Although nothing's fully set, Oprah's flagship station in Chicago, ABC/ Disney-owned WLS, has decided to remind people that the original title of her show was "AM Chicago" (and that she succeeded Bob Kennedy, Sandi Freeman, Charlie Rose and Rob Weller as host) and will put a live, locally-produced talk show with a studio audience tentatively titled "Morning Rush" at 9 a.m. when Oprah runs off to cable in the fall of 2011:
http://blogs.vocalo.org/feder/2010/07/abc-7-to-replace-%E2%80%98oprah%E2%80%99-with-live-local-morning-show/30508 No host or showrunner yet (or if it will rerun in late-night as Oprah does now, delaying Kimmel an hour)--WLS is one of the few markets that doesn't air Oprah as the dinner-hour local news lead-in. It was probably assumed that WLS was going to steal "Dr. Oz" from Fox-owned WFLD, as KABC has done from KTTV in LA for September 2011, pick up another syndicated show or, if they really wanted to be cheap, move some programming over from ABC's digital side channel Living Well, but instead it looks like they're swinging for the fences. Oh, yes--WLS GM Emily Barr says she has no intention of transforming "Morning Rush" into a nationally-syndicated show--it will stay local. -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
