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Oprah Winfrey's HBO deal

By April MacIntyre Dec 17, 2008, 2:05 GMT

Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Films inked exclusively with HBO to develop and produce scripted series, miniseries, documentaries and movies for TV. Queen of the smallscreen Oprah Winfrey - Women in Entertainment Power 100 Breakfast Sponsored by the Hollywood Reporter - Arrivals - The Beverly Hills Hotel - Beverly Hills, CA, USA © Ken McCoy / PR Photos

Queen of the smallscreen Oprah Winfrey - Women in Entertainment Power 100 Breakfast Sponsored by the Hollywood Reporter - Arrivals - The Beverly Hills Hotel - Beverly Hills, CA, USA © Ken McCoy / PR PhotosThe announcement of this deal ends her run with ABC.Variety reported that the new HBO deal covers smallscreen programming and is not tied to film releases, like Harpo-produced "Great Debaters.""ABC was always incredibly supportive of us, but there are natural limitations to being on network TV, part of that being ratings and commercial sponsorship," said Harpo Films president Kate Forte. "It just seemed like a natural progression to meet with HBO, especially after the strong message I've been getting (from Winfrey) for the last year and a half that a lot of our projects seemed right for HBO."HBO's Richard Plepler added, "I don't think the number of ideas will be a problem; the question will be, 'How can we do everything?' "

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