Monday, June 13, 2011

Programming note: Diana Ross, David Arquette, a 2nd hour with Iyanla Vanzant and Family Ties' Meredith Baxter this week on Oprah.


Because the interview with Iyanla Vanzant and Oprah Winfrey ran the full hour once they got into the mesmerizing discussion of what happened to cause the rift between them more than a decade ago, the executive producer of The Oprah Winfrey Show, Sheri Selata decided to just keep the cameras rolling.

ALSO READ: Iyanla Vanzant and Oprah Winfrey reunite for an episode where even the executive producer can't look away.

Therefore there is a second hour today of The Oprah Winfrey Show (SABC3, weekdays, 17:30) in which Iyanla Vanzant discusses how she lost her marriage, her house and her fortune.

Tuesday on The Oprah Winfrey Show David Arquette gives his first interview since his break-up with Courteney Cox and talks about his life after rehab.

Wednesday The Supremes singer Diana Ross brings her five children along for a talk and a show-stopping performance, and Oprah Winfrey has an unexpected surprise up her sleeve for Diana Ross.

Thursday will be the final ''Most Amazing Kids'' show on The Oprah Winfrey Show and the daughter of Will and Jada Pinkett Smith, Willow, is the co-host for the hour who will be introducing all the remarkable and very talented children.

Meredith Baxter played the mom Elyse Keaton on the popular 80s sitcom Family Ties but behind the sunny exterior she was living a life of abuse. On Friday she talks to Oprah about her abusive marriage, alcoholism, and revealing that she's a lesbian in 2009.