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Was Oprah Winfrey's 'Big Give' A Big Ol' Rip-Off?

In case you hadn't heard, Oprah's Big Give special, which aired on ABC March 2nd, was a hit in the smashiest hit kind of way. The debut attracted 15.7 million viewers, which HuffPo claims was the highest rated primetime show that week aside from American Idol. While it's no surprise that anything Oprah does is bound to reel in a massive audience, her latest profitable stunt may have been formulated under unethical circumstances. A Boston mother of four named Darlene Tracy is claiming Oprah stole the idea from a pitch she'd laid out for Oprah's producers, a nearly identical idea called The Philanthropist, "in which contestants are challenged to help the needy." And now she's taking legal action. But after reviewing the history behind these series of unfortunate events, we're putting on our thinking caps (boy were they hard to find!) to try and figure out whether or not Darlene has a case or not... More »

4:23 PM on Thu Mar 20 2008
By Molly Friedman
3,618 views, 6 comments

Latest by A Pimp Named DaveR: @ObtuseIntolerant: From the looks of things, this is probably a different situation from what you were doing. I'm sure the releases you did at Viacom also had some language that talked about how unless they contact you (the submitter) and more »