David Bianculli takes on Oprah

It's the battle of the Oprahs, former Beacon Journal TV critic David Bianculli says. Oprah's actions in counting down to the end of her 25 years with "The Oprah Winfrey Show" are damaging the start-up of the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) cable channel.

The show fadeout and the OWN implentation are stealing the thunder from each other, Bianculli says.

After leaving the BJ, Bianculli was TV critic for a couple of New York City newspapers. Today, Bianculli is founder and editor of tvworthwatching.com. He's TV critic for National Public Radio's "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, and teaches TV and film history at Rowan University in New Jersey.

To see Bianculli's assessment of the dueling Oprah ventures, click on the headline.