Oprah's first made for tv movie in 2 years to air

WHY bother thinking anymore? Oprah Winfrey is here to do it for you.

Is it a coincidence that this coming weekend she hits the campaign trail in support of Barack Obama - the same day her first TV movie in two years will hit the air?

On the same day that the Oprah- Obama show is playing to a capacity crowd in Columbia, S.C., she'll be counseling us on matters of family, loss, death and redemption via her latest made- for- TV movie, "For One More Day," based on the novel by Mitch Albom (who adapted it for TV).

What does Oprah want?

I can't answer that question. But I sure wonder about it.

People trust her judgment. They buy the books she chooses for her "book club," and keep her product preferences in mind when they're shopping at Wal- Mart.

And it's a dead cer tainty they'll tune to ABC on Sunday night for this new movie with a long, unwieldy title devised to make sure everyone knows who thought this material was suitable for us - "Oprah Winfrey Presents: Mitch Albom's For One More Day."

Michael Imperioli of "The Sopranos" stars as a down-and-out former baseball player who once made it to the majors for a brief time, but today, in middle age, is a washed-up, depressed alcoholic.

A night-time highway smash-up (reminiscent of the crash that gravely injured the character he played in "The Sopranos") gives this ballplayer - Charles "Chick" Benetto - opportunity to review his life.

The process involves spending a day with his understanding mother (played by Ellen Burstyn).

During his "one more day" with mom, Chick comes to realize for the first time that she was an angel with a big heart who only wanted what was best for him, and that his dad was a heel who pushed him into playing baseball.
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