Will Jenny McCarthy become the next Oprah? “The Oprah Winfrey Show” is going off the air at the end of her 25th season next year. And McCarthy — the 1993 Playboy Playmate of the Year who became an activist and author after her son, Evan, 8, was diagnosed with autism — has a development deal with Winfrey’s Harpo Productions. “We do not have anyone taking over for Oprah,” a Harpo spokeswoman told us. “We do have a development deal with Jenny McCarthy. We are exploring possibilities across a number of platforms.” Oprah is launching her OWN network and might want McCarthy’s talk show on her schedule.
Could Jenny McCarthy replace Oprah?
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PageSix.com Staff
Published
June 13, 2010, 4:00 a.m. ET