The hype about the new Oprah Winfrey Network is building, and I find it intriguing, even though I'll rarely get to watch a show because I'll be working. She says, "I'm concerned about the bigger overall picture: my belief that people are basically good and want to see the good in them reflected through their experiences and the shows that they watch. . . The banal state of television, the kind of insipid space that we're in--that you can have as many channels as we have and not find anything that interests you--means that to a great extent we have lost our way."
On the other hand, I recall seeing some really bad Oprah shows, so if one show can't be consistently good, how's she going to deliver 24/7?