Is it appropriate to make a cheap joke in a televised discussion on a consumer health and safety issues? Attorney Mark Eiglarsh seemed to think so when he went on America Live to discuss Dr. Oz‘s recent controversial findings that showed various apple juices contained higher levels of arsenic than the safe drinking water limit as determined by the EPA.

Dr. Mehmet Oz is a real doctor, with real-life credentials and experiences. As a TV doctor, however, he often shares with his viewers real-life health concerns, like unhealthy amounts of arsenic in store bought apple juice. Dr. Oz appeared on GMA this morning and received a remarkably heated challenge from ABC News chief health and medical editor Dr. Richard Besser which included accusations of “fear mongering” and “irresponsible reporting.”

You may have thought about TV’s Dr. Oz as the kind of cool, smart doctor you wish you got to talk to when you had a problem or a question, instead of the doc who keeps you waiting forever and then seems vaguely uninterested while examining you. Dr. Mehmet Oz may be a great caregiver, but turns out–by his own admission–he’s a lousy patient. “In hindsight, I recognize that the universe had to drill through three distinct layers of arrogance (or denial) as it changed my perspective on cancer and cancer screening,” Oz writes in a TIME cover story on his recent cancer scare, which hits newsstands tomorrow. “I was healthy, and I knew the statistics, and I figured the risks didn’t apply to me.”

Dr. Oz was a guest on yesterday’s episode of The View , and naturally, started talking about farting. “How many of you have passed gas already since you’ve been out here?” the daytime talk show asked the ladies of The View which elicited expected giggles and guffaws from the cohosts and audience alike. But it was Whoopi Goldberg who took things to the next level when she owned up to it. Daytime talk show hijinks focosed on farting? Who knew they were targeting the nine year-old boy demo?

So what will Oprah Winfrey‘s OWN–set to launch January first–look like? The Oprah Winfrey Network released a sneak peak video today, and it contains a lot of familiar faces from Oprah’s long-running daytime TV show, including Dr. Phil and Dr. Oz.

The details are still mostly under wraps, with only tiny tidbits being hinted at in the 72-second teaser video. Oprah says “this is it,” and Sarah, Duchess of York says “it’s great… it’s exciting to be part of OWN.”

Out of the more than 8,000 people nominated for Dr. Oz‘s “Unhealthiest American” special by their friends, spouses, and children, we have a winner: this guy named Steve. Insert snarky comment about how Americans are overweight and it’s so much better in Europe.

Oprah Winfrey will inevitably be remembered in totality and not for specific highlights. But with that said, here’s a look at the top ten Oprah moments of the last 23 years, which was harder to come by than you might think mostly due to the fact YouTube has only been around for the last four of those years. Nevertheless! Here are some outstanding highlights.

It’s time again for Time magazine to choose their “Person of the Year” — but it may not be a person! An esteemed panel including Dr. Oz thinks it might be Twitter or The Economy. What are the chances? Phil Bump doesn’t like taking chances, so he breaks it all down by statistical probability: How likely is it that the Time “Person of the Year” will actually be … a person?

All things being equal you should probably know better, when you see those ads on the side bar of you Facebook page touting miracle weight loss berries “as seen on Oprah,” than to think Oprah is actually endorsing acai berries in a cheaply done ad…on your Facebook. That said, seems like Oprah and her partner in all thing medicinal, Dr. Oz, have had enough with their name being thrown around willy-nilly by companies across the country.