman Show. (10-11 p.m. Et/Pt). .Visionaries: Inside the Creative Mind. debuts Friday, June 17 (10-11 p.m. Et/Pt) and .Carson Nation. starring Carson Kressley premieres Saturday, June 25 (10-11 p.m. Et/Pt). These programs join previously announced June series premieres "Finding Sarah" with The Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson (Sunday, June 12, 9-10 p.m. Et/Pt) and "Ryan & Tatum: The O'Neals" (Sunday, June 19, 10-11 p.m. Et/Pt). .Unfaithful: Stories of Betrayal.

Rest assured, Rihanna will not be judging Fox’s X Factor.

The R&B songstress told Ryan Seacrest on Wednesday that she was in talks to join Simon Cowell‘s latest reality-tv venture, but ultimately the timing just wasn’t right. “It’s something that I would have loved to do,” she explained. “But … you have to be around months at a time, which is impossible for me.”

The Black Eyes Peas’ Fergie and Cowell’s old Idol cohort, Paula Abdul, are both names still being thrown about to join La Reid at the dais.

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Oprah Winfrey’s cable network Own is announcing six new shows to advertisers at its first upfront presentation. The network has struggled to gain ratings traction since it launched in January, though the channel is renewing four of its programs. The new titles, along with official descriptions:

– Confronting: “This provocative series documents the powerful and sometimes painful mediation process in which victim and offender come together in the hopes of achieving closure.”

– I Owe You My Life: “This series will delve into the dramatic stories of everyday people from every corner of the world who take risky, even death-defying...

In its first upfront presentation since its Jan. 1 launch, OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network announced the pickup of 6 new unscripted series and the renewal of 4 existing shows. The announcement didn't include the most anticipated new OWN series, an Oprah Winfrey show, which will launch in September, after the end of her syndicated talk show. The network is yet to share details about it, though it is expected to be a talk show. OWN has been slow out of the gate, barely outperforming the channel it replaced, Discovery Health. One of the most heavily promoted first new series, Your OWN Show, flopped, and Oprah Presents Master Class has underperformed. But the network found early success with Our America with Lisa Ling, the first OWN series to get renewed, and Season 25: Oprah Behind the Scenes. The Judds also had a promising premiere on Sunday. Joining Our America on the list of renewed...

Oprah Winfrey's Own renewed four shows and announced six new ones Thursday. In addition to the previously announced pickup of "Our America With Lisa Ling," the network ordered six more episodes of "Ask Oprah's All Stars," "Enough Already! with Peter Walsh," and "In The Bedroom With Dr. Laura Berman." It ordered eight episodes of "Oprah Presents Master Class." The six new shows are "Confronting...," "I Owe You My Life," "Louie Spence Dance Project," "My Mom and Me," "Sweetie Pies," and "Unfaithful: Stories of Betrayal." Here are Own's descriptions of each show: Confronting... This provocative...

February is hot for our favorite American Doctor: Dr. Mehmet Oz, as he strips down, and revisits his pal Nate Berkus, and even has comic Judy Gold and his own children coming to the show! This Friday, February 11, sees The Naked Hour as Dr. Oz is stripping down to the truth to investigate why women across America are dissatisfied with their bodies and the essential things you need to do naked. Experts Dr. Laura Berman (relationship and sex therapist/host of Own.s .'In the Bedroom with Dr. Laura Berman.), Lisa Lynn, specialist in weight loss and metabolic disorders and Samantha Heller, registered dietician, discuss the current crisis in self-esteem and ways to improve body image. Then,...

"Extra" Lifechanger and star of the Own show "In the Bedroom," Dr. Laura Berman is solving couples' most intimate problems.

"I'm saving America's sex lives one bedroom at a time," Berman announced. "My hope is that 'In the Bedroom' normalizes sex for people and that they get tools they can apply to their lives to live their best love life and best sex life."

Check out some of her great tips!

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Oprah Winfrey's Own network launched less than two weeks ago, and it's already produced some appointment viewing for many avid TV watchers.

I caught up with Lady O and her stars on the TCA red carpet -- including Bff Gayle King, Lisa Ling, Cat Cora, Dr. Laura Berman, Suze Orman, 'Your Own Show' hosts Carson Kressley and Nancy O'Dell, and the show's producer Mark Burnett -- to hear all about their big launch and what's up next.

What do you think of Own so far? And are you excited about what new shows are teased in this video? Sound off in the comments.

 

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For someone whose sort of job it is to be aware of all the new TV that's on each weeknight, it's really a little embarrassing how frequently I just put on some reruns while doing other things around my apartment. This means that I barely pay attention to TV anymore unless it's something I really want to watch, it's sort of like a flickering box of lights that makes my apartment feel not so boring for a little while at a time. Is that weird? Actually, don't tell me, I really don't care. Here's your Monday night TV:

8:00pm: "Antiques Roadshow" on PBS

"The Bachelor" on ABC

"Enough Already with Peter Walsh" on Own. Okay, so use an anonymous name if you must, but can someone tell me if they're actually watching anything on Own? Because if I don't have to list this shit I won't. I figured for...

I hope everyone out there survived their New Years celebrations more or less intact. I'm a bit in the "less" column myself, but I had fun and that's what's really important. I think. Anyway we're diving back into a whole new year of television that is, at least so far, not significantly different than the previous year of television. Kind of anti-climactic really. Now, my newly acquired cast makes it really tricky to type, so with pre-emptive apologies for mistakes, here's you Monday night TV:

8:00pm: "Antiques Roadshow" on PBS. 15th season premiere. They're in Miami Beach, which doesn't make much sense since most of the antiques we have here are people, not furniture. Maybe they'll go around evaluating people's meemaws.

"The Bachelor" on ABC. 15th season premiere.

"Enough Already with Peter Walsh" on Own. Series premiere. Has anyone watched the new Oprah Channel yet? Anyone plan to?

"How I Met Your Mother...

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Hollywoodnews.com: Oprah Winfrey welcomed 2011 by launching her eagerly anticipated Own Network and, so far, the critics are being kind.

Critic Alessandra Stanley wrote in the NY Times that the new network “was most striking for what it lacked: nowhere in that opening gush of feel-good highlight reels, self-improvement plans, spiritual quests, aha! moments, celebrity master classes, and people finding their truths and living their own best lives was there a snicker of malice or a hint of raillery.”

Own, Stanley continued, is “a place where cynicism takes a holiday and mockery hasn’t yet been invented.”

That sounds very much in tune with the tone of Winfrey’s long-running, beloved daytime talk show, which frequently promoted but only occasionally probed.

It’s the first step in Own’s journey. The Philly Daily News reports that future endeavors for the network include:

- A reality series on the wind down,...

Today is the first day of the rest of your life.

After seemingly endless announcements and preparation, Oprah Winfrey kicks of 2011 with the launch of The Oprah Winfrey Network.

And as the king-making media empress tries to clarify in her introductory hour, "Oprah's Guide to Own," she is not here to waste your time. She wants her new block of original programming to serve a purpose in your life.

Being Oprah, she's going to get a lot of this right. But so far, there are a few docu-series that seem like they could be a tad misguided -- in the inadvertently hilarious way.

Shows like "In the Bedroom with Dr. Laura Berman," a cartoonishly awkward sex rehab program for middle-aged couples. We haven't seen an episode, per se, but if Oprah's extended preview is telling, it could become required viewing.

"He hasn't touched my genitals in a year," says one woman.

Oprah Winfrey's network has begun not with a bang but with redeclared purpose by the Queen of Daytime for her new round-the-clock cable channel venture.After years in the planning and months of hype, the moment of launch on Saturday at 12 noon Est was rather quiet.Buried in the middle of a holiday weekend (though boasting the numerically catchy date 1-1-11), The Oprah Winfrey Network, or Own for short, arrived free of glitz with a one-hour preview special hosted by Winfrey, host of the syndicated "The Oprah Winfrey Show." She offered a hearty overview of the live-your-best-life fare she will curate across the network's schedule in the days ahead and further down the line.The strategy seemed that of a soft opening, aimed at whetting viewers' appetites so they regularly come back and sample the network's expanding menu of new shows as they roll out.&quot...

Oprah Winfrey launches her new network, Own, at 12 midnight, tonight, in 85 million homes!

If you’d like to know whether your cable TV carrier will carry the channel, Click Here to find out. Mine (Cablevision) will, so I’ll be checking things out.

The folks at TVGuide.com have compiled a list of what they deem worth watching on the new network, and I posted them below for your perusal:

Countdown to Own

12 a.m.- 12 p.m.

Countdown to the historic launch of Own with messages from the networks’ stars and previews of what’s to come.

Oprah’s Guide to Own: The New Oprah Winfrey Network

12 p.m.

In this 60-minute special, Winfrey gives viewers a sneak peek of her favorite shows slated to premiere on Own and explains the network’s mission to “entertain, inform and inspire people to live their best lives.”

Sneak Peek: Kidnapped by the Kids

1 p.

Oprah Winfrey is kicking off 2011 with the launch of her new network, and the slate of new programming for the first day features everyone from Jay-z to sex therapist Dr. Laura Berman. 

The Oprah Winfrey Network, which will air on what used to be Discovery Health in 85 million homes, will broadcast specials, original documentaries and acquired movies alongside 22 announced original series, many of which will be previewed on New Year's Day.  Check our hour-by-hour guide of what to expect from the launch of Own.

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Get ready to be OWNed! Oprah Winfrey Network is gearing up to launch January 1, 2011, at 12:00 pm, with original series and specials, all focused on entertaining, informing and inspiring people to live their best lives.

Programming set for the network launch includes: "Ask Oprah's All-Stars with Suze Orman," "Dr. Phil and Dr. Oz," "Cristina's Big Bowl of Love with Cristina Ferrare," "The Gayle King Show," "In the Bedroom with Dr. Laura Berman," "Oprah Presents Master Class,...

In less than 48 hours, Oprah Winfrey is hoping her fans will consider nursing their New Years Eve hangovers with some fresh cable programming. The Oprah Winfrey Network will officially kick off at noon on New Years Day with an introductory special dubbed Oprah’s Guide to Own: The New Oprah Winfrey Network. Hosted by the Queen of Daytime herself, the hour-long program will recap Winfrey’s mission to “entertain, inform and inspire people to live their best lives” on what used to be the Discovery Health Channel (Own’s a joint venture between Harpo Inc. and Discovery Communications).

The network...

Oprah’s upcoming Own network has a new trailer, and while it’s no “Get with the program, get with Oprah” song, it’s still very Oprah-y. Hugs! Dancing! Tearing up! Kissing people the way you want to be kissed! Maya Angelou! You know, the basics. If I didn’t know this was a trailer for an entire network, I’d guess that it was a trailer for a season of Oprah, which is probably the point. You don’t get to be one of the most powerful women on earth by going off-brand, you know?

What upcoming Oprah...

Oprah Winfrey is banking on resolutions for 2011 including a commitment to her new channel. Own launches at 12 p.m. Et. Jan. 1, and the network's newly unveiled schedule includes two new reality ventures from tumultuous celebrity families.

"The Judds" will follow country music mother/daughter duo Naomi and Wynonna Judd preparing for their first tour in a decade while exploring their "complex relationship." There's no word on any possible involvement from Ashley, the more subdued Judd.

Also acquired by Own: "Ryan and Tatum: The O'Neals," the docu-drama first reported on in August. The series focuses on the long-estranged father and daughter's attempt to rebuild their relationship by moving in together and attending therapy.

"We're excited these two iconic families are allowing us to chronicle their personal stories as they embark on new chapters," says Own chief creative officer Lisa Erspamer of the two series which will debut later in 2011. "We think...

Time flies. It seems like it was just yesterday when Oprah announced that she would be ending the run of her long-running hit daytime talk show, and heading to the cable TV netherworlds to build her own network.

Roughly 2 months from now, Own, the Oprah Winfrey Network, will launch at noon on January 1, 2011, with an hour-long introduction by the Queen Bee herself.

Earlier today, the cable network announced the daytime and prime-time schedule for its premiere weekend, which I included below, courtesy of Deadline:

Saturday, January 1

12:00 – 1:00 p.m. “Oprah Presents Own”

1:00 – 2:00 p.m. Sneak Peek “Kidnapped By The Kids”

2:00 – 3:00 p.m. “The Road To Your Own Show”

3:00 – 4:00 p.m. Sneak Peek “Enough Already with Peter Walsh”

4:00 – 5:00 p.m. Sneak Peek “Searching For…”

5:00 – 6:00 p.m. Sneak Peek “Miracle Detectives”

6:00 – 7:00 p.m. “Oprah Presents Own” (repeat)

7:00 – 8:00 p.

OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network will launch at noon on January 1, 2011 with an hourlong introduction by Winfrey. Today the cable channel announced the schedule for its premiere weekend as well as its regular daytime and primetime line-up. It also unveiled 2 more family docu reality series: The Judds, which follows country music duo Naomi and Wynonna Judd as they prepare for their first tour in ten years together, and Ryan and Tatum: The O’Neals, which follows the father and daughter as they reclaim their relationship after being estranged for over 25 years. “During our launch weekend, the audience will see a little of everything Own has to offer,” said Christina Norman, chief executive officer, Own. “Oprah as they’ve never seen her in Season 25: Oprah Behind The Scenes, expert advice from Dr. Oz, Dr. Phil and Suze Orman in Ask Oprah’s All-Stars, and sneak peeks at the kinds of shows...

Chicago – HollywoodChicago.com and Best Foot Forward have confirmed with the new Oprah Winfrey Network (Own) a Chicago casting call for the new Own TV show “In the Bedroom With Dr. Laura Berman”! The show is seeking 12 couples with struggling sex lives who are willing to go on national TV and discuss. See below for more details!

“In the Bedroom With Dr. Laura Berman” on the Oprah Winfrey Network.

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Have you lost the spark in your relationship? Is intimacy (or the lack thereof) a source of conflict between you and your partner?

Are you desperate to reconnect but don’t know where to turn or don’t have the resources to get the information you need?

Dr. Laura Berman – a world-renowned sex and relationship expert – has a brand-new television show on Own to help you!

You’ve seen her segments on The Oprah Winfrey Show...

NY Post: Oprah Winfrey's new cable network will be lean heavily on "Oprah" regulars, if today's programming announcement is any indication.

Own, which kicks off in early 2010--replacing Discovery Health Channel--has finally released some info on its upcoming programming slate.

The shows are grouped under three banners: "Best Life All Stars," "Best Life Experiences" and "Best Life Inspiration."

Here's some info on the shows announced today:

"Best Life All Stars":

--"The Peter Walsh Project," which will feature "de-clutter expert" Peter Walsh, a frequent "Oprah" guest, who'll be joined by a team of experts in helping people tackle their clutter issues.

--"Dr. Laura Berman," features the sex therapist/relationship expert in a one-hour talk show based in Chicago. She's also been seen on "Oprah." "Best Life Experiences":

--"Excellent Adventure" will track a celebrity and their best friend "as they embark on the adventure they have always dreamt of taking together.

Oprah Winfrey will soon be out of daytime but she won't stop hosting her own show. The Queen of Daytime made it official today by announcing that the Oprah Winfrey Network, launching Jan. 1, will also include Oprah's Next Chapter, a new one-hour show that will feature Winfrey hitting the road to have "more riveting conversations with the people we all want to hear from, in some very unexpected places." The show, from Harpo Prods., was one of five new series announced today to advertisers in New York, including Visionaries: Inside the Creative Mind; Your Own Show: Oprah's Search...

New York -- Discovery Communications on Thursday offered media buyers their first look at what's being touted as the biggest idea since MTV, taking the wraps off the inaugural programming slate for the startup OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network, which features several regulars from "The Oprah Winfrey Show."

Speaking at Discovery's upfront presentation, Own CEO Christina Norman said the channel's programming is being built around three central empowering themes: Best Life All Stars, Best Life Experiences and Best Life Inspiration.

Among the All Stars projects: a Harpo-produced strip helmed by frequent Oprah guest Peter Walsh, who makes his living as a professional organizer/clutter-buster; a one-hour sex and relationships talk show led by Sirius Xm radio host Dr. Laura Berman; and the newsmagazine "Lisa Ling Investigates."

The Inspirational leg of the tripod includes a docu-soap about a former competitive surfer and the Harpo-produced "Master Class," a series that in Winfrey's estimation,...