The BEST Oprah Winfrey Network shows of all time
Every Oprah Winfrey Network show, ranked
We've compiled the average episode rating for every Oprah Winfrey Network show to compile this list of best shows!
#1 - Cherish the Day
An anthology series that chronicles the stirring romance of one couple each season, with each episode spanning a single day. The season-long narrative will unfold to reveal significant moments in a relationship that compel us to hold true to the ones we love, from the extraordinary to the everyday.
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#2 - Iyanla, Fix My Life
Iyanla, Fix My Life is a self-help program that features Vanzant helping Americans to overcome difficulties in their lives. Each episode focusses on a specific problem posed by the story of one guest (or group of guests), with pre-taped production pieces at the guest's home and interviews with Iyanla that provide commentary throughout the show. The host attempts to bring peace to the situation and updates are provided to viewers at the close of each episode regarding the guest's progress since the date of filming.
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#3 - Queen Sugar
The series follows the life of two sisters, Nova Bordelon and Charley Bordelon, who, with her teenage son Micah moves to the heart of Louisiana to claim an inheritance from her recently departed father — an 800-acre sugarcane farm.
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#4 - Love Thy Neighbor (2013)
Written, directed and produced by Tyler Perry, "Love Thy Neighbor" is a comedy set at Love's Diner, where every day the menu serves up good food, great laughs, valuable life lessons and a whole lot of love for its zany neighbors.
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#5 - Love & Marriage: Huntsville
The series centers around the lives of three high-powered African-American couples who come together to help the thriving city of Huntsville, Alabama, continue to grow through their joint real estate venture, the Comeback Group. These couples are longtime friends and avid socialites with strong personalities and points of view. As they strive to make this huge undertaking a success, they face the realities of love and marriage. Will they succeed at mixing business with pleasure? Or will their personal quarrels make foes of these longtime friends?
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#6 - Love Is___
Set primarily in 1990s Los Angeles against the backdrop of Black Hollywood, Love Is___ follows Nuri and Yasir, a couple from seemingly opposite worlds, as they chase their dreams and learn to follow their hearts. Told from the perspective of the couple's present-day selves, the romantic drama also revisits the social issues and vibrant black culture of that time reflecting on how it all aligned to shape the couple they have become nearly 20 years later—a power couple navigating a complex set of social codes while also balancing successful careers and a beautiful family.
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#7 - Greenleaf
The unscrupulous world of the Greenleaf family and their sprawling Memphis megachurch, where scandalous secrets and lies are as numerous as the faithful. Born of the church, the Greenleaf family love and care for each other, but beneath the surface lies a den of iniquity — greed, adultery, sibling rivalry and conflicting values — that threatens to tear apart the very core of their faith that holds them together.
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#8 - All Rise
The series follows the dedicated, chaotic, hopeful, and sometimes absurd lives of judges, prosecutors, and public defenders as they work with bailiffs, clerks and cops to get justice for the people of Los Angeles amidst a flawed legal system.
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#9 - Ambitions
A woman moves to a new city and finds herself going head to head with some of the town's most powerful and deceitful players.
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#10 - David Makes Man
Set in South Florida, the series centers on a 14-year-old prodigy from the projects who is haunted by the death of his closest friend and relied on by his hardworking mother to find a way out of poverty. He must choose between the streets that raised him or the higher education that may offer him a way out.
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#11 - If Loving You Is Wrong
This sexy, sleek drama takes viewers into the lives of a group of husbands, wives and friends that live and love in the same middle class neighborhood. On the surface they are true-to-life, relatable people – raising children, working jobs, finding and maintaining romance - but just below the veneer of happiness, their lives are entangled by heartbreak, deceit and lies that threaten to destroy everything.
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#12 - The Haves and the Have Nots
Centers on the rich Cryer and Harrington families (the haves) and the poor Young family (the have nots) whose lives intertwine when Hanna Young starts working for the Cryers.
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#13 - Put A Ring On It
Put A Ring on It follows three longtime couples, with help from master relationship coach Dr. Nicole LaBeach, who embark on the ultimate relationship test. From week to week the couples are pushed outside their comfort zones to confront the question they've been too afraid to ask: is this their happily ever after? The couples will finally find out if they are truly meant to be together by dating other people, and in so doing they'll discover if there's a love connection they've been missing all along. Will they decide it's time to go their separate ways, or is it finally time to put a ring on it?
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#14 - Lindsay
Lindsay Lohan returns to New York City and reunites with friends and family. As Lindsay works to stay on track amid the demands (and pitfalls) of fame, she opens up as never before.
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#15 - Ready to Love
A dating series exploring the real-life dating interactions of sexy, successful and grown black men and women in their 30s and 40s who are each looking for lasting love and an authentic relationship. With its unique twist on a typical dating show, this series highlights the men's observations and experiences in the search for true love.
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#16 - The Paynes
“The Paynes,” a spin-off of beloved Perry comedy “House of Payne,” follows Ella and Curtis Payne (Cassi Davis and LaVan Davis) through the ups and downs of retirement in Florida.
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#17 - For Better or Worse
Written, directed and executive produced by Tyler Perry, "For Better of Worse" centers on Angela Williams, the owner of a successful beauty salon, and her husband of 13 years, Marcus. Marcus is a former professional football player who has recently partnered with Richard Ellington and Joseph Jetson on a new sports news program called "C-Sports Now." Marcus's business relationship with Richard and Joseph is complicated, however, by the fact that Richard is dating Keisha, Marcus's ex-girlfriend and the mother of his teenage daughter. In addition, Joseph's girlfriend, successful real estate agent Leslie, is Angela's best friend. More often than not, the couples find it impossible to keep their business and private lives from mingling.
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