Oprah Winfrey has revealed why her OWN network rejected the offer to pick up the series ‘Underground.’
Fans of the groundbreaking series will know that it was pulled off the air after its home network WGN revealed it was moving away from scripted content.
Said fans had hoped the series would find another homes swiftly as they anticipated its next season.
Why Oprah decided to turn it down?
I can’t afford Underground. It cost twice as much to make as Queen Sugar. As a matter of fact, my dear friend John Legend called me personally and asked me about it, but we’d already been talking about how we could make it work […] it’s like $5 million an episode, so we can’t afford it. It’s not cheap, I think because it’s a period piece.
She revealed the above during a recent interview launched to promote the aforementioned ‘Sugar.’