Oprah's New Project With HBO

Okay, so we know Oprah will stop doing 'The Oprah Winfrey Show' in 2011. In an interview this morning, Oprah's best friend, Gayle King, gave this assurance:

"She's riding off from The Oprah Winfrey Show as we know it, but she's not riding off into the sunset."

That's the truth.

Variety announced today that Oprah's production company, Harpo Films, has set up a new pilot with HBO. Here's how it's described:

[The show is] a sexually charged hourlong series pilot about a woman who leaves her seemingly perfect marriage and children in Santa Monica for the underbelly of L.A., where she indulges her secret fantasies and desires.

"It is unsentimental and pretty shocking, and there is something complicated and destructive driving her," [Harpo President] Forte said. "It is literally a day at the pool, where she gets up, in sarong and flip-flops, and walks out of her life, leaving everyone behind so abruptly that her husband and kids initially think she's been kidnapped or murdered."

Hmmm... sounds like a real departure for Oprah. Is this something you want to check out or pass on?

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