Oprah Says ‘Underground’ Would be Bad Business for OWN Due to High Budget & Low Ratings

The highway to bringing Underground behind to a TV screens only got a small bit some-more difficult. Oprah has motionless to pass on a critically-acclaimed cancelled show, saying it would be bad business for OWN.

The John Legend-produced play about Georgian slaves seeking leisure around a Underground Railroad was cancelled by WGN America after regressive media association Sinclair Broadcasting bought a network. Producers are now selling a uncover with a clever amicable media following around to other networks.

However, during a press eventuality for a second deteriorate of Queen Sugar, Oprah announced OWN will not collect adult Underground due to a high cost and low ratings.

“I can’t means Underground. It costs twice as most to make [as Queen Sugar]… It’s like $5 million an episode…

“And also, it doesn’t have a – we consider a top series we saw was like a 0.4 or something. It has a amicable media following, though it doesn’t have a numbers to clear it as a business, for me, during this theatre in my business, to spend $5 million an episode.”

Oprah also suggested that her group had been perplexing to “make it work” for weeks when she got a personal call from Legend. Ultimately, OWN will not be Underground’s new home.

BET and Hulu are now a other networks in a using to collect adult Underground. However, even before to Oprah’s comments, a show’s bill was proof to be an emanate for intensity suitors.

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