Oprah's Master Class

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Oprah's Master Class
Also known as Oprah Presents: Master Class
Genre
  • Reality
  • Biography
Directed by
Presented by Oprah Winfrey
Country of origin United States
No. of seasons 3
No. of episodes 27
Production
Executive producer(s)
  • Joe Berlinger
  • Jon Kamen
  • Justin Wilkes
  • Jonathan Sinclair
  • Robert Friedman
Running time 40 to 44 minutes
(excluding commercials)
Production company(s)
Broadcast
Original channel OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network
Picture format 480i (SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
Original run January 1, 2011 (2011-01-01) – present
External links
Website
Production website

Oprah's Master Class (or Oprah Presents: Master Class, as it was titled in the first season) is a primetime television program that airs on the OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network. The series premiered on the network's first day, January 1, 2011.[1]

Show Concept & Format

According to OWN, Master Class "tells the stories you've never heard from the people you thought you knew best. Hand-picked by Oprah Winfrey for their unique impact on the world, true modern masters from Academy Award-winning actors, to Grammy-winning musicians, to ground-breaking athletes, share the greatest lessons they've learned along the way. In an intimate setting, they share their successes, their failures, their triumphs, disappointments and heartbreaks." [2]

Each episode features an in-depth conversation with the subject, as they explore their story with viewers. The conversation is split up into numerous lessons that each master teaches, using personal anecdotes from their life to illustrate the point. Video clips, photographs, and re-enactments illustrate a visual representation of the stories being told. The biographical sketch is interspersed with personal insights and reflections from Oprah Winfrey on each master's life lessons.

Series Overview

Season Episodes Timeslot (EST) Original Airing
Season Premiere Season Finale
1 8 Sunday 10:00 PM January 1, 2011 (2011-01-01) April 3, 2011
2 11 January 8, 2012 April 29, 2012
3 8 March 3, 2013 June 16, 2013

Season One Masters (2011)

Season One of Oprah Presents: Master Class premiered on Saturday January 1, 2011 on the first day of the launch of OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network, with rapper, songwriter, and entrepreneur Jay-Z. The first season aired weekly on Sundays at 10/9c and consists of eight hour-long episodes.

№ Ep. Original Airdate Modern Master Occupation
1 1.1 1 January 2011 Jay-Z Rapper, songwriter, entrepreneur, co-owner of the Brooklyn Nets
2 1.2 2 January 2011 Diane Sawyer Television journalist
3 1.3 16 January 2011 Maya Angelou Poet, civil rights activist, dancer, film producer, television producer, playwright, film director, author, actress, professor
4 1.4 23 January 2011 Simon Cowell A&R executive, television producer, television personality, entrepreneur
5 1.5 30 January 2011 Lorne Michaels Canadian television producer, creator of Saturday Night Live
6 1.6 13 February 2011 Condoleezza Rice Former United States Secretary of State
7 1.7 27 March 2011 Oprah Winfrey (Part 1) Talk show host, media proprietor, actress
8 1.8 3 April 2011 Oprah Winfrey (Part 2) Talk show host, media proprietor, actress

Season Two Masters (2012)

Season Two of Oprah's Master Class premiered on Sunday January 8, 2012 at 10/9c on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network with actress, writer, and activist Jane Fonda. The second season premiered to record-high numbers for the series, with 930,000 viewers tuning into Fonda's Master Class. The second season aired weekly on Sundays at 10/9c and consists of eleven hour-long episodes.

№ Ep. Original Airdate Modern Master Occupation U.S. Viewers (millions)
9 2.1 8 January 2012 Jane Fonda Actress, writer, political activist, former fashion model, fitness guru 0.930[3]
10 2.2 15 January 2012 Goldie Hawn Actress, film director, producer, author, singer 0.474[4]
11 2.3 22 January 2012 Morgan Freeman Actor, film director, aviator, narrator 0.500[5]
12 2.4 29 January 2012 Ted Turner Media mogul, philanthropist, chairman of United Nations Foundation board of directors 0.498[6]
13 2.5 12 February 2012 Laird Hamilton American big-wave surfer, co-inventor of tow-in surfing, model 0.175[7]
14 2.6 4 March 2012 Reba McEntire American country music artist, actress 0.609[8]
15 2.7 25 March 2012 Jon Bon Jovi Musician, singer, songwriter, actor 0.432[9]
16 2.8 1 April 2012 Grant Hill Professional basketball player for the Phoenix Suns of the NBA, philanthropist 0.348[10]
17 2.9 22 April 2012 Sidney Poitier (Part 1) Actor, film director, author, diplomat 0.406[11]
18 2.10 29 April 2012 Sidney Poitier (Part 2) Actor, film director, author, diplomat 0.329[12]
19 2.11 6 May 2012 Special Edition A look back at the most memorable lessons and never-before-seen insights. 0.253[13]

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Season Three Masters (2013)

On Thursday April 5, 2012, OWN announced that Oprah's Master Class was renewed for a third season.[15] Season Three premiered on March 3, 2013 at 10/9c with an episode featuring singer-songwriter Alicia Keys. The third season aired weekly on Sundays at 10/9c and consists of eight hour-long episodes.

№ Ep. Original Airdate Modern Master Occupation U.S. Viewers (millions)
20 3.1 3 March 2013 Alicia Keys Singer-songwriter, actress 0.452[16]
21 3.2 10 March 2013 Cindy Crawford Model, social activist, designer 0.442[17]
22 3.3 17 March 2013 Tom Brokaw Television journalist, author 0.335[18]
23 3.4 24 March 2013 Stevie Nicks Singer-songwriter, musician 0.387[19]
24 3.5 2 June 2013 Lenny Kravitz Singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, actor and arranger 0.761[20]
25 3.6 9 June 2013 Susan Sarandon Actress, political and social activist 0.364[21]
26 3.7 16 June 2013 Berry Gordy Record producer, founder of Motown record label, songwriter, film producer, television producer 0.320[22]
27 3.8 16 June 2013 Diahann Carroll Television and stage actress, singer 0.314[23]

Season Four Masters (2014)

Oprah's Master Class will return to OWN in 2014.[24] Robin Roberts was the first to be confirmed by Oprah on a Good Morning America appearance.

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Result
2012 NAACP Image Awards Outstanding Variety Series or Special Won
18th Annual NAMIC Vision Awards News/ Informational Show Won
Gracie Awards Outstanding Portrait/Biography Won
2013 NAACP Image Awards Outstanding Variety Series or Special Nominated
19th Annual NAMIC Vision Awards News/ Informational Show Won
65th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards Outstanding Informational Series or Special Nominated

External links

References

  1. ↑ Catlin, Roger (2010-12-26). "Oprah Starts Her OWN Network". Hartford Courant. Retrieved 27 May 2011. 
  2. ↑ "About Oprah Presents Master Class - @OWNTV #MasterClass". OWN Network. Retrieved 16 March 2013. 
  3. ↑ 'Oprah Winfrey's 'Next Chapter' Climbs 45 Percent' Hollywood Reporter January 10, 2012
  4. ↑ 'Sunday's Cable Ratings' The Futon Critic January 17, 2012
  5. ↑ 'Sunday's Cable Ratings' The Futon Critic January 24, 2012
  6. ↑ 'Sunday's Cable Ratings' The Futon Critic January 31, 2012
  7. ↑ 'Sunday's Cable Ratings' The Futon Critic February 14, 2012
  8. ↑ 'OWN Posts First Quarter Gains' Zap2it March 28, 2012
  9. ↑ 'Sunday Cable Ratings' Zap2it March 27, 2012
  10. ↑ 'Sunday Cable Ratings' Zap2it April 3, 2012
  11. ↑ 'Sunday's Cable Ratings' The Futon Critic April 24, 2012
  12. ↑ 'Sunday Cable Ratings' Zap2it May 1, 2012
  13. ↑ 'Sunday Cable Ratings' Zap2it May 8, 2012
  14. ↑ 'Schedule' OWN TV January 10, 2012
  15. ↑ 'OWN Says Oprah Will Continue to Teach 'Master Class Yahoo TV April 5, 2012
  16. ↑ 'Sunday's Cable Ratings: "Walking Dead" Keeps Demo Crown, "The Bible" Tops Viewers' The Futon Critic March 5, 2013
  17. ↑ 'Sunday's Cable Ratings: "Walking Dead" Leads Viewers, Demos' The Futon Critic March 12, 2013
  18. ↑ 'Sunday's Cable Ratings: "The Walking Dead" Leads Demos, "The Bible" Tops Viewers' The Futon Critic March 19, 2013
  19. ↑ 'Sunday's Cable Ratings: "Walking Dead" Dominates Demos, Edges "Bible" in Viewers' The Futon Critic March 26, 2013
  20. ↑ 'Sunday's Cable Ratings: "Game of Thrones" Towers Over the Competition' The Futon Critic June 4, 2013
  21. ↑ 'Sunday's Cable Ratings: "Game of Thrones" Wraps Season with Big Finish' The Futon Critic June 11, 2013
  22. ↑ 'Sunday's Cable Ratings: "True Blood" Returns on Top for HBO' The Futon Critic June 18, 2013
  23. ↑ 'Sunday's Cable Ratings: "True Blood" Returns on Top for HBO' The Futon Critic June 18, 2013
  24. ↑ 'OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network: Discovery Press Web' Discovery Press Web August 4, 2013
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