OPRAH RATINGS: Her Syndication Show Is Up, Her Cable Network Is Down

It was a case of good news-bad news for Oprah Winfrey today when the ratings for the heavily hyped Monday edition of her syndicated show as well as last week's ratings for her cable network OWN came in. The Monday episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show, in which Oprah revealed that she has a half-sister, drew a 9.7 household rating/22 share in the metered markets, the show's highest numbers in 6 years, since the after-Oscars broadcast on Feb.

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