Oprah Announces Plans to Honor Whitney

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Oprah announces plans to honor Whitney Houston: OWN will broadcast a two-hour special title, Remembering Whitney: The Oprah Interview, set to air Thursday night during prime time. As the title indicates, the special will be a reairing of Oprah's 2009 interview with Houston.