Oprah 'can't afford' to have Underground on OWN

Started by AIDS, June 07, 2017, 10:39:14 AM

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Quote"I can't afford Underground," Winfrey told a group of eight journalists. "It cost twice as much to make as Queen Sugar. As a matter of fact, my dear friend John Legend called me personally and asked me about it, but we'd already been talking about how we could make it work [...] it's like $5 million an episode, so we can't afford it. It's not cheap, I think because it's a period piece."
Winfrey added that on top of the price, though the show was often trending on Twitter, it just didn't have the ratings to justify the expense, especially considering that OWN is still a young and growing network.
"We really tried to make it work," she says. "I wanted to make it work because I think it's a good show. I wanted to be able to save that show, but it did not make good business sense for me."
Bummer. Here's hoping Underground might still be able to find a good home.

http://www.refinery29.com/2017/06/157839/oprah-own-underground-no-pick-up


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June 07, 2017, 10:54:06 AM #4 Last Edit: June 07, 2017, 10:54:16 AM by Real
Quote from: GLOCK on June 07, 2017, 10:40:44 AM
Broke ass Bitch

:guys:
Lend her the 5 mil per episode then bruv

BAPHOMET.



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b7

Gdfggghhhh these expensive ass shows :uhh: omg

But ch, I'm surprised WGN was able to do it in the first damn place if that's the case. Maybe the FX network that shows American horror story and mess

They can continue to be EDGY

Buy The Stars✨

Was it really that good of a show ? Is or worth checking out ?


rosone1

I don't see how WGN afforded it.Season 2 cost $50M and averaged  only half a million viewers per episode.

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b7

Honestly it would have done really well ratings wise if it were on FOX or something, clearly

To even average that many viewers on freaking WGN, is a feat on its own :dead:

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