OWN Unveils Launch Slate

NEW YORK: OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network, which is slated to debut on January 1, 2011, has announced a total of 15 original series for its launch schedule.

Winfrey herself will headline Oprah’s Next Chapter, a one-hour series produced by Harpo Studios. In the new series Visionaries: Inside the Creative Mind, the world’s top talent will take viewers inside their creative processes. Winfrey and Mark Burnett and teaming up for a nationwide search to discover television’s next big star in Your Own Show: Oprah’s Search for the Next TV Star. Gayle King will bring her hit radio show to OWN live daily in Gayle King Live! Country-music star Shania Twain is the focus of Why Not? with Shania Twain, which follows her personal journey as she begins her climb back to the top.

These new series join the previously announced slate that includes Behind the Scenes: The Oprah Show Final Season, Breaking Down the Bars, Enough Already, In the Bedroom with Dr. Laura Berman, Inside with Lisa Ling, Kidnapped by the Kids, The Miracle Detectives, Oprah Presents: Master Class, The Swell Life and Searching. All are still working titles.