OWN Shuts Down Burnett-Produced Daytime Talker

The Oprah Winfrey Network has ended development of a planned daytime talk show that was to be executive-produced by Mark Burnett.

The one-hour untitled project was scheduled to premiere in March, but the network decided to shutter it in or to better focus resources on its primetime schedule.

Burnett remains an executive producer of OWN's primetime reality show Oprah's Search for the Next TV Star.

OWN announced another new series joining its schedule Tuesday, reality makeover show Home Takeoverwith Simon & Tomas, which will bow on the network Mar. 28.