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Oprah's got a new network, and she's on the hunt for someone to front a show on it! Recaps by Chico Alexander, GSNN
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Takes a Village "I'm Oprah Winfrey... and welcome to the very first national 'Oprah Winfrey Show'!" With those words, one woman launched a media empire that would soon captivate the nation and the world. And now that her time in the limelight is drawing to a close, it's time to pass the torch to someone who can capture the charisma, the showmanship, the very essence that is... Oprah. Naturally, no one at GSNN got the call, but that's not going to stop us from reviewing this show. Ten people from all across the country have arrived at California in order to do battle for a highly coveted prize, $100,000, a 2011 Chevrolet Equinox, and an opportunity to star in their own TV show on... well, OWN, following in the footsteps of such pop-culture doormats as Dr. Phil McGraw, Dr. Mehmet Oz, and not-a-doctor Rachael Ray. Hey, you want to be in the elite circle of "Friends of Oprah", you gotta prove that you belong, right? The players (and their ideas)...
They'll be tested in every way possible to see if they have what it takes to be a star on Oprah's new network. But first, because this is YARES (yet another reality elimination series), we have to divide up the teams. TEAM FOCUS: Ryan, Eric, Zach, Tony,
Alicia Basically, men (and Alicia) versus women. Every week, each team will produce television segments on a given subject. And you're not just in front of the camera, you are hard at work behind the scenes doing the grunt work and making it happen. Make sure you bring your "A" game, because the Big O is going to be watching you from high ... in Chicago... and if she doesn't like what she sees... you're outta here. And so you're not flying blind, you will be given a guest mentor every week. This week, we're learning about surrounding yourselves with people who will tell you the truth... and no one does that better than Dr. Phil. And speak of the devil, and she appears out of nowhere. And cue the "squees" of girlish glee. In her defense, we did the same thing upon seeing Bob Barker for the first time. The first assignment: sex and relationships. Vision will ask the men, while Focus will ask the women. You have 24 hours to choose an "executive producer", decide which two people from each team will go in front of the cameras with Dr. Phil, and how you're basically going to steer the ship before going on camera. Dr. Phil comes out and says it... "You do NOT want to make me look bad." Because you do such a good job of it yourself. FOCUS chooses Alicia to be the EP, while VISION chooses Elizabeth. Focus needs to come up with a plan before executing anything. Vision needs to do the research instead of spouting a bunch of psychobabble (because if anyone knows about that sort of BS, it's Dr. Phil). So Team Focus lacks vision, and Team Vision lacks focus. Nice. Vision's able to get back on track, but they have to hit their subject matter hard, because they know that they're going to be attacked. Meanwhile, Focus finally manages to pick a topic: technology as it pertains to sex. Asking the questions: Ryan and Zach. When they start, they scare most people away with their very ... being.. but they "find a mojo". Meanwhile, Vision talks about lack of protection... down there... leading to happiness. They couldn't find good enough people to talk on the topic. On show date, Zach is chosen to present the video, while Ryan talks with Dr. Phil. Among the topics: sexting. Zach and Ryan find a way to make it lighthearted while also informative. Focus found their focus and hit their stride. Meanwhile, Leigh... loses control of rehearsal, and Kristina just... loses control. There is a power struggle in the making, because as you know, it's a scientific fact that all women hate each other. Hey, Dr. Phil's not the only one who can make this stuff up. Watching Team Focus shoot their piece, it's become obvious that they've raised their game, so now the onus is on Team Vision to do as good, if not better, than that. Otherwise, one of them is going home. Kristina and Leigh are chosen to front this sinking ship... And you know it's bad when you cue the video, and nothing happens. And when it does happen... it's a disastrous piece. It just goes all over the place. And then Leigh cuts him off. What is this, talk radio? STAGE 2 Joining the hosts in judgment, Dr. Phil himself. Vision says that they tried to stay on topic. Dr. Phil counters with being able to bring something of worth to the table, even though what was brought to the table was pretty much one-note. Dr. Phil says that the host of a show should own some of the problem... and Leigh refuses to do so. Focus pretty much controlled the flow of their show. Even Vision had to give it up for them. This is an open-and-shut case. The winners of this first round... TEAM FOCUS! They'll be back next week. Now it's time to see who's going to "OWN" the brunt of this error, being the first person to be sent home. Dr. Phil pretty much sums up the bad timing of the segment as "an insult", having been talked to for all of 39 seconds. But it came down to who decided on this topic... Elizabeth, even though the team didn't agree with it. Meanwhile, Leigh isn't sure that she's host material. But she's all for blaming Elizabeth for the loss. And the team is all for agreeing with THAT. Two of the teammates will be given one more chance to save themselves... at the hands of Dr. Phil. On the list: Leigh, Elizabeth, and Kristina. But up for elimination tonight... Elizabeth and Leigh. After a couple of good tries, it comes down to one cardinal rule... Your show is your house. You never would interrupt a guest of your house in the course of their prescribed duties as such. Therefore... LEIGH will not be getting her OWN show. Nine hosts left. Who'll be relegated to basic cable light entertainment hell next? Stay tuned... To view this episode in its entirety or to apply to be a contestant on "Wipeout", go to abc.com/wipeout |
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