So amid all the noise about the 2011 end-date for her iconic talk show comes this little news gem: Her involvement in an HBO pilot. This project will pair Oprah's Harpo Films with Secretary screenwriter Erin Cressida Wilson. The premise of the allegedly sexually-charged serial is simple. A woman leaves her husband and kids in Santa Monica suddenly to pursue a lifestyle flush with hedonism and scandal in Los Angeles. This nestles it neatly in the pay-cable land of less-than-ideal mothers as popularized by Weeds and United States of Tara.

And after years of appealing to stay-at-home moms and establishing herself as an everywoman, a little deviance may be the best way for Oprah to chase the post-talk show blues. Harpo Films president Kate Forte told Variety, "It is unsentimental and pretty shocking, and there is something complicated and destructive driving her. It is literally a day at the pool, where she gets up, in sarong and flip-flops, and walks out of her life, leaving everyone behind so abruptly that her husband and kids initially think she's been kidnapped or murdered." This isn't the first time Oprah's teamed up with HBO. This is.

Oprah herself will also be executive producing the series. However, it's not confirmed if she'll be starring or even appearing on the other side of the camera. And as long as Tyler Perry doesn't show up, we won't have to fear a soggy morality play riddled with one-dimensional characters and plot holes.