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ABC is not renewing Oprah Winfrey‘s Big Give for a second season this coming fall. The queen of talk shows is not upset by the news and during a conference call, a rep for Oprah had this to say:

Oprah felt like she got the message out there. It was not something she wanted to renew.”

The only message we got from watching the Big Give is that the people involved didn’t know how to work together. Seemed like your run of the mill reality show where everyone is fighting to get their 15 minutes of fame – good or bad. The concept was great but the contestants actions spoke volumes and not in a positive way.

Big Give wasn’t the only show to get the cut. Cashmere Mafia, Men in Trees, and Women’s Murder Club have all been dropped.

ABC will premiere a new, yet to be named show. Celebrities involved with the project will be Aston Kutcher and Tyra Banks. The preliminary information is billing the new offering as “a beauty pageant like no other.” Kutcher and Banks seem like an unlikely match up. Time will tell.