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Oprah lands Halle Berry for 'Their Eyes'.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Byline: Ellen Gray
If you care about diversity on television, it's hard not to have mixed feelings about Black History Month.
On the one hand, programming highlighting the experiences of blacks seems to be confined to the shortest month of the calendar. On the other, without Black History Month, it's not clear how much of this programming would ever get made.
Unless, of course, the person making it is Oprah Winfrey.
Winfrey's latest venture for ABC, "Oprah Winfrey Presents: Their Eyes Were Watching God," won't be airing during Black History Month, but on March 6.
That may be more about money than it is about Winfrey's clout: February is also a sweeps month, when ratings count more than usual, and Winfrey's adaptation of Zora Neale Hurston's novel will air in the time slot usually occupied by ABC's "Desperate Housewives."
Even Halle Berry, who stars as Hurston heroine Janie Crawford, may not be able to top the women of Wisteria Lane.
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