“Oprah’s Big Give” helped ABC to big Sunday ratings, but apparently they weren’t big enough for Oprah Winfrey, as the queen of daytime has asked ABC to pull the plug on her first foray into primetime.

We loved that show and absolutely would have loved to bring it back,” ABC entertainment president Steve McPherson said yesterday . “But it was something [Oprah] didn’t want to do.”

On “Big Give,” a diverse group of 10 people criss-crossed the country scrambling to find ways to boost the fates and fortunes of unsuspecting, deserving people. Each week the least effective giver was sent home.

The series grew out of a “Pass It On” episode Oprah did on her afternoon talk show when she gave each audience member a $1,000 and a video camera with instructions to give away the money to someone deserving and to record it for a follow-up show that aired several weeks later.

“The Big Give” was Oprah’s first regular foray into primetime and, while she is the most watched - and wealthiest - daytime TV personality, she has yet to crack prime-time TV with a hit series.

The winner was announced last month: Bedford, N.Y. contractor Stephen Paletta, 43, who took home $1 million after competing in such challenges as giving away $100,000 in just 24 hours and granting “wishes” to the terminally ill.  (NYPost)

What a perfectionist!. Average is simply not good enough. We should all learn something.

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