ChatzWorld - A World of Chat (Free subscription) | 07/26/2008
"Survivor"-style, until one "biggest giver" On paper, at least, "Oprah's Big Give," premiering Sunday, March 2, on ABC, sounds like a winner....
Gossip Thug - GossipThug.com (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
Filed under: Celebrity Justice , Oprah Barry Pearl -- that's Doody from "Grease" to you - says "Oprah's Big Give" is plenty generous ... except when it comes to paying up for movie clips they use on the show. Here's how it works -- in order to use a clip from "Grease" on TV, it must be... Permalink
TMZ (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
Filed under: Celebrity Justice , Oprah Barry Pearl -- that's Doody from "Grease" to you - says "Oprah's Big Give" is plenty generous ... except when it comes to paying up for movie clips they use on the show. Here's how it works -- in order to use a clip from "Grease" on TV, it must be... Permalink
Stereohyped (Free subscription) | 05/27/2008
She canceled her own television show, Oprah’s Big Give, based on poor ratings, the circulation of her magazine, O, has fallen by 10 percent over the past three years, and the audience for the Oprah Winfrey Show has fallen nearly 7 percent this year, and people are becoming increasingly skeptical about her forays into new-age [...]
BrothersJudd Blog (Free subscription) | 05/27/2008
A Few Tremors in Oprahland (EDWARD WYATT, 5/26/08, NY Times) The average audience for “The Oprah Winfrey Show” has fallen nearly 7 percent this year, according to Nielsen Media Research — its third straight year of decline. “Oprah’s Big Give,” an ABC philanthropic reality show, beat every program on television except “American Idol” in its premiere week this winter, but steadily lost nearly one-third...
http://www.enewschannels.com/feed/ (Free subscription) | 05/16/2008
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — As TV viewers saw on Oprah’s Big Give, it does not take a lot to make a difference in someone’s life. The Cultural Explorer, a San Francisco-based cultural and philanthropic tour company, shows travelers how easy it is to help others as they travel. Beginning travel philanthropists need to know where [...]
Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
A day after Oprah's Big Give gave out -- it will not return next season -- reports emerged that Fox is planning its own philanthropic reality show, Secret Millionaire. ...
Mediabuyerplanner (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
Despite the fact that it was a modest hit, and won its time slot on Sunday nights, the reality show Oprah's Big Give will not return to ABC next year. ABC entertainment pres Steve McPherson said the...
Entertainment - The Post Chronicle (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
As he unveiled ABC's upcoming slate of programming in New York, Stephen McPherson said Winfrey's Chicago-based Harpo production company has decided not......
Black Voices Blogs (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
Filed under: BV Buzz , Gospel Black Voices Blogs : By Jawn Murray, BlackVoices.com Oprah Winfrey giveth and she taketh away! The talk show titan has canceled her own show, opting not to bring back her debut reality series, 'Oprah's Big Give' for a second season. ... Read more
Celebritology (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
Headlines: Britney Spears rear-ends SUV in Beverly Hills (video)... Drew Barrymore rear-ended (not by Britney) in hit-and-run incident... Madonna pledges to build girls' school in Malawi... Oprah's "Big Give" not renewed for another season... Al Reynolds speaks out about Star Jones divorce on MySpace page... Jolie-Pitt clan boats in Monaco... Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon celebrate wedding with theme...
California Newswire (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — As TV viewers saw on Oprah’s Big Give, it does not take a lot to make a difference in someone’s life. The Cultural Explorer, a San Francisco-based cultural and philanthropic tour company, shows travelers how easy it is to help others as they travel. Beginning travel philanthropists need to know where [...]
Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
Bitten and Bound (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
ABC is not renewing Oprah Winfrey's Big Give for a second season this coming fall. The queen of talk shows is not upset by the news and during a conference call a rep for Oprah had this to say: Oprah felt like she got the message out there. It was not something she [...]
the fundit (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
All of us working in fundraising were probably fascinated by Oprah’s The Big Give program… I really liked the show, even though it was schmaltzy and completely over-run with SUV product placements. Inspired by Oprah and hopefully featuring fewer SUVs, local PR firm Karyo Edelman has just launched a cool new corporate social responsibility [...]
