Whether it was "better" depends on how you look at things. Oprah was probably more spectacular. But Oliver potentially changed many more lives - 9,000 v 276 audience members.
And from what I can understand, Oliver didn't leave lots of audience members with large tax bills as a result of winning their cars! (Something I've never quite understood. There is much wrong with the British tax system, but you don't get taxed on prize winnings). It'll be interesting to see in the weeks and months ahead whether anyone steps forward and will say whether relief of this debt has changed their lives. Adam PS The first time £1m was given away on TV or radio in the UK was actually on Virgin Radio (where I worked at the time) - and the person who gave away the £1m was Top Gear's Chris Evans. He also gave away a second £1m on his TFI Show. The idea was to beat Who Wants to be a Millionaire which was just taking off and so far hadn't given away the million. The radio million was poorly executed, didn't have sponsorship, and delivered outside of a ratings period. So not successful! On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 4:15 PM, Adam Bowie <a...@adambowie.co.uk> wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 4:07 PM, Bob Jersey <bob.in.jer...@juno.com> wrote: > >> >> In one fell swoop, he forgave nearly 9,000 peoples' debts... but is it >> really better than when Oprah gave away cars? >> >> WaPo >> <https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2016/06/06/john-oliver-just-made-talk-show-history-by-forgiving-nearly-15-million-worth-of-debt/?wpisrc=nl_az_most> >> (link) >> >> B >> >> -- >> -- >> TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "TV or Not TV" group. >> To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
