<?xml version="1.0" encoding="us-ascii"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Oprah's Big Give</title><link>http://www.buddytv.com/oprahs-big-give.aspx</link><description>Oprah's Big Give - News, Spoilers, Pictures, Profiles, Forums, and Live Commentary</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2007 BuddyTV</copyright><generator>XML::RSS</generator><ttl>30</ttl><image><title>Oprah's Big Give</title><url>http://www.buddytv.com/images/s/oprahs-big-give.jpg</url><link>http://www.buddytv.com/oprahs-big-give.aspx</link></image><item><title>Oprah's Big Give: Preview of Episode 3</title><link>http://www.buddytv.com/articles/oprahs-big-give/oprahs_big_give_preview_of_epi-17661.aspx</link><description>&lt;img width="250" hspace="3" height="169" align="right" src="http://www.buddytv.com/articles/Image/o-b-g-ep3.jpg" alt="oprah" /&gt;Last week on &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.buddytv.com/oprahs-big-give.aspx" &gt;Oprah's Big Give&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;, nine contestants were dropped in the middle of Denver for the &amp;ldquo;Fast and Furious&amp;rdquo; challenge.&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="http://www.buddytv.com/articles/oprahs-big-give/profile/oprah_winfrey_1.aspx"&gt;Oprah Winfrey&lt;/a&gt; gave them a 48-hour challenge that requires them to give away bundles of cash in the most creative and dramatic ways.&amp;nbsp; In the middle of the challenge, they're given a big, surprise twist. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;Oprah's Big Give&lt;/em&gt; continues tonight where the eight remaining contestants land in Houston.&amp;nbsp; Read on for a preview.</description><author>editor@buddytv.com</author><pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.buddytv.com/articles/oprahs-big-give/oprahs_big_give_preview_of_epi-17661.aspx</guid></item><item><title>Oprah's Big Give: Preview of This Week's Episode</title><link>http://www.buddytv.com/articles/oprahs-big-give/oprahs_big_give_preview_of_thi-17370.aspx</link><description>&lt;img width="250" hspace="3" height="181" align="left" src="http://www.buddytv.com/articles/Image/oprahs-big-give-ep2.jpg" alt="oprah's big give" /&gt;On the series premiere of &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.buddytv.com/oprahs-big-give.aspx"&gt;Oprah's Big Give&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.buddytv.com/articles/oprahs-big-give/profile/oprah_winfrey_1.aspx"&gt;Oprah Winfrey&lt;/a&gt; handed 10 contestants sealed envelopes with only a picture and the name of a complete stranger.&amp;nbsp; The contestants were ordered to transform the person's life in just five days by using their creativity and resources to generate the most powerful difference.&amp;nbsp; Winfrey revealed to the viewers that unknown to the contestants, &amp;quot;The Biggest Giver&amp;quot; will walk away with $1 million and at the end of the episode, Marlene was sent home.&amp;nbsp; This season opener attracted more than 15 million viewers, according to Nielsen Media Research.&lt;br /&gt;
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The competition continues this week on &lt;em&gt;Oprah's Big Give&lt;/em&gt;.&amp;nbsp; Read on for a preview.</description><author>editor@buddytv.com</author><pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.buddytv.com/articles/oprahs-big-give/oprahs_big_give_preview_of_thi-17370.aspx</guid></item><item><title>'Oprah's Big Give' Premieres Tonight</title><link>http://www.buddytv.com/articles/oprahs-big-give/oprahs_big_give_premieres_toni-17137.aspx</link><description>&lt;img width="250" hspace="3" height="161" align="right" alt="oprah's big give" src="http://www.buddytv.com/articles/Image/oprahs-big-give.JPG" /&gt;Tonight, the much awaited reality series from ABC and Harpo productions will launch for the first time following months of hype and publicity over the program's unique premise.&amp;nbsp; &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.buddytv.com/oprahs-big-give.aspx"&gt;Oprah's Big Give&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;, created and produced by multiple-Emmy Award winning host of &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.buddytv.com/the-oprah-winfrey-show.aspx"&gt;The Oprah Winfrey Show&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.buddytv.com/articles/the-oprah-winfrey-show/profile/oprah_winfrey.aspx"&gt;Oprah Winfrey&lt;/a&gt;, will attempt to inspire viewers as it hands over a million dollars to local ABC affiliates and challenges them to give big and give back to their communities.&amp;nbsp; Acts of generosity begin tonight at 9pm ET/PT.&lt;br /&gt;
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For those who are not familiar, &lt;em&gt;Oprah's Big Give&lt;/em&gt; is a competitive reality series consisting of eight one-hour episodes aimed to change the lives of complete strangers in the most creative and dramatic ways.&amp;nbsp; The series features host Nate Berkus and expert judges including world-renowned chef and philanthropist Jamie Oliver, NFL star and Boys &amp;amp; Girls Club Hall of Famer Tony Gonzalez, and charity founder and wife of Chris Rock, Malaak Compton-Rock.</description><author>editor@buddytv.com</author><pubDate>Sun, 02 Mar 2008 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.buddytv.com/articles/oprahs-big-give/oprahs_big_give_premieres_toni-17137.aspx</guid></item><item><title>ABC Announces Judges For 'Oprah's Big Give'</title><link>http://www.buddytv.com/articles/oprahs-big-give/abc_announces_judges_for_oprah-15308.aspx</link><description>&lt;em&gt;&lt;img hspace="3" align="right" src="http://www.buddytv.com/articles/oprahwinbiggivjudg.jpg" alt="" /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.buddytv.com/oprahs-big-give.aspx"&gt;Oprah's Big Give&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt; is an upcoming ABC reality series (set to premiere on March 2 at 9pm) that will see ten contestants giving away hundreds of thousands of dollars across the country to strangers in creative ways.&amp;nbsp; &lt;em&gt;Oprah's Big Give&lt;/em&gt; is being brought to us by&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Today, ABC announced who will be judging these acts of charity (it is a reality elimination series, after all) &amp;ndash; &lt;em&gt;The Naked Chef &lt;/em&gt;Jamie Oliver, NFL Tight End Tony Gonzalez and Malaak Compton-Rock, wife of comic Chris Rock.&amp;nbsp; Each of the judges are known for their charitable efforts and have therefore been deemed the perfect judges for Oprah.&amp;nbsp; Ms. Winfrey herself will not appear in all episodes, but will make an appearance here and there.&amp;nbsp;</description><author>editor@buddytv.com</author><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2008 14:16:28 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.buddytv.com/articles/oprahs-big-give/abc_announces_judges_for_oprah-15308.aspx</guid></item></channel></rss>