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The Oprah Winfrey Network, named for talk-show presenter Oprah Winfrey, is an American general entertainment television channel produced by Harpo Productions and Discovery Communications. It debuted on January 1, 2011, in approximately 80 million homes, replacing the former Discovery Health Channel.
In late 2012, Tyler Perry partnered with OWN to provide it with scripted television programming. One of Perry's series The Haves and the Have Nots has consistently posted very successful ratings and has set a preeminent record on OWN, providing the network with its highest ratings to date. A March-11-2014 episode of the series brought in 3.6 million viewers, surpassing the 3.5 million that tuned in for an Oprah’s Next Chapter episode which was the network's previous highest rated viewing.
As of August 2013, OWN is available to approximately 83,261,000 pay television households in the United States.
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