{"id":31585,"date":"2022-01-09T14:28:11","date_gmt":"2022-01-09T19:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=31585"},"modified":"2022-01-09T14:28:11","modified_gmt":"2022-01-09T19:28:11","slug":"today-own-oprah-winfrey-network-remembers-legendary-sidney-poitier-with-special-day-of-programming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2022\/01\/09\/today-own-oprah-winfrey-network-remembers-legendary-sidney-poitier-with-special-day-of-programming\/","title":{"rendered":"TODAY! OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network Remembers Legendary Sidney Poitier with Special Day of Programming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-31587\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/sidney-poitier-1641568758.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/sidney-poitier-1641568758.webp 640w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/sidney-poitier-1641568758-300x263.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>In memory of the legendary <strong>Sidney Poitier<\/strong>, OWN will present a day of special programming on Sunday, January 9 including re-airings of &#8220;<em>The Oprah Winfrey Show<\/em>&#8221; episodes from 2000 and 2007; &#8220;<em>Oprah Winfrey Presents: Legends Who Paved the Way<\/em>&#8221; from 2015; and the 1967 feature film &#8220;<em>To Sir, With Love<\/em>.&#8221; The episodes from &#8220;<em>The Oprah Winfrey Show<\/em>&#8221; and the feature film &#8220;To Sir, With Love&#8221; will be available on the WatchOWN app beginning January 9.<\/p>\n<p>Following Poitier&#8217;s passing, Winfrey shared the following in his honor:<\/p><div id=\"morty-453600440\" class=\"morty-content morty-entity-placement\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>For me, the greatest of the &#8220;Great Trees&#8221; has fallen: Sidney Poitier. My honor to have loved him as a mentor. Friend. Brother. Confidant. Wisdom teacher. The utmost, highest regard and praise for his most magnificent, gracious, eloquent life. I treasured him. I adored him. He had an enormous soul I will forever cherish. Blessings to Joanna and his world of beautiful daughters \ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffe<\/p>\n<p>Programming Schedule &#8211; Sunday, January 9 on OWN:<\/p>\n<p><em>The Oprah Winfrey Show: Sidney Poitier Measure of a Man<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Sunday, January 9 @ 1:00PM ET\/PT and 8:00PM ET\/PT<\/p><div id=\"morty-2035564627\" class=\"morty-content_2 morty-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Original Air Date: April 7, 2000<\/p>\n<p>Oprah talks to Sidney Poitier, author of &#8220;The Measure Of A Man &#8212; A Spiritual Memoir,&#8221; about his life and career, including his role in one of Oprah&#8217;s all-time favorite films, &#8220;<strong><em>Lilies of the Field<\/em><\/strong>.&#8221; During the &#8220;<em>Remembering Your Spirit<\/em>&#8221; segment, Sidney Poitier talks about growing up in the Bahamas and how he now connects more deeply with his spirit by remembering that simpler time and honoring his parents, whose values he continues to uphold.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Oprah Winfrey Show: Dinner of a Lifetime with Sidney Poitier<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Sunday, January 9 @ 2:00PM ET\/PT and 7:00PM ET\/PT<\/p>\n<p>Original Air Date: March 28, 2007<\/p>\n<p>Oprah hosts a special dinner for Sidney Poitier where they discuss his book, &#8220;<em>The Measure of a Man<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>To Sir, With Love<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sunday, January 9 @ 3:00PM ET\/PT<\/p>\n<p>Release Date: June 14, 1967<\/p>\n<p>This 1967 feature film is about a novice teacher facing a class of rowdy, undisciplined working-class punks that reflected some of the problems and fears of teens in the 60s. 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