Posted by Linda Melaney on February 06, 2011 at 12:25:39:
In Reply to: Robert Feder looks at the new "Nate Berkus Show" posted by Bud on February 13, 2010 at 12:32:00:
: When �The Nate Berkus Show� debuts this fall on WMAQ-Channel 5 and nine other NBC-owned stations, it�s likely to carry a �made in Chicago� designer label. And if it�s a hit, it could be one of the products that keeps Harpo Productions humming here long after Oprah Winfrey steps down from her own talk show.
: No announcement has been made about where the new show will be produced, but eight job openings � for production manager, post-production supervisor, supervising producer, producer, associate producer, field producer, talent booker and travel coordinator � were posted this week on indeed.com, leading to Harpo Productions in Chicago as the source, according to Ruth L Ratny�s ReelChicago.com. Added Ratny:
: �Producing the daytime show in Chicago will be helpful in compensating for the incalculable millions the city will lose with Oprah�s departure in September of 2011, not to mention the big hole left with the move of the Jerry Springer and Steve Wilkos� shows to Stamford, Conn.�
: Replacing �The Bonnie Hunt Show� on Channel 5�s lineup at 2 p.m. weekdays, �The Nate Berkus Show� will star the Chicago interior designer who�s been �mesmerizing television audiences since 2001, when Oprah Winfrey invited him on her show for one of her makeovers, in this case a 400-square-foot apartment,� according to the New York Times. He�s been a regular on Oprah�s show ever since and also hosts his own program on her Sirius XM satellite radio channel. In 2008, Berkus hosted �Oprah�s Big Give� on ABC.
: His new syndicated show, billed as a mix of �talk, lifestyle and �personal transformation� segments,� will be a joint production of Harpo Productions and Sony Pictures Television. That�s the same partnership behind Mehmet Oz�s �The Dr. Oz Show,� another spinoff of �The Oprah Winfrey Show."