Is Oprah Ready to Leave Daytime TV? And, What Would She Be Without It? Maureen O'Connor · 11/05/09 02:58AM Oprah's shipping Lisa Erspamer, one of her most trusted producers, to L.A. to be chief creative officer of OWN: the Oprah Winfrey Network, and already some are speculating she's laying the groundwork to move her TV show to OWN, too.