 As it was still under contract with CBS Television Distribution through May 2011, her existing syndicated talk show "The Oprah Winfrey Show" was not expected to air on OWN, but there was a possibility that a continuation of it (or a successor) could air on OWN in the future.Winfrey and her long-time partner Stedman Graham had discussed the idea of forming her own channel as early as 1992.After Winfrey demonstrated discontent over "confrontational" talk shows on television, Graham suggested that she should form an "Oprah Winfrey Network" if she were dissatisfied with the current state of television.