Media WINNERS Of The Week (PHOTOS, POLL)

Who won the week — and who earned a weekend off? It was a great week for some members of the media...but not all. Below, check out the first installment of Media Winners of the Week, and vote on who you think is the week's biggest winner. And check out the Media Losers of the Week here.

Oprah
Kitty who? It was the week Oprah took New York by storm: starting with the Costume Institute Gala on Monday, where she walked the red carpet with Oscar de la Renta and partied down with Diddy and Pharrell right through Oprah's Best Life Weekend, celebrating ten years of O Magazine with a live show from Radio City Music Hall and a New York charity walk on Sunday.

Brian Williams
The "NBC Nightly News" anchor broadcast from oil spill-ravaged gulf region Monday night, while his competitors Katie Couric and Diane Sawyer were dolled up at the Costume Institute Gala. He then rushed back to New York to cover the Times Square bomber arrest. Bonus: he turned 51 on Wednesday.

Rick Stengel
It would have been enough for the TIME Managing Editor to simply have hosted the TIME 100 gala Tuesday, featuring Bill Clinton, Sarah Palin and Taylor Swift. But then the announcement that his main rival, Newsweek, was going up for sale allowed him to brag about his magazine's sustained profitability.

Conan O'Brien
Finally able to make his case, Conan broke his silence on "60 Minutes" — and delivered ratings to boot. And he effectively got his message across: he's a good Catholic boy who would never have done that to Leno.

Quick Poll

Who's the Media Winner of the Week?

Oprah

Brian Williams

Rick Stengel

Conan O'Brien

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Comments

[MunyaBuddya]

03:43 PM on 05/10/2010

Hey, Conan was also in the Media Losers article for the same interview.

[Rangergirl]

01:24 PM on 05/10/2010

I love Brian Williams. He seems to be a very carring reporter. He always trys to have a possitive story.. So the news isn't so darn depressing.

[Dave Bee]

05:43 AM on 05/10/2010

more snarky attitude about conan. his message wasnt that hes a good catholic boy. is danny shea trying to be demoralizing? Is he sad no one wants him to host anything? This is the third time now that danny shea has made his emotions known when it comes to his reporting and his lack of professionalism is disturbing.

[anastasiabeaverhousen]

09:26 PM on 05/09/2010

Who is Ryan Seacrest's publicist? Whomever it is, they're underpaid. They get that guy's mug displayed in places that are amazing.

Talk about someone who simply reads from a teleprompter...................

[bikerdude]

08:56 PM on 05/09/2010

Where is "none of the above" in that poll?

[prettybutterflies]

05:09 PM on 05/09/2010

I do not care if this sounds lame but I just love Oprah so much. I honestly remember thinking when I was a little girl that if she could be successful so could I. I never idolized her but I did and still do look at her success as amazing and achievable no matter what.

[toocoldout]

11:19 AM on 05/10/2010

I agree. I love her too.

[Two Cents]

03:47 PM on 05/09/2010

Elisabeth Hasselbeck's been a "duh" for a long time: Ventura v. Hasselbeck:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoFfVQPSIOQ&feature=channel

[ItsRatedB]

02:50 PM on 05/09/2010

COCO IS THE BEST. SO IS THE BIG O. HAHA

[earthquaker42]

02:39 PM on 05/09/2010

Conan looks like Van Gogh and is about as funny.

[MTibbs]

11:48 AM on 05/09/2010

Personally, I think Anderson Cooper deserves to be Winner of the week, for his handling of the military guy who won't serve under Obama b/c he "wasn't born in the US". AC showed some real backbone!

[mark331blue]

04:08 PM on 05/09/2010

Ditto,

[ginsenghawaii]

04:33 PM on 05/09/2010

Totally agree...Anderson was great; that attorney was a real jerk!

[StephenJK]

10:51 AM on 05/09/2010

Oprah looks like a straight up and down alien in that pic. "I come in peace. However, I will rule your world."

[demimckingwoodtx]

04:49 PM on 05/09/2010

I would comment, but why? Your statement speaks loudly of you!

[StephenJK]

07:26 PM on 05/09/2010

Yeah my comment says I have an overactive imagination.

You must be a very judgemental type if you form an opinion of me on two sentences.

[toocoldout]

11:20 AM on 05/10/2010

Well she is superhuman.

[Aldous Huxley]

12:16 AM on 05/09/2010

well, in my book, I say F--k that wench EH, on The View-----------------

[shirleyfeeney]

09:33 PM on 05/08/2010

So it was another All About Oprah week? What's so special about that? She does them all the time.

[mark331blue]

04:08 PM on 05/09/2010

Thank you.

[RichardD]

07:51 PM on 05/08/2010

Ho hum....a normal week...for American TV.

[nexxtep54]

07:17 PM on 05/08/2010

I think this thing won this week;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6F4vQzJiw8&feature=channel

[businesshugs]

09:31 PM on 05/08/2010

that was awesome!

[mark331blue]

04:10 PM on 05/09/2010

Not.