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After a year of speculation about how the end of Oprah Winfrey's show would affect ratings for local stations, the October "sweeps" ratings period shows the CBS-owned station WJZ surpassing the longtime ratings champ and NBC affiliate WBAL in the early evening hours.

The addition of HLN host Nancy Grace to the lineup of ABC's 2011 "Dancing with the Stars" is such an exquisite example of how calculating and exploitative prime-time network TV can be. This year's cast also includes Chaz Bono, David Arquette and Rob Kardashian.

Now everyone knows Oprah's name. But when the 22-year-old native of Kosciusko, Miss., arrived in Baltimore, her viewers were actually asked "What is an Oprah?" And they were stumped. When she recalls her Baltimore history, she talks about being "humiliated," "embarrassed" and "sexually harassed."

Now everyone knows Oprah's name. But when the 22-year-old native of Kosciusko, Miss., arrived in Baltimore, her viewers were actually asked "What is an Oprah?" And they were stumped. When she recalls her Baltimore history, she talks about being "humiliated," "embarrassed" and "sexually harassed."

Before The Nate Berkus Show arranged for a dramatic make-over, M'Salla and Felicia Wilks and their two daughters were prisoners of their own backyard.