Several months ago in this newsletter, we mentioned Zach Anner and his quest to be one of the preliminary finalists in the running to be Oprah's Next TV Star! After thousands of individuals entered the contest, only 10 contestants made the cut, and Zach was one of them. Now, every week he is one of the 10 hopefuls to vie for his or her talk show in the nationally televised competition.

It's been a few weeks since Oprah Winfrey has launched the OWN network and the race to be the Next TV Star has already eliminated 3 contestants. Only 7 are still in the running, including Zach. And the consensus says that Zach is doing extremely well.

So watch Zach Anner and his weekly running to be the Next TV Star!

Fridays at 9/8c on cable station OWN.

Send your questions and comments to Jenny Carlton, NCHPAD News Editor, at jcarlto1@uic.edu.