Oprah's Favorite Things Returns to Television in a Two-Hour Special Event Sunday, November 18 on OWN (Canada)

For the First Time Ever, Canadian Viewers Get a Chance to Win Select Items From Oprah's Favorite Things During the Premiere Broadcast

TORONTO, Oct. 24, 2012 /CNW/ - For the first time since 2010, Oprah's Favorite Things returns to television in a two-hour special event. Oprah reveals her must-haves for this holiday season and pulls off a top-secret giveaway for an unsuspecting group of deserving military spouses. Oprah, her staff and her team of experts take viewers behind the scenes to show how it all comes together. Oprah's Favorite Things: 2012 airs Sunday, November 18 from 8-10 p.m. ET and 5-7 p.m. PT on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network (Canada), and U.S. and Canadian viewers will have a chance to win select items during the premiere broadcast, with winners being announced that evening. The premiere of the anticipated docu-series Married to the Army: Alaska will immediately follow the special at 10 p.m. ET. 

Oprah's Favorite Things returns to kick-off the holiday season in a brand-new way. With the help of O Magazine's editor-at-large Gayle King and creative director Adam Glassman, Oprah enlists famed designers Michael Kors and Tory Burch, along with celebrity chef Curtis Stone, for their insight into this season's hottest, newest, most delectable items of the year put together for the magazine's O List (on stands November 6). From the electronic gadget that everyone will be clamoring for and sweet treats that can put anyone in the holiday spirit to a trip to an exotic island locale and a stylish way to get organized, Oprah's Favorite Things is jam-packed with great gift ideas just in time for the holidays including items you can only see in the television special. In addition, for the first time and in a way like never before, Oprah and her team honour a group of military spouses who have no idea that they are about to get the surprise of their lives. 

During the two-hour event, U.S. and Canadian viewers for the first time in the history of Favorite Things, will also have the opportunity to watch and win select items featured within segments of the show.  By texting the correct key word to a short code at designated points only throughout the premiere airing Sunday, November 18 from 8-10 p.m. ET and 5-7 p.m. PT, viewers will be entered into a draw to win some of Oprah's Favorite Things from 2012. Additional details on how to enter will be available starting November 1 online at www.oprah.com/favoritethings.

Oprah's Favorite Things: 2012, is produced by Harpo Studios and True Entertainment.

About OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network (Canada)
On March 1, 2011, OWN launched in over six million Canadian homes on what was previously the VIVA channel. OWN is available in Canada through a license agreement with OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network. 

About Corus Entertainment Inc.
Corus Entertainment Inc. is a Canadian-based media and entertainment company. Corus is a market leader in specialty television and radio with additional assets in pay television, television broadcasting, children's book publishing, children's animation and animation software. The Company's multimedia entertainment brands include YTV, Treehouse, Nickelodeon (Canada), ABC Spark, W Network, OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network (Canada), CosmoTV, Sundance Channel (Canada), Movie Central, HBO Canada, Nelvana, Kids Can Press, Toon Boom and radio stations including CKNW AM 980, 99.3 The FOX, Country 105, 630 CHED, Q107 and 102.1 the Edge. Corus creates engaging branded entertainment experiences for its audiences across multiple platforms. A publicly traded company, Corus is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (CJR.B). Experience Corus on the web at www.corusent.com.

All times ET.

To find OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network (Canada) in your area, please click here.

Follow Corus PR on Twitter @CorusPR
Follow OWN Canada on Twitter @OWNCanada, #FavoriteThings and Facebook
facebook.com/OWNCanada

SOURCE: Corus Entertainment Inc.

Danielle Sefton 
Corus Entertainment    
416.479.6094
[email protected]