Seli Groves, Contributor
"I HAVE always loved daytime," said Naomi Judd.
The singer said that when her daughters, Ashley and Wynonna, were small, "I had daytime programming on all the time. And besides the wisdom that you could find, there was also the humour and feeling close to those people on the screen; almost as if they were your neighbors."
And now, Judd is going to be a member of the daytime community, starting Sunday, November 27, when she debuts in her own programme, Naomi's New Morning, on the Hallmark Channel. Right now, Naomi will do one new hour-long show on Sunday, with a number of encores during the week.
"One of the best things in my life has been the time I've had to spend with people I care for around the kitchen table for a meal or a cup of tea, and talking to one another about everything. You share knowledge and feelings. You learn, and you teach," said Judd.
Asked how she would describe Naomi's New Morning, she says, "I like to think of it as a heart-to-heart communication, philosophy and practical wisdom experience."
REGISTERED NURSE
As a single mother, Judd struggled to give her daughters the best she could. She became a registered nurse, and many times over the years, she was grateful for the wonderful world of scientific awareness that being a nurse opened up to her.
"I used to think that if only I had enough time, I would also study medicine and become a doctor. That didn't happen, but I remain interested in science and medicine, and I plan to have people (on the show) who can talk about health, about weather, about technology. If it's something to learn, I want to learn, and I want to share the learning with my audience," she said.
Judd believes in the mind-body-spiritual connection. "And I have friends who can talk on any part of it ethicists, inventors, artists, actors, musicians and wonderfully bright, insightful people and I want everyone to meet them."
Judd plans to travel to interview people in different cities.
"Many of them will have changed their lives in extraordinary ways, and getting to know them could help others do the same."
Finally, when did Judd decide this was the time to make her move into daytime?
"That's easy," she laughed. "Someone asked me and I knew."
