From David Bauder, AP
Books, TV movies, a presidential candidate and now a philanthropic reality show. Maybe everything Oprah Winfrey touches really does turn to gold.
Sunday’s premiere of “Oprah’s Big Give” on ABC was seen by 15.7 million people, the largest audience in prime-time last week for any program not named “American Idol,” according to Nielsen Media Research.
ABC also did well with Monday’s prime-time remake of “A Raisin in the Sun,” which finished in the top 10 with 12.7 million viewers.
Meanwhile, NBC found that few people cared about its much-ballyhooed transfer of a series, “Quarterlife,” from the Internet to broadcast. Only 3.1 million people watched, earning it a quick hook and shift to the Bravo cable network. Among the top four broadcasters, only a Saturday night rerun of an “All-Star Tribute to Jimmy Kimmel” had a smaller audience.
