It's A WRAP!!! Oprah Is Ending Her Show In 2011!!!
Posted by Media Outrage on November 20th, 2009
The unthinkable has come upon us. Oprah Winfrey, who is regarded as the Queen of all media, will announce on Friday’s show, that 4 o’clock will be very different after September 9th 2011. Why? Because she is ending her complete domination of talk show television. Peep the details while wiping tears from your eyes….
Via Media Decoder:
The media mogul Oprah Winfrey will end her iconic daytime talk show, “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” in 2011 as she prepares to start a cable channel of her own.
A spokeswoman for Ms. Winfrey’s production company confirmed Thursday evening that Ms. Winfrey will make the announcement on her program on Friday. The plans were first reported by WABC, the ABC affiliate in New York City.
“The sun will set on the Oprah show as its 25th season draws to a close on September 9, 2011,” WABC said.
In a statement, CBS Television Distribution said, “We have the greatest respect for Oprah and wish her nothing but the best in her future endeavors. We know that anything she turns her hand to will be a great success. We look forward to working with her for the next several years, and hopefully afterwards as well.”
Ms. Winfrey, 55, informed her talk show staff of the decision on Thursday afternoon. The news immediately rattled the television world, which had expected that she would make a decision about the fate of her program by the end of the year.
After her broadcast talk show winds down, Ms. Winfrey will concentrate exclusively on her forthcoming cable channel, OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network. The channel is a joint venture between her production company and Discovery Communications. Getting the channel off the ground has proved challenging amid management turnover and an uncertain advertising climate.
OWN will premiere on cable in January 2011, according to a person with knowledge of Ms. Winfrey’s decision who insisted on anonymity. That timeline will theoretically give Ms. Winfrey about nine months to promote her cable channel on her existing show.
“The Oprah Winfrey Show” remains the most successful talk show in syndication, reaching about seven million viewers a day. It has been vital to the success of ABC, whose local station group has been the primary home of the show since it started in syndication in 1986.
Via Yahoo:
Oprah Winfrey will announce on Friday that her popular daytime talk show, “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” will end its run in 2011, Tim Bennett, the President of Harpo, announced in a letter released to ABC affiliates on Thursday.
“Tomorrow, Oprah will announce live on ‘The Oprah Winfrey Show’ that she has decided to end what is arguably one of the most popular, influential and enduring programs in television history,” he wrote in the letter, obtained by Access Hollywood. ” The sun will set on the ‘Oprah’ show as its 25th season draws to a close on September 9, 2011.”
Bennett said he was sending out the letter to keep the affiliates from being surprised at tomorrow’s announcement.
“Before she speaks to her loyal viewers, we wanted to share her decision first with you – our valued partners for more than two decades,” he wrote.
And he urged the stations to “share this news this evening with your colleagues and viewers.”
“Oprah’s personal comments about this on tomorrow’s live show will mark a historic television moment that we will all be talking about for years to come,” he added.
Just a few weeks ago, a rep for Oprah said the TV queen planned to make an announcement by year’s end about whether she was planning to make a leap from her current daytime talk show to her previously announced cable channel, the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN).
Mediaoutrage- No one in the history of television has dominatetd ratings the way she has. We might never see anyone captivate audiences with such genuiness and remarkable appeal. This woman has changed talk show television forever. Who else could hold the # 1 spot for darn near 25 years?? Everything Oprah promoted and touched turned into instant financial gold. She’s conquered interviews with some of the most powerful and unique figures of our time. Advertisers will miss her sorely. Brands will miss her even the more. We salute you Oprah for bringing substance to television. You did for TV what The Cosby’s did for sitcoms. Take a bow Sis. The true Hottest Chick In The Game….
November 20th, 2009 at 1:39 am
Love oprah best wishes to her whatever she do turn into goal anyway
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November 20th, 2009 at 2:49 am
I think that Oprah should have nothing but Black guest for seasons 2010 and 2011….its only right!!
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November 20th, 2009 at 2:52 am
I don’t watch her show unless there is someone coming on there I want to watch. It must be nice to end your show because YOU want to and not because of bad ratings.
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November 20th, 2009 at 4:19 am
It ‘s about time she expand her empire. And having your own channel is a GREAT idea, I bet ABC is major partner in this new venture.. the ads revenue alone will be ridiculous.. All the the best
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November 20th, 2009 at 5:58 am
And then she’ll jump on the campaign trail…President O part 2?
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November 20th, 2009 at 1:51 pm
I grew up with Oprah, i will miss her… she truly transformed television and finaaaally MO a title worthy of “The true Hottest Chick In The Game…♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
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November 20th, 2009 at 2:20 pm
Never really watched the show.
But she has paved the way for black women on tv!
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November 20th, 2009 at 3:34 pm
Oprah is not going anywhere, she will probably relaunch her show on her own cable network in 2012. can’t wait, love me some Oprah.
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November 20th, 2009 at 4:19 pm
Kudos to Oprah… I haven’t watched in years. I am extremely proud she has accomplished great works. Good luck on her endeavors.
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November 20th, 2009 at 4:57 pm
never watched her, but best of luck, she is straight, lol
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November 20th, 2009 at 5:41 pm
I can’t believe how big she got over the last few years sitting there talking! Go run another marathon and release some of that dough you got, too much for 1 person.
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November 20th, 2009 at 6:07 pm
Show is always the best when she has interesting celebs on or she’s giving stuff away,sometimes she acts phonier than a 3 dollar bill though.She should go out with a bang and buy everyone in the studio audience homes several times,For the last christmas shows just write everyone a check for 100 grand!!!
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November 20th, 2009 at 6:47 pm
Bye Girl Bye!
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February 6th, 2010 at 8:38 am
Oprah wants to be President
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