This undated image originally released by Harpo Inc. shows host Oprah Winfrey posing with Paris Jackson, daughter of the late pop icon Michael Jackson, in Los Angeles. Winfrey interviewed Jackson for an “Oprah’s Next Chapter,” special which aired on June 10 on OWN.DAVID BAUDER
AP Television Writer
NEW YORK – Since Oprah Winfrey packed up the couch that Tom Cruise jumped on and ended her daytime talk show last year, no one has truly filled her role as the top go-to person in television for major celebrity and news interviews.
Now someone is trying to claim that spot – and would you believe it’s Oprah again?
Faced with the potential failure of her money-pit cable network OWN, Winfrey is working the phones hard to secure big-name interviews for her show, “Oprah’s Next Chapter.” Back-to-back episodes last Sunday featured the Kardashian family and rapper 50 Cent, and the Kardashians will be back this weekend. Michael Jackson’s daughter Paris and the late Whitney Houston’s family made news with their interviews in recent weeks.