Despite scathing reviews, Oprah Winfrey's first reality show, Oprah's Big Give, debuted to huge ratings Sunday night.
It was watched by an average of 15.6 million viewers, beating its feel-good lead-in, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, which was watched by 14.8 million people.

That's the "third-most-watched freshman series debut this season," according to The Hollywood Reporter. And the episode "will rank among the top five new series debuts this season in adults 18-49 and total viewers," Media Life reports.

There may be trouble for the series, however. It "did fall off from its first to its second half hour, ... slipping from 16.3 million total viewers to 14.8 million," according to Media Life.


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I watched and I'll probably watch next week as well. I was relived to find out she wasn't hosting it herself. Wasn't bad at all.

I liked it as well. I was impressed with what most of the teams were able to pull off. Of course I am sure they threw Oprah's name around in order to get many of those big donations.

I am such a sucker for these type of shows.....hey, those are not tears! There is something in my eye!