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Winfrey loses $330 million on OWN network.
Oprah may go broke!!
|by Anonymous
|reply 194
You can bet she doesn't have a single penny of her own money wrapped up in this disaster. Her fortune will be fine. It's all the investors who sunk money into that hellhole who will be hurt.
|by Anonymous
|reply 1
Oprah has more money than God. Even if she was personally liable for that $330 million (which she isn't) it would not be a huge loss to her.
|by Anonymous
|reply 2
I think you're wrong R1. While she may have had investors, I believe a huge portion of her fortune has gone into it.
|by Anonymous
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OWN is really a good network. Her Master Class series is fascinating and quite interesting. Oprah is a terrific interviewer. I hope people find it. This is one network that shouldn't die.
Does everything have to be crap reality TV? Watch OWN.
|by Anonymous
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[quote] Oprah may go broke!!
Even if I wiped my ass with $100 bills for the rest of my life, I wouldn't go broke.
Chew on that, muthafuckas!
|by Anonymous
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Maybe she'll go to law school now and really make a difference in the world.
|by Anonymous
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If only..... what will Scientology do for money then?
|by Anonymous
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She probably used the money from her Angel Network to funk OWN.
|by Anonymous
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She has $0.00 money in here - Discovery put all the money
|by Anonymous
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Remember Oprah put her money into Oxgen. After that failed and when Discovery came to her. The agrreement was that she would program it and lend her name to it, but none of her own funds would be used.
|by Anonymous
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If private money funded OWN, then Oprah Winfrey is about to have her a^ss sued off for about $330 million plus interest and hefty legal fees.
You can't lose this amount of money and walk away.
|by Anonymous
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I love the Master Class series, but Oprah is not a good interviewer at all. She makes every interview I have seen thus far about herself and not the interviewee.
|by Anonymous
|reply 13
I remember reading that Oprah made $1 million a DAY. So $330 million is less than a year's salary for her. Boo hoo.
|by Anonymous
|reply 14
How long can she rely on outside investors when the project is bleeding money? Who is going to want to throw even more money at this turkey? Would not be surprised if at some point she'll have to sink some of her own capital into it if she wants to keep it going.
|by Anonymous
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no wonder she made Gayle get a day job.
|by Anonymous
|reply 16
[quote]She makes every interview I have seen thus far about herself and not the interviewee.
Sounds like every conversation I've ever had with another human being.
|by Anonymous
|reply 17
She won't go broke, but she has definitely lost credibility, and her star power is severely tarnished.
She'll never work in this town again.
|by Anonymous
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Are you serious r5? Oprah IS reality tv. She doesn't specialize in idiots behaving badly anymore but she got her start there along with every other trash talk daytime shows. She found a niche with transforming her show into less trash and more inspirational but she over reached with her OWN network in an over saturated market she helped create herself.
She is smart so I doubt she'll lose much but dumb investors who banked on a tired brand will.
|by Anonymous
|reply 19
Oprah needs to go to law school.
|by Anonymous
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She has a 2.7 billion dollar net worth.
|by Anonymous
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[quote] She has a 2.7 billion dollar net worth.
And that's exactly how we're going to get back every penny that we ever lost on this OWN turd.
|by Anonymous
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Discovery Networks took over control of OWN months ago. They got rid of most of her show ideas and are programming everything now. Oprah is just a spokesperson for the network with ever decreasing power.
|by Anonymous
|reply 23
Yeah, she's bad business / box office poison now. And you just know that this reputation hurts her and her ego more than the money lost in that media venture being hers.
|by Anonymous
|reply 24
Do you think that her Hollywood "friends" shun her at parties now?
It's like, "Hi, Julia!" and "Hi, John Travolta!" as they turn their backs and quickly make an exit. "I'm sorry, do I know you?"
What a loser Oprah has become.
|by Anonymous
|reply 25
Serves 'em right for cancelling Anna & Kristina's Grocery Bag. Only thing I ever watched on OWN, so of course they've dropped it.
Just checked the schedule for "Master Class" & only 2 of the subjects sound interesting to me (Ted Turner & Sidney Poitier) -- both of those episodes have already aired & I probably won't bother trying to find them being rerun.
|by Anonymous
|reply 26
Oh please, someone with money like that -- and the consequent borrowing power - will always be popular on Broadway and in Hollywood. I do wonder, tho, why she sold her River House apt.? (Gayle Williams is living there.)
|by Anonymous
|reply 27
She'll become Brokrah.
|by Anonymous
|reply 28
I enjoy Master Class, Visionaries, and Super Soul Sundays on OWN. I also like the idea of the Life Class and the Money Class and such, but I don't know if they lived up to the potential. I think OWN could be a great network with a focus on personal development and raising social consciousness with some spiritual and metaphysical aspects (i.e. NOT religious). That sounds hokey, but really there's nothing like that on TV, which is sad considering there's hundreds of channels devoted to everything else under the sun. We don't need another TLC or A&E that are now just a bunch of ridiculous reality shows, but unfortunately that's probably what OWN will become. Oprah does have a big ego, but she also seems to have good intentions and I wish more media moguls had that.
|by Anonymous
|reply 29
R6 has the definitive post on this thread.
Ths thread is now closed.
|by Anonymous
|reply 30
[quote]While Oprah does not have a personal financial stake in the company, it is still undoubtedly a black eye for her.
|by Anonymous
|reply 31
She's going to have to move in with the Octomom!
|by Anonymous
|reply 32
Oprah is over with her core demographic if the comments on this article are to be believed. Wow.
You thought DL was racist? Read these comments!
|by Anonymous
|reply 33
R21 parrots something she read and considers herself an expert on Miss Winfrey. Want a cracker, honey?
|by Anonymous
|reply 34
Chilling, R33.
I never understood Winfrey's success and appeal, seeing her as just the best-at-it of the usual self-promulgating ego queens who have nothing at their core except greed and false humanity. But the racism in the businessweek comments are terrible - not just aimed at her but at others.
As if the elected president can be called a grifter. Well, I suppose they ran out of the usual epithets and felt like something highbrow was called for, considering it was a business site.
|by Anonymous
|reply 35
Giving Oprah Winfrey a TV network to run is like giving Ann Coulter an Art School to run.
I call this loss, stupid tax.
|by Anonymous
|reply 36
[quote] Serves 'em right for cancelling Anna & Kristina's Grocery Bag.
That is a Canadian show.
|by Anonymous
|reply 37
This woman will never go broke. She made the mistake of not producing more original and better programming for it. Who wants to watch heavily edited movies, 5 year old dr.phil shows and shitty reality shows?!
|by Anonymous
|reply 38
That's a shame.
|by Anonymous
|reply 39
Isn't her programming now about 50% of old Dr. Phil episodes?
|by Anonymous
|reply 40
There's a simple solution to her network problems. Stop the feel good, self improvement stuff and start airing VH1, Bravo style reality trash. Maybe it wasn't what she had in mind, but she will make money that way.
|by Anonymous
|reply 41
Oprah and her companies won't ever go broke. She's a smart woman and guaranteed she's got a shitload of smart lawyers. The contracts and agreements probably protect her and her companies really well.
|by Anonymous
|reply 42
This article only states the loses. The network has made money. I read an article a few months ago that said the net loss was over $10 million.
|by Anonymous
|reply 43
Drama queen, misleading thread title in the tradition of DL.
|by Anonymous
|reply 44
Did she cancel Christina Ferrare's cooking show?
Oprah can always do a sequel to "Beloved".
|by Anonymous
|reply 45
[quote]Did she cancel Christina Ferrare's cooking show?
Yep. I am linking to a lovely picture of Christina from her modeling days for the Lesbians. She was a stunner.
Her cooking show was very informative and she was really mellow in presenting things.
OWN needs to pack things in. You cannot have a network if a good seventy percent of your programming is a massive amount of marathon re runs of shit shows.
|by Anonymous
|reply 46
Fortune lists her worth at three billion dollars. She's not going broke.
She rarely uses her own money for anything. Even her charitable donations all came from viewers who donated to her bullshit angel network.
|by Anonymous
|reply 47
great link, r46
|by Anonymous
|reply 48
My, how the tables have turned!
|by Anonymous
|reply 49
OWN is just like Dollywood. Neither woman actually owns a damn thing. They are just leasing the use of their names and their celebrity, and are getting paid quite handsomely for it.
|by Anonymous
|reply 50
So has it been determined how much money she has in it?
She is going to BALLOON!
|by Anonymous
|reply 51
No @R4 of course they didn't read it. They just saw 330 million OWN loss. So happy they probably busted a nut thinking Oprah has failed and is losing money too. Typical hateful queens.
|by Anonymous
|reply 52
I just want to fuck Tim from Sweetie Pies
|by Anonymous
|reply 53
R37, I know it's a Canadian show. That's why I can't see it in America now that OWN has stopped carrying it. It's not anything real special, but I enjoyed it in the morning when nothing else worth watching was on -- so I'm pissed.
|by Anonymous
|reply 54
Sophia, Sophia. You sho' is PO'!
|by Anonymous
|reply 55
Maybe she can move in with Barak and Michelle.
|by Anonymous
|reply 56
Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Hope she has to hit the streets!
|by Anonymous
|reply 57
She is a complete failure
|by Anonymous
|reply 58
R54 it was taken off the air because Oprah did not want to offend any of the celeb chefs Anna and Christina were critiquing.
If they said so-and-so cookbook was bad, that celeb chef might decide not to get in business with the might O
|by Anonymous
|reply 59
She can moving in with Octomom and the Tanning Lady.
|by Anonymous
|reply 60
[quote] Maybe she can move in with Barak and Michelle.
We don't want her. She might be bad luck for the election, especially since she reeks with the stench of failure.
No thanks!
|by Anonymous
|reply 61
[quote] She can move in with Octomom
Oh, hell no! Do you know how much that cow eats? On my measley food stamps, there's barely enough for the 14 of us. Oprah's ass would eat us out of house and home!!
|by Anonymous
|reply 62
Well, Tanning Lady, what about you? Are you out there? Can Oprah move in with you?
|by Anonymous
|reply 63
[quote] Well, Tanning Lady, what about you? Are you out there? Can Oprah move in with you?
I'm sorry, but I can't associate myself with a loser like Oprah. They might take my kids away!
Perhaps she can check with the local shelter?
|by Anonymous
|reply 64
Not if she's darker than me.
|by Anonymous
|reply 65
OWN's first mistake was deciding to only air on extended cable channel. More people than ever are getting rid of cable and the people that keep cable are decreasing the subscription services (getting rid of movie channels and extended cable). That was a major mistake and they automatically cut off half of any potential viewers
|by Anonymous
|reply 66
Well, then maybe she could move in with Ryan O'Neal.
|by Anonymous
|reply 67
Yes, it was the extended cable thing. Or maybe being on cable, period. Obviously her fans were cheap and only had basic cable, or antennas.
|by Anonymous
|reply 68
"Well, then maybe she could move in with Ryan O'Neal"
Has she still got money? No problem then.
|by Anonymous
|reply 69
Yay, we found a home for Oprah!
|by Anonymous
|reply 70
My vajajay is REALLY painin!
|by Anonymous
|reply 71
Christina Ferrare was gorgeous!
Oh. Back on topic. OWN will either bankrupt Discovery or Discovery will shut it down really soon. I'm thinking Discovery will shut it down soon, eh?
Oprah is a self made billionaire, but she is not a genius. There is nothing to OWN which is worth any more lost money.
|by Anonymous
|reply 72
If they're $330 million in debt and this bitch hasn't put a cent of her own money into helping, why don't they just cancel this piece of shit channel? If it hasn't picked up after a year and a half, it's isn't going to.
|by Anonymous
|reply 73
Oh who cares about her money. When OWN gets pulled it will be like Usain Bolt getting knocked out in the Olympic qualifiers. It's the shame!!
|by Anonymous
|reply 74
She needs more inspirational programming that touches the very deepest nodes within us.
She needs a new soul guru.
I'm waiting her call.
|by Anonymous
|reply 75
I guess "The Secret" and that "law of attraction" bullshit that Doperah always believed in isn't working anymore...
|by Anonymous
|reply 76
"it is still undoubtedly a black eye for her."
Ummmm, OK.
|by Anonymous
|reply 77
"You cannot have a network if a good seventy percent of your programming is a massive amount of marathon re runs of shit shows."
News to us
|by Anonymous
|reply 78
There's a reason a lot of posters here work in cubicles.
|by Anonymous
|reply 79
Oprah does NOT, repeat DOES NOT, have a personal stake in the company. Her personal wealth is not part of the equation.
|by Anonymous
|reply 80
R80 the world is not that simple. If you crash your car into a bus stop, you can sued by the city for damages. Oprah was at the wheel of OWN, she has liability.
If Oprah didn't make any creative decisions and just sold out her name, while she sat at home and had nothing to do with the programming, I would agree.
|by Anonymous
|reply 81
RuPaul's Drag Race on LOGO is more popular than any of her shows.
|by Anonymous
|reply 82
Is Oprah to network tv chiefs what Madonna is to hollywood directors?
|by Anonymous
|reply 83
So how much longer before they call it a day?
|by Anonymous
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|by Anonymous
|reply 85
She's going to co-host Live with Kelly! Trust me, bitch is desperate!
|by Anonymous
|reply 86
Tonight in bed Gayle should whisper in Oprah's ear "it's time to retire and r.est on your laurels."
|by Anonymous
|reply 87
2.7 billion Oprah his in her pocket.
|by Anonymous
|reply 88
Her magazine is failing as well. Was that funded with her money? The radio show?
|by Anonymous
|reply 89
Oprah broke?
Join the club, bitch!
|by Anonymous
|reply 90
I suppose it will be MY turn to support her!
|by Anonymous
|reply 91
She never recovered after endorsing Obama.
|by Anonymous
|reply 92
Oprah is not the type to just retire. She needs to be doing something to feel alive. I can't imagine her just riding off into the sunset to lead the quiet, mundane life of a retiree. Please, bitches.
|by Anonymous
|reply 93
OWN's ratings have risen sharply over the last quarter.
|by Anonymous
|reply 94
I like OWN except for those god-awful, self-indulgent "Oprah's Favorite Things" where Oprah screams "My faaaaaaaavoriiiiiiiiite thiiiiiiiiiiiiings" and where her staff has to kiss her ass about shit you can buy at Macy's.
But most of the rest of OWN's programming is quite good. I wished more people watched.
|by Anonymous
|reply 95
Even IF Oprah lost 330+ million it still wouldn't hurt her.
That's 10% of her net worth.
Imagine losing 10% of your net worth: Around $5000 for a middle class American. Not fun, but not disastrous. Some people lose that every April when they pay taxes.
She'll be fine
|by Anonymous
|reply 96
Totally agree, R92.
Read any article about Oprah anywhere online, and the comments section will be 99% Freepers.
|by Anonymous
|reply 97
That's right, r94. The network has seen a major turnaround. Can't believe so many people were foolish enough to count her out. Networks don't just become hits overnight. They take time to grow. She made some mistakes, but most companies take a bit of time before they reach profitability.
|by Anonymous
|reply 98
Where the fuck is the OWN channel?
|by Anonymous
|reply 99
[quote]OWN's ratings have risen sharply over the last quarter.
The ratings have improved ever since Discovery swooped in, fired Oprah's people, and took charge of programming.
I was really excited about "Oprah's Favorite Things" which aired last week, but it was awful, boring and idiotic. It had none of the excitement and charm of her Favorite Things shows from years past. They filmed it in some depressing VA hall, which made all of her expensive gifts look like cheap Dollar Store finds. Many of her favorites were totally inappropriate for military families, like truffle oils and bags of lemon truffle popcorn--many of the women didn't know what a truffle was, and if they did, wouldn't want to eat one. Gayle, who's now fatter than a hippo, waddled into the room at one point looking for free samples.
|by Anonymous
|reply 100
Now that she's broke, we'd love to cast Oprah as Mama Morton, the dyke jailer, in a bus and truck version of CHICAGO. We've approached Ann Coulter and Michele Malkin to play Roxie and Velma respectively; and Bill O'Reilly to play Billy Flynn.
|by Anonymous
|reply 101
Discovery swooped in and demanded she appear more on the network, something she did not do early on. It helped push the turnaround (high profile interviews every sunday, favorite things etc). If her "brand" was over with the opposite would be true.
She has a piece of syndication for Rachael Ray, Dr Oz, Dr Phil ... she is far from going broke.
|by Anonymous
|reply 102
One thing I'm certain for sure that works against her: try looking for any Oprah content on YouTube. There's not a speck. Her people appear to be committed at crushing any sharing. Yet I firmly believe that spreading content is what generates more interest. I'm curious about her OWN masterclasses, but I couldn't be fagged looking on her website. If some of it was on YouTube however...
|by Anonymous
|reply 103
I have not joined the Oprah hate bandwagon, but OWN is a mess. The best thing on the channel when it first launched was that sex show with Laura Berman, and it's taken like two years just to film a second season. There seems to be absolutely no organization.
|by Anonymous
|reply 104
R100, one of the reasons the launch of OWN was such a disaster is because Harpo left a lot of the programming details up to Discovery and those decisions didn't pan out. Discovery initially thought they could use Discovery Health programming to pad the schedule, but it didn't work. Ratings have gone up because Oprah has been more active on-air and the network now features programming that would be of interest to the audience they are trying to court.
|by Anonymous
|reply 105
When she had Joel Osteen "teaching a master class" any credibility she had with me went out the windw.
|by Anonymous
|reply 106
I'm wicked. Every time I read bad news about this insufferable, egotistical hypocrite I start laughing like Debbie in the Addams Family after practicing her grieving widow speech to the authorities after blowing Fester up.
|by Anonymous
|reply 107
As much as it would make some of you orgasim she isn't broke. Far from it. Oprah is far more successful than any of you miserable cunts who would luv to see her fail.
DL hates women especial black ones.
|by Anonymous
|reply 108
Oh Lord, how could I forget about the Rosie Show! That whole project was tragic. I'm a fan of Rosie's, and it was like watching a train wreck in slow motion.
She kept cutting the studio size down. At first she was using Oprah's old stage. By the time she was finished, she had no audience and it looked like she was filming from the inside of a closet.
|by Anonymous
|reply 110
The irony is that the ratings have shot up when Oprah increased her presence on OWN. The lesson seems that people aren't tired of Oprah but they didn't want Oprahisms from the likes of Iyanla or Rosie.
The lesson from the Discovery execs is that more Oprah leads to higher ratings, which is the reverse of what the HARPO execs pushed at the network's inception.
|by Anonymous
|reply 111
So even if Oprah wanted to get out from being in front of the camera--She Can't. Without Oprah as the star or overarching presence, the network won't do well.
Maybe in time, Oprah can back away and not be on camera--but not anytime soon.
|by Anonymous
|reply 112
That Iyanla is a major troll. I don't believe a word she says.
|by Anonymous
|reply 113
She is responsible for dumbing millions of women. I hope she goes way for good. Neurotic idiot!
|by Anonymous
|reply 114
If she'd had bought AMC and OLTL, OWN would be safe as houses.
|by Anonymous
|reply 115
Eh. As long as she's functional, I doubt she'll fade away.
And about her supposedly dating Gayle? I dunno...they just seem like codependent BFFs to me (which may or may not include weird boundaries).
|by Anonymous
|reply 116
I hope she comes back. Say what you will but Oprah, as cheesy and celeb-obsessed as she became tried to do mostly positive things with her forum. I am glad she took a hit, she needed a reality check,but like most of America, I always root for a comeback.
|by Anonymous
|reply 117
Iyanla is the black Oprah.
|by Anonymous
|reply 118
[quote]DL hates women especially black ones
You can say that again.
|by Anonymous
|reply 119
[quote]DL hates women especially black ones
Yes, that's why you just LOVE hanging around here, hmm.
|by Anonymous
|reply 120
R107 - Why don't you just go on and call her an 'uppity nigger who doesn't know her place,' you know you want to. Typical ignorant bigoted queen.
|by Anonymous
|reply 121
R121, you typical, judgmental, hypocritical racist homophobe, since I happen to be biracial, a 22-year member of the NAACP, and a strong supporter of my sisters of color who are NOT insufferable, egotistical hypocrite cunts, why don't you reassess your own issues, biases and prejudice.
Filthy, ignorant twat. (And I don't mean Oprah there.)
|by Anonymous
|reply 122
R122 - Typical tragic mulatto archetype. I never thought Oprah represented all black women. I guess you're one of those types who think that Oprah should shut up and donate all of her money to every black person in America too, right?
|by Anonymous
|reply 123
That's a shame.
|by Anonymous
|reply 124
The problem with her new show was it was on cable.
|by Anonymous
|reply 125
The problem is/was that it's too much Oprah.
Watching her show for an hour every day and assorted various specials is a lot less of a commitment to watching a 24-hour network.
|by Anonymous
|reply 126
Investors? OWN is not a publicly traded company so Oprah has her own money in it & it's not 300 million either. It's over a billion.
She's worth 4 billion total but debts ringing up could cost her 4 billion before it's over & with her comments about white people needing to die before racism ends as if there are not plenty of black racists, she's not going to get hired on TV, she won't have money to do it herself so she might end up back in TN broke but instead of a shed without lights, a nice trailer park with electricity in her old age.
If she is a bigot, I hope she does go broke.
|by Anonymous
|reply 127
Maybe she's in Joan's will.
|by Anonymous
|reply 128
I never understand what happened with OWN. It is like she started a network but never bothered to put shows on it.
At least run old Oprah episodes or something.
|by Anonymous
|reply 129
She just said racists have to die. She said nothing about how that was to happen.
|by Anonymous
|reply 130
[quote] Investors? OWN is not a publicly traded company so Oprah has her own money in it & it's not 300 million either. It's over a billion.
What the fuck does a publicly traded company have to do with it? You can get investors for a privately held company too. Do you really think Oprah would be so incredibly fucking stupid as to invest a billion dollars of her own personal wealth in her company? I fucking can't stand her but your post is ridiculous.
|by Anonymous
|reply 131
The financial outlook for OWN has changed considerably in the 2 plus years since that article was published in OP's link.
|by Anonymous
|reply 132
[quote]I never understand what happened with OWN. It is like she started a network but never bothered to put shows on it.
This stopped being news after Oprah managed to turn the network around. She's a hard worker and relentless. You have to give her that, at least.
|by Anonymous
|reply 133
Anyone taping in that studio she bamboozled Rosie into using?
|by Anonymous
|reply 134
Her ego is bigger than planet earth.
|by Anonymous
|reply 135
Tycoons who hate white people are dangerous. Rich white people aren't any better.Why are we wasting time on these corrupted people?
|by Anonymous
|reply 136
[quote] The problem with her new show was it was on cable
That was a big problem. You have to have expanded cable to view her channel. That's $25 extra a month just to be able to watch her network. The other problem is that she had boring shows. Now that OWN has started showing repeats of crime shows (from Investigation Discovery) the ratings are up
|by Anonymous
|reply 137
All European fashion houses are rejoicing!
|by Anonymous
|reply 138
As if......
She'll go broke when Trump goes broke....when hell freezes over.
|by Anonymous
|reply 139
I'd like to see her fortune reduced to have her living in a 3br apartment.
|by Anonymous
|reply 140
R140, That's a big basement that you are living in, perhaps you could invite Ms. O to share with you. Think about it.
|by Anonymous
|reply 141
Please make "The Haves and the Have Nots" go away. That show fucking SUCKS, despite having veteran actor John Schneider in a leading role.
The writing is CRAP, and the acting is even worse! Although, I would expect nothing less from Miss Tyler Perry. Typical schlock that he puts out.
And now OWN is backing another TP show, touting it as being "from the creator of The Haves and The Have Nots..." As if that's a good thing? Ugh.
No wonder OWN is going down the toilet. It's becoming the Madea network.
|by Anonymous
|reply 142
What the fuck is r143 going on about?
|by Anonymous
|reply 144
R143, who raped you? Are you a side of beef?
|by Anonymous
|reply 145
ut give her credit for doing the Michael Sam documentary.
|by Anonymous
|reply 147
No point reinventing the wheel, so as a professional courtesy we've written Target.
|by Anonymous
|reply 149
get some help
|by Anonymous
|reply 150
Where was Kitty Kelly when this was going on?
|by Anonymous
|reply 151
Racism made her a billionaire.
|by Anonymous
|reply 152
R146 and R148
Too long, didn't read
|by Anonymous
|reply 153
I've always liked Shania Twain, so when that reality show of hers was featured on OWN or Oxygen, it opened my eyes to how out of touch Oprah is now.
Why did Oprah think that a premium channel would succeed at a time when her demographic can't pay their bills AND so many people watch shows online? It's not like she's marketing a luxury good that only needs a few star customers - premium channels need as many eyeballs as possible. It's like she's determined to fail, or thinks that she cannot fail.
|by Anonymous
|reply 154
This thread is three years old, I think the network has improved in viewership.
O's biggest mistake was thinking that she could just work behind scenes on a network that freaking carries her name. People still want to see big mama O on the TV, no brainer! She should've appeared on the network more at first, and then gradually continued to make fewer appearances.
And so funny that she had come grovelling to Iyanla to do a series when the network was struggling. She practically had her blacklisted years ago.
|by Anonymous
|reply 155
This whole thing was a mixture of her greed and vanity. She wanted to be the #1 media mogul who ever lived. She is a failure. Retire from show business and give the world a break.
|by Anonymous
|reply 156
Oprah is not going broke. Oprah never was going broke. Oprah never will go broke. Racist thread. You have no right to talk about Miss Winfrey. She is above all of you. Keep her name out of your mouths.
|by Anonymous
|reply 157
Oprah is nice and chubby
|by Anonymous
|reply 158
Oprah has fine shape R158. Racist much! Why are you even talking about her? Are you black? If not then shut it.
|by Anonymous
|reply 159
The network will go broke. Not Oprah.
|by Anonymous
|reply 160
Oh shit. If Oprah goes broke she'll never be able to produce and star in the movie that will net her at least 2 Oscars: "Aching Feet", the Rosa Parks story.
World cinema weeps.
|by Anonymous
|reply 161
[quote]when her demographic can't pay their bills AND so many people watch shows online?
They can't pay their bills yet somehow they magically have Internet?
|by Anonymous
|reply 162
I love Oprah, I really do.
|by Anonymous
|reply 165
R163 and r164, please provide proof to support your numerous accusations if you want anyone to take your slander seriously. You sound like a disturbed troll. Couldn't you have invested some of your billion dollar fortune in some standard English courses? Your writing is atrocious.
|by Anonymous
|reply 166
Boo hoo!
|by Anonymous
|reply 167
She made most of her money from writing a book about losing weight - after her great big weight loss - where she came onto the stage with a wagon of fat. Every overweight woman is America wanted to know how to do it. That book was a huge seller! Then she took that money and compounded it.
I would assume her magazine and some of these smaller movies she produces with Spielberg make her some money.
|by Anonymous
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R166 I would saw in this case the disturbed troll is u.What I do with my hard earned billions and the good in the world l do.Is my own business.In the same way people shining some so called shining ray of light on Oprah Winfrey as if she is about anybody other than herself selfishly is wrong. THE EVIDENCE is this: Oprah Winfrey reaked havoc on the professional and personal life of her 1st Executive Producer.PUBLIC RECORD.Oprah cant even speak about her lnow,acknowledge her or say her name.Oprah caused her such hardship,concern and worry.That the executive had a massive nervous breakdown.Thats known throughout the world of TV and beyond. The WIFE of the marriage she destroyed self admitedly by stalking gave a worldwide interview about Oprahs destructive personal behaviour towards her and her marriage.And its very painful demise.Oprah talked of her OBSESSION with him multiply times on air in early years on her show.She chased his car in traffic,bombarded him with phone calls and even showed up at the home he shared with his wife.She used to park for hours across the street.All really frightening fixated behavior.And the wife and her family went to the police circa:1989.All in police reports which can b accessed through the Freedom of Information acts. The Texas Beef Industry sued her for slander,liable,defamation,intent to harm,loss of revenue,loss of marketplace internationally, loss of product - it lost a massive Japanese account it had acquired as a result of Oprah.It sued for loss of future earnings as a result because the US/Japanese Trade agreement got put in serioius doubt right across the board.Money got majorly wiped off the US money market on Wall Street for what had been a DONE deal that suddenly went awry.That costjobs as well as $$. Reggie admittedly publically on the Oprah Winfrey show that he had homosexulised a heterosexual married man.They shared a laugh about how funny it was that the sex had taken place in the bed the husband had shared with his wife.The hudband claimed rape. Reggie does Oprahs make up so the international syndicated audience was supposed to hear that?Most of the world swiyched off in disgust.IF you ever see it youll understand why! Then there is the movie The Color Purple of which I own all rights to.Because I own several of the biggest movie studios in the world.Oprah was in it BUT so too was Whoopi Goldberg.Oprah goes around claiming it bit doesnt own it.There are enormous legalities imvolved with all of it.Majorly because over 160members of my production crew and cast got sexually abused,molested and raped.So maybe I'll just contact them and get them to start writinh this site.So people stop defending Oprah and start thinking about victims compensation for them if Oprah is undeed going bankrupt.Alabama and Arkansaw law enforcement and law are certainly built around such abuse cases.Its truly heartbreaking.So I will keep to myself what I personally have done to try to heal them.I want Oprah to go to jail for that and she is culpably responsible.AND SHE KNOWS IT. And Tyler Perry a victim of child abuse himself better not stand up and pretend to defend her on that either.Because he cannot. OPRAH is criminal.She makes attempt after attempt to rewrite her own history continuously but cannot! Compound that with her girls school massive scandal down in Africa.Of sexual abuse once again.It is THE common thread that runs through her life.Sexual abuse after abuse.Sexually predatory behaviour.Law suit after law suit. You want to complain about something and criticise.Then turn your focus on her criticise HER ongoiminal behavior.Have true care and compassion for her victims.BE AWARE of it! Or does it have to appear all over the cover of TIME magazine ot FORBES?And her license to air get revoked.THERES the start of your proof for starters.DONT criticise me for getting the truth out there.I wish Id never had dealings with the woman EVER.Shes hurt many and she does NOT care to ever put things right.Shes had decades.
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R162 doesn't get it at all.
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I don't understand having a network which mostly runs old re-runs of the awful Dr. Phil show and re-runs of Dateline crime shows. What's the purpose, really? The network is just adding to the garbage of which there was already quite enough of. Is this considered an accomplishment?
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OWN is a baffling business venture. It is like she started a network but never bothered to put show on it.
Kind of like opening a shop but not stocking the shelves with any products.
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Lizard Lick Towing is probably coming down the pike soon. I hope that the old Court TV (Tru TV now) and Oprah's network aren't the reasons my cable bill keeps increasing. Surely such networks don't make enough money from actual sponsors to survive.
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Have there been any plans for OWN to act like an actual network and produce its own movies, sitcoms, soaps, game shows, cooking/lifestyle shows and even news?
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R169 is the bitter group of ex-talk show hosts who still resent Oprah. Jenny Jones, Richard Bey and Sally Jesse Raphael still hold a grudge.
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I think OWN has or had a few Tyler Perry sitcoms for a while. Gayle had a show too but got a better offer. I think O is just waiting for the contract to run out nowadays.
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R169 perhaps all of them have a point.Maybe they hold a grudge for a good reason especially Sally Jesse.She was way way better than Oprah!
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I'd have a lot to say too if somone hurt my work force and colleagues.Id resent someone who cost people and myself.Or caused harm.None of this forgive and forget notion.If people got hurt deliberately or pre meditatively by Oprah. Then yes she is accountble for it.
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[quote]"While Oprah does not have a personal financial stake in the company, it is still undoubtedly a black eye for her."
Did you miss that part, dear?
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So she's only left with $770 million and she can write the $330 million on her taxes??? Where does the broke part come in?
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R169 sounds completely nuts. How does r169 even own the rights to the Color Purple? And the entire crew of the Color Purple movie was sexually abused?
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R181its called a BC meaning Back Catalogue movies a studio owns and may choose to option.l own the studio.I didnt option the rights of the work to Oprah Winfrey,to Harpo or to Kingworld ever. My executive Producer and myself commisioned to put this work into production.We had found the original story and had a screenwriter work the script.Oprah Winfrey was an actress on this nothing more.An actress who now claims it as her own.That is illegal.She makes out its hers and that the copyright and IP Intellectual Property rights are hers.They are not. She didn't hire directors,actors,editors or gaffers.Or set producers ot costumers. And no I am not nuts.I am far far wealthier than Oprah Winfrey.This was a newer style production in thr US marketplace at the time.And Oprah turned it into a living nightmare for all.Its on the public record and US legislature in both Alabama and Arkansaw the abuse that took place on and around the set.I was very young and in the process of trying to inject a much needed monitary stream into the USA.Because of the Savings and Loan debacle which ripped across the heartland.And build up the skills of a production crew who could travel across different US productions.Maybe cross o ver into TV. Oprah was a mistake from the start.I'll go right on the record as saying she wasn't a balanced person.And she didnt create stability. And she had some very abusing toxic people around her in her life also.And I am going to get crew members to give witness testimonials and personal accounts on this site and others.Because I have had enough now! I have utterly no reason to lie.And I dont.And not does that of my crew.I am going to get International media onboard with this as well. I had problems resulting with Steven Spielberg as a result of this.And he had worked on other projects for me without incident. This time wad different.A very dark energy took over the set quickly.Crew members were unwell.There were unexplained attacks within lodgings and quarters.My staff on call doctor grew frightened.And medical reports showed signs of sexual abuse and molestation.And trauma.I called in security,law enforcement and private detectives unbeknowest to my crew also.And the FBI.So concerning was this entire invident. Things got very unhealthy very quickly.And many of my crew were religious, innocent and away from their families for the first time.Not being able to afford college.College fund money going to pay families bills instead. I had people whose bodies were suddenly out of alignment.Dense and heavy.Sore in private areas.All but unexplainably.And those that were being attacked.And threatened as a result. So all in all a living nightmare for many undeservedly so.I wish I had never met Oprah Winfrey or her family.Or even heard her name.And I am not alone in that. Many people have suffered in this.Anybody that was around her or her family in those days would know them for what they are.And then there is public record as well.
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Who's Reggie?
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R183 Reggie is her make up artist.Not nice at all.However Oprah adores him.1 husband and wife dont though.He attacked the husband and bragged about it on air.The husband said it was rape.So absolutely horrible.
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Is this the fault of the Academy as well?
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I condole her....where do I send the flowers?
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Okay trolldar has shown that the crazy writer is r184, r182, r178, r177, r169, r164, etc.
Even if what you are writing is based in truth, your presentation is terrible.
I think Oprah has brainwashed a group of middle-aged closeted lesbians into thinking they are spiritual. All of this find yourself crap is for the deeply closeted.
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R187 I am not a crazy writer.I am a very nice person. Who cares!And it would b nice 2 know that people on this forum board.Actually do 2.That what I have said.Actually reaches people and gets people thinking about victims compensation.ESPECIALLY if Oprah Winfrey is going broke. Bcause if she is I would like 2 c.People whose lives whom have been adversely affected directly by her. Get some type of justice! Finally! And the time for her to pay people would b while the money is there. NOT after wards if there is none. It's a major class action suit now anyway.People whom are irresponcible with power and harmful.Really shouldn't have any todo harm anyway. Got home tonight-There is Oprah on TV in of all places Alabama.Leading a civil rights march.So for the civil rights of people publically.BUT not for people around her whom she hurt. God I wish Alabama would arrest her.Or had done while she was there. THAT would of been news! Anybody know by chance whom the state legislaturer of Alabama is at the moment?Or the congressional senator? IF u do I would appreciate u letting me know. And lastly I never watch her so whatever her claim 2 spiritually is.Is very far removed from having dealings with her.IF u like her that's yr choice.However I want people 2 start thinking about actual facts.Nobody should b threatened by that. And for anybody decent on this site. I have been accused now of being a troll.And a racist billionaire now.And I never said anything about race. I spoke of abuse. So it goes without saying I hope you are never in a jury pool line up concerning this.And that you never know people whom get sexually attacked.Least of all yourselves.
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Oh and 1 last thought. IF any of u r ever unfortunately attacked in a sexual manner.On the way 2 work, at work, in a car park or even outside a bar, walking across campus.Or even down a street. Its the legislation from this case and other cases like it.That'll b helping u legally.With law enforcement. Even with medical at a hospital or medical centre. Many of u may never think about this past reading a post here.And thats truly a shame because tacrosspport that would have been for you. IF you ever experience anything untoward like this ever. Would have been the victims of this. Regardless of sexual orientation. Aside from that not 1 of you has to spend a cent of your money.I have and I will. And for anybody that works within my worldwide corporate conglomerate.Rest assured you work within the safest workplaces in the world.With the highest levels of security available.In my industrial parks, buildings,car parks, offices,airports and oil rigs.And you'll know they are mine because all have state of the art everything.Eco building designs and the finest Human Resource departments.And legal departments available. The USA Sex Crimes Act across every state of the union is about 2 get throughly updated.All the way up through the Supreme Court,Congress and the Senate with bills sent up the hill. That'll b a very good thing.And so will seeing Oprah get held 2 account.
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Patsy Stone send her your condolence flowers to her care of Harpo Studios in Chicago obviously.She's selling the building so you may want to hurry about it. Myself personally I send mine 2 the victims at the hospitals.
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As if.........
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R185 Not the fault of the Academy at all.The fault of Oprah Winfrey herself.
The only thing the Academy has done wrong in recent years was to NOT give Cate Blanchett the Oscar for ELIZABETH. She had worked harder than any other actress that year to bring that depiction to the screen.And she more than deserved it.That the AMPAS did get wrong.And that was their fault.
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R21 Thank you I was wondering just how much the amount was.And there are very worthy people it should b divided up and go to.Those recipients are worth it!
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Money doesn't cure or heal sexual abuse. How did Oprah harass them? I'm not a fan of abuse, Oprah , etc., but what's the class acrion suit about?
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Charles de La Porte (1602, Paris – 8 February 1664, Paris) was a French nobleman and general. He was marquis then duke of La Meilleraye, duke of Rethel and peer of France, baron of Parthenay and of Saint-Maixent, count of Secondigny, seigneur of Le Boisliet, La Lunardière, La Jobelinière and Villeneuve[disambiguation needed].
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ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (May 1, 2014) -- For Army scientists and engineers shaping the technology of the future, the Army of 2025 and beyond is quickly approaching.
Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond Odierno has said in his strategic vision that the Army seeks a lighter, faster and more lethal force for the future. Technology will provide innovative solutions.
"Army researchers within the Army Materiel Command and Research, Development and Engineering Command team achieve innovation by imagining something and then creating an idea or concept that can change the nature of the fight," said RDECOM Director Dale A. Ormond. "Future American warriors will depend on technologies that better protect them and prepare them for the fight."
RDECOM's strategy ties technology development together, from lethality to protection, according to Ormond, whose teams are working on improving ground vehicles, Army aircraft, missiles, chemical-biological defense, body armor and more.
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Army researchers focus on developing capabilities to meet the requirements laid out by the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command.
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RDECOM is also working with the U.S. Special Operations Command and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency on projects that will provide better protection, enhanced performance and improved situational awareness to individual Soldiers.
The magazine features articles about the SOCOM initiative to develop the Tactical Assault Light Operator Suit, or TALOS, as well as a DARPA project called Warrior Web. Both projects promise to give futuristic capabilities to the Soldier of tomorrow.
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As a disc jockey employed by various high-end department stores throughout the county, I've encountered my fair share of hostile audiences. The department store DJ is a magnet for abuse—particularly at some of the ritzier malls—as the regular clientele, accustomed to hearing non-threatening Muzak as they plunk down $400 for a wallet, are confronted by non-threatening Top 40 and dance music, sending them into paroxysms of confusion and panic. Though my skin has grown thick from years of enduring glares and insults, I'm still sometimes startled by the malice with which some of these complaints are delivered. You were the Lucille Bluth-alike who strolled up to my DJ booth recently, narrowed your eyes at me, and hissed "TERRIBLE!" Hey lady, I don't like Will Smith either, but you should hear the stuff I DON'T play in deference to the high-minded sensibilities of my audience. I hope your nerves were soothed by the soft leather interior of your BMW. Mine were settled at the thought of how deeply miserable you must be, despite your money, to direct your bile so unnecessarily at a man just trying to do his job. Enjoy your increasing slide into irrelevance. And thanks for shopping!
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An Ohio State spokesperson confirmed to BuckeyeSports.com that four-time NBA MVP LeBron James will be on the third-ranked Buckeyes' sideline on Saturday for the team's primetime matchup with No. 23 Wisconsin. Current plans also call for the two-time reigning NBA Finals MVP to deliver a pre-game speech to the Ohio State squad.
A product of Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary, James is a longtime fan of the Buckeyes, and even has his own commemorative locker in the Ohio State basketball locker room. But while it's the Buckeyes basketball team who wears James' Nike line of shoes and gear, the Miami Heat star also has ties to current OSU head coach Urban Meyer.
An All-State wide receiver during his high school playing days for the Irish, James was recruited to play football by Meyer, who served as Notre Dame's wide receivers coach from 1996-2000. At Big Ten media days in 2012, Meyer spoke of his failed attempt to lure the future No. 1 overall NBA draft pick to South Bend.
"'Thank you very much, I'll consider it,' and his coach started laughing," said Meyer, recalling James' response to his scholarship offer. "I didn't know what he was laughing at, so we went down and sat in a room and he said, 'Do you know who that is?' and I said, 'No' and he said, 'LeBron James' and I said, 'Who's LeBron James?' and he said, 'He'll be the next Michael Jordan' and I go, 'Come on.'"
Now, arguably the biggest star in sports, James has seen unprecedented scrutiny in past years, something which Meyer doesn't understand. While it remains to be seen what James' message to the Buckeyes will be, the Ohio State head coach praised the former Cleveland Cavalier for his focus on the court, and character off of it.
"Give me all kinds of LeBrons," Meyer said. "You just see the way he articulates, his look, the way he treats people, the focus. We use him in those leadership meetings we use, those videos, his face is plastered all over them. First of all, our guys all admire him. And the head coach really admires him."
At a recent tour of the renovated basketball facilities inside of Value City Arena, Ohio State director of athletics Gene Smith also expressed support for James, who fell out of favor with many fans in Ohio for the way that he left the Cavaliers via free agency in 2010.
"I feel sorry that our fans won't rally around LeBron because of the way he did his things, because for us, he's been unbelievable. When his apparel came out, we were the first school he contacted," Smith said. "He's always kept us at the top of his thoughts when he's doing things. That's been really helpful."
While James has drawn a mixed reaction from Ohio State crowds in his Columbus appearances since he took his talents to South Beach, expect him to be a positive presence on the OSU sideline. The Buckeyes are expected to have more than 50 recruits in attendance for their Big Ten opener, many of whom will likely be starstruck by the nine-time All-Star.
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My husband of ten years met my mom on Mother's day 11 years ago. It was his idea.
We made the 4 1/2-hour drive from Minneapolis to Brookings, South Dakota, and back that day. She didn't know what he looked like, so he wanted to surprise her. I called her and came up with some excuse to keep her home at the right time, and we pulled up in the driveway around noon.
Here's the kind of guy he is: He went to the door to tell her she had a singing telegram but the singer was too shy to get out of the car.
Here's the kind of person she was: She tried to convince him not to make anyone get out of the car, let alone to sing. That was supposed to be my cue to get out and surprise her.
Here's the way things go for me sometimes: The car's child lock had somehow been switched on. This left them to stand at the front door, waiting for me. He said he would go get me, the shy telegram non-singer. She laughed in her own shy way, wanting but not willing, I'm sure, to protest to this tall, dark, and rather insistent (read: very non-South-Dakotan) stranger at her door. He let me out and of course we laughed ourselves silly as I introduced her to Rich, who was decidedly not going to make me sing.
We went inside and he saw my childhood home. Then, we went out to lunch and came back to the dining room table to chat before we went on our way. We had another 4 1/2-hour drive ahead of us. It didn't feel long at all. After all, I had just seen two of my favorite people meet for the first time. And past that front door scene, there wasn't another single awkward moment all day. Just a bunch of smiling and laughing moments and – though it would only be just seven more years of them with her – the beginning of so many more.
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Would you notice a lack in power if your cam belt was not properly tensioned, or would the belt just fall off.
Would you notice a lack in power if your cam belt was not properly tensioned, or would the belt just fall off.
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If it's jumped a tooth, it would lose a lot or power. Could have bent a valve a bit resulitng in low compression.
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Its on my engine, it might not be a lack of power just that i havent put mi foot down cos of new belt and idlers and tensioner.
Fabia Vrs
When the belt is not properly tensioned, you can generally hear a v. unhealthy scraping/brushing noise from the belt area. If you're worried, whip the outer cover off and start the engine. If it's loose, the 'non-tensioned' side of the belt will move about when u look at it from the side.
If it's quiet and idling properly and smoothly, its probably fine!
if your timing belt is too slack it's possible for the belt to jump a tooth ( or more). if it only jumps one tooth its possible engine will run but with reduced power, the symptoms you might experience are similar to those when ignition timing is out ,any more than one tooth though will result in engine damage, ( similar to that experienced with a timing belt breaking) if you suspect a slack timing belt it needs checking now.
It idles normal like it did before the belt change so do you reckon im alright.
Fabia Vrs
if its only one tooth out it is more than likely it would idle normally, you should notice it not revving as freely as before though
I cant say ive noticed any of that.
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Yeah, if it was one tooth out, it would be seriously under powered - when you go to pull away, it would try and stall etc etc. Very reluctant to rev as well.
I think im alright because it doesnt seem to be doing any of that.
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