Los Angeles:
Talk show queen Oprah Winfrey is returning to TV next year with a new chat show to pump some life into her ailing OWN network.
The 57-year-old has set a premiere date for 'Oprah's Next Chapter', the cable successor to her syndicated talk show, to begin in prime time on January 1 on OWN, reported New York Times.
The series will see Winfrey interviewing celebs in their homes and the two-hour long premiere will have Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler as her guest.
The premiere will come exactly one year after the debut of OWN, short for the Oprah Winfrey Network, and seven monthsafter the end of 'The Oprah Winfrey Show'.
On the schedule are interviews with Joel Osteen, Tony Robbins, Deepak Chopra, Sean Penn, George Lucas and Paula Deen.
"After 25 years I got myself out of the studio chairs. I moved into the next chapter, and I am having more fun than ever - moving around the country and the world talking to people I'm really interested in getting to know and I think viewers will be, too," Winfrey said in a statement.
When Winfrey ended her iconic chat show after 25 years, she said her role at OWN would be strictly behind the cameras, but that hasn't worked out as the ratings of the network have been low.
The 57-year-old has set a premiere date for 'Oprah's Next Chapter', the cable successor to her syndicated talk show, to begin in prime time on January 1 on OWN, reported New York Times.
The series will see Winfrey interviewing celebs in their homes and the two-hour long premiere will have Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler as her guest.
The premiere will come exactly one year after the debut of OWN, short for the Oprah Winfrey Network, and seven monthsafter the end of 'The Oprah Winfrey Show'.
On the schedule are interviews with Joel Osteen, Tony Robbins, Deepak Chopra, Sean Penn, George Lucas and Paula Deen.
"After 25 years I got myself out of the studio chairs. I moved into the next chapter, and I am having more fun than ever - moving around the country and the world talking to people I'm really interested in getting to know and I think viewers will be, too," Winfrey said in a statement.
When Winfrey ended her iconic chat show after 25 years, she said her role at OWN would be strictly behind the cameras, but that hasn't worked out as the ratings of the network have been low.
