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Oprah ending talk show September 9th 2011

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MThanded

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Oprah Winfrey will announce on Friday's "The Oprah Winfrey Show" that she will end her talk show, said a spokesman for Winfrey's Harpo Productions.

"Oprah will be ending her talk show," Harpo spokesman Don Halcombe said Thursday. "She will be speaking about it on tomorrow's live show."

The show will air live from its Chicago, Illinois, studio at 9 a.m. CT (10 a.m. ET), he said.

The show will end on September 9, 2011, as its 25th season draws to a close, according to a letter from Harpo Inc. that President Tim Bennett addressed to partners and obtained by CNN affiliate WLS-TV.

"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," Bennett wrote.

The show has been the highest-rated talk show for 23 consecutive seasons, according to the Oprah.com site. It is seen by an estimated 42 million viewers a week in the United States and is broadcast to 145 countries.



The show had its origins in 1984, when Winfrey moved to Chicago to host WLS-TV's morning talk show, "AM Chicago," which became the No. 1 local talk show. The show surpassed ratings for "Donahue" one month after it began, the site said. Within a year, it had expanded to an hour-long format and been renamed "The Oprah Winfrey Show." It entered national syndication in 1986.

In August 2004, Winfrey signed an extension for the show to keep it on the air through 2011.

Over the years, the show has made news on several occasions. In September 2004, for instance, Winfrey began a new season by giving each member of the audience a new car. In May 2005, Tom Cruise caused a sensation when he jumped up and down on Oprah's couch, declaring his love for actress Katie Holmes.

Other guests have shared their personal struggles, such as Elizabeth Edwards, wife of former vice presidential candidate John Edwards; performer Whitney Houston and Lisa Niemi, widow of actor Patrick Swayze.

Read Harpo's letter to partners obtained by CNN affiliate WLS

The show has also served as a launching pad for several experts -- Dr. Mehmet Oz on nutrition and health; Suze Orman on financial matters; Dr. Phil McGraw on families and relationships; and Martha Beck, a life coach. McGraw went on to have a talk show of his own.

Along the way, Winfrey has revealed her struggles with weight loss and as a survivor of childhood sexual abuse. From the talk show, she has created the popular Oprah's Book Club; O Magazine; Oprah's Angel Network, a charitable foundation; and co-founded Oxygen Media, a 24-hour cable channel aimed at women.

In 2008, Winfrey announced that beginning in 2009, the Discovery Health Channel would be named OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network. The network is "a multi-platform media company designed to entertain, inform and inspire people to live their best lives," according to Oprah.com. Harpo Productions has also grown to include Harpo Films.

Winfrey's wealth was estimated at around $1 billion by Forbes in 2004. Last year, she topped the Forbes Celebrity 100 list that measures both power and money.
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http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/TV/11/19/oprah.ends.show/index.html
 
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Wilsongt

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Aw... But how are we going to monitor the ever changing weight of Oprah now?!

Oh wait... It's Oprah. She'll still be everywhere.
 
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Ferrio

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She's going to Paris.

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pieatorium

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Start dumping Nintendo stock?

On a more serious note Oprah must be getting on a bit, is she going to retire and swim in a pool of money or is something else I will probably never watch on the horizons?
 
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siddx

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Good things do happen! I've wanted this self absorbed windbag off the air for years.
 
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NetMapel

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Show a little respect, guys. Imagine if John Stewart or Stephan Colbert retire. You guys will be crying rivers. She contributed much to a lot of communities and I for one will be sad to see her end her show. Now I wonder what she will do next.
 
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Megadragon15

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I never understood why millions of people would listen to her eveyday. So long, farewell, and stop telling people what to do, Oprah.
 
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Hellsing321

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Why would you do that? said:
What.
You can't just end Oprah. That's like... ending The Simpsons, or ending... life.
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I imagine if your watching new Simpsons episodes, you want one of those things to happen.
 
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Koomaster

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MIMIC said:
Coincidence?

=p
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Honestly, when I read the thread title, I thought she might be doing it in significance of 9-11 sure enough.

This is crazy/horrible news though, why in the world would she want to ever end her show? This is so far off though, I bet she doesn't go through with it, no way, No Way!
 
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Salazar

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MThanded said:
I am not sure why there is so much hate for her. Seems pretty misguided.
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I don't know. Let's ask Dr Oz. Or chat with Gail about it. Or just mail-order a titanic bucket of fudge cookies and think it over.
 
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rezuth

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NetMapel said:
Show a little respect, guys. Imagine if John Stewart or Stephan Colbert retire. You guys will be crying rivers. She contributed much to a lot of communities and I for one will be sad to see her end her show. Now I wonder what she will do next.
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I fucking hate her show and how fake people in it are but I gotta admit that she has done a lot of good. I hope that she will keep it up even without her show.
 
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NimbusD

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BlueTsunami said:
She's probably built some 2012 bunker and the talk show takes up too much of her time
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Came here to post something similar.

Actually I couldn't think of anything and was just going to go with:

2012
 
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legend166

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But Oprah told me if I thought of something hard enough, it would happen. I thought really hard that she shouldn't retire, yet here we are :(
 
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NetMapel

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NimbusD said:
Came here to post something similar.

Actually I couldn't think of anything and was just going to go with:

2012
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She obviously got herself a ticket to the SPACE SHIP.
 
Dice

Dice

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We have to wait another 2 years to rid our culture of this cancer?
 
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NetMapel

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lunarworks said:
Winfrey/Palin 2012. The timing is too perfect.
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We all know she's eyeing the VP spot. Joe Biden better watch out.

Obama/Winfrey 2012 is the winning ticket :D
 
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