I love OWN. There, I said it. I’ve always been against Oprah but had been willing to turn for her if ever I were to write a book and needed her. (I’d need that seal of approval.) But then, 25 years after the Birth of Oprah® I discovered that she IS AMAZING. Since Saturday my television has been almost primarily on OWN, save for the couple of 12 hours on Sunday that I spent watching Without a Trace on Ion [Positively Entertaining].

Here’s what I love about OWN:

1. Oprah’s fat again. It makes me feel better about eating a grilled cheese in front of the television when the person on the television who runs the television network is fat. 

2. She put Diane Sawyer on for an hour to talk about herself. If it was someone like Katie Couric I would have set the television on fire but Diane Sawyer is a delight to watch. She’s a smart lady who has led an interesting life and she looks hot in glasses. 

3. She has a show on the making of every episode of her final season of her regular show. We get to see her making smoothies. (Spoiler alert: she puts the lid on wrong and it gets all over her shirt.)

4. She gave this lady named Laura Berman (who, I’ve been told by someone I think very highly of, is quite the institution in Chicago) her own show. She makes prudes do things they wouldn’t do in the dark do it on national television. Oh, and she really changes lives. 

5. At least 3 times a day you can turn on the television and have Dr. Phil scream at you for 44 minutes (all the while being able to order a monthly supply of clean catheters during his commercial breaks.)

6. I don’t care about all the bad things I’ve read about her and her mistreatment of underlings. (My favorite story is the one where if she falls asleep on her plane, no matter how short the trip, the crew must sit on the plane and let her sleep for 8 hours OR ELSE.) She’s a national treasure.