Buena Vista Television Announces New Daytime Talk Show 'Iyanla' for Fall 2001.Entertainment Editors & Television Writers NOTE TO MEDIA: Photo available on BW PhotoWire/AP PhotoExpress, NewsCom, PressLink and on Business Wire's Web site at www.businesswire.com BURBANK, Calif.--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Oct. 23, 2000 Barbara Walters Barbara Jill Walters[1] (born September 25, 1929[2]) is an American journalist, writer and media personality who has been a regular fixture on morning television shows (Today and The View), an evening news magazine (20/20 , Bill Geddie to Executive Produce New Daytime Strip Featuring Best-Selling Author/Lecturer Iyanla Vanzant Buena Vista Television (BVT BVT Bouvet Island (ISO Country code) BVT Brevet BVT Bournville Village Trust (UK) BVT Build Verification Test (Software testing process) ) will bring the new daytime talk show "Iyanla" to market for Fall, 2001, it was announced today by Janice Marinelli, President, Buena Vista Television. Iyanla Vanzant, the enormously popular best-selling author and lecturer, will host the one-hour strip. Barbara Walters and partner Bill Geddie will executive produce "Iyanla." Among their many successes is the innovative talk show, "The View," which airs on ABC Daytime. Walters said, "When I first saw Iyanla, I thought she was absolutely marvelous. She truly is a breakout talent. I have enough on my plate, so I wouldn't take on another project if it wasn't something I thought could be hugely successful, and I think we have that in 'Iyanla.'" "Iyanla is an outstanding talent. Her personality literally leaps at you from the screen, and her warmth immediately engages you as a viewer," BVT's Marinelli said in making the announcement. "We know the response to 'Iyanla' is going to be overwhelming. With her talent, her huge cross-over appeal and her built-in following, this show will be a jewel in a station's daytime lineup." "Iyanla" is being developed by Buena Vista Productions. BVP BVP bovine viral papillomatosis. President Angela Shapiro commented, "Iyanla is that rare host who exudes charisma, relatability, humor and wisdom, and strikes a deep chord with women" adding, "We're thrilled to be working with her. And the combination of her talent with the producing talents of Barbara Walters and Bill Geddie is going to be a home run." Vanzant became a household name as a guest on "The Oprah Winfrey Show." Audience response to her initial appearances was so strong that Winfrey brought her back as a regular contributor. Vanzant's mass appeal is evident in her overwhelming success as an author. Three of her 10 books -- "In the Meantime Adv. 1. in the meantime - during the intervening time; "meanwhile I will not think about the problem"; "meantime he was attentive to his other interests"; "in the meantime the police were notified" meantime, meanwhile ," "One Day My Soul Just Opened Up" and "Yesterday I Cried" -- are national best sellers, ranking for weeks on the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal best seller lists. She also is a nationally-recognized speaker, with overflow crowds attending her lectures across the country. As with "The View," Walters will bring to "Iyanla" her ability to fuse together the elements that connect with the daytime audience. "Iyanla" will be pure entertainment that also informs, addressing themes to which the daytime viewer can relate: maintaining meaningful, lasting relationships, accomplishing personal goals and finding enduring happiness. Walters noted, "We knew we had something special as we went into the pilot taping, but the finished product far exceeded our expectations. This is a woman with a unique sense of humor Noun 1. sense of humor - the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous; "she didn't appreciate my humor"; "you can't survive in the army without a sense of humor" sense of humour, humor, humour and intoxicating in·tox·i·cate v. in·tox·i·cat·ed, in·tox·i·cat·ing, in·tox·i·cates v.tr. 1. To stupefy or excite by the action of a chemical substance such as alcohol. 2. personality, and those qualities radiate ra·di·ate v. 1. To spread out in all directions from a center. 2. To emit or be emitted as radiation. ra throughout the show." "Iyanla" will be developed by Buena Vista Productions and distributed by Buena Vista Television. Note: A Photo is available at URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. : http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.102300/bw1 |
|
||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion