Sick of being saddled with big screen rom-com floperoos, Jen Aniston is reportedly taking a great step BACKWARD as a talk show host for pal Oprah!.

According to reports Jen will host a new talk show on Oprah Winfrey's new network OWN when THAT finally launches sometime next year.

As THE ENQUIRER reported previously Oprah's top execs had jumped ship sometime back and the start date of the new net pushed back repeatedly.

According to UK tab London Express the Friends beauty is enthralled with the idea and salary is not a factor as she gets major residuals from the long running Friends and makes an estimated $5-7 million for rom-com movie.

"She is doing this for one reason only; she absolutely wants to do it," a source "close to the deal" divulged.

Reportedly she liked how she came off on cabler Cheslea Handler's chat show last month and Jen's appearance has spiked ratings whenever she guested on Leno and Letterman.