Fox 5/WNYW Sends Dr. Oz to 4 p.m. Looking to Grab Oprah's Audience
With Oprah Winfrey set to sail off into cable TV full time next week, some stations are looking to fill the void left by her 25 legendary years.
Fox 5/WNYW had an easy decision–move Dr. (Mehmet) Oz to 4 p.m. beginning Thursday.
“There’s no other show that was a possibility,” Lew Leone, WNYW VP/GM, tells FishbowlNY. “It’s a 4 o’clock show.”
But since Oz’s show is produced by Winfrey’s Harpo team, their hands were tied contractually from moving it–until she walked away from over-the-air TV.
Meantime, WABC/Channel 7, Winfrey’s New York “home” for her eponymous program, will go with news
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