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Oprah Winfrey tearfully told her audience Friday morning that she is shutting down her popular talk show on Sept. 9, 2011.
"I love this show. This show has been my life. And I love it enough to know when it is time to say goodbye. Twenty-five years feels right in my bones and feels right in my spirit," she announced live at 9 a.m. in Chicago. She did not clarify speculation over whether she would step down to host a new daily talk show on her cable network, OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network.
The current show is syndicated by CBS Television Distribution for broadcast throughout the day on 200 local ABC stations nationwide and in 145 countries.
On Thursday, the show's parent company, Harpo Productions, sent a letter to local affiliates about Winfrey's intention to end the show after its 25th season.
Reports that Winfrey is pulling the plug in order to launch the new show on her cable network were not addressed Friday.
However, The New York Times reports that Winfrey told her staff that she will not do a show on OWN but will produce new programs and possibly make appearances on them.
Winfrey announced her decision to her staff on Thursday. At the meeting, she said that all employees with three or more years at the company will be given another job at Harpo or a severance package, one employee told MSNBC.
The show is the highest-rated afternoon TV talk show and the cornerstone of Winfrey's billion-dollar empire of TV shows, magazines, movies and radio.
Winfrey endorsed and campaigned for Barack Obama. She has visited President Obama and Michelle Obama in the White House twice earlier this year.
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On Thursday, the show's parent company, Harpo Productions, sent a letter to local affiliates about Winfrey's intention to end the show after its 25th season.
Reports that Winfrey is pulling the plug in order to launch the new show on her cable network were not addressed Friday.
However, The New York Times reports that Winfrey told her staff that she will not do a show on OWN but will produce new programs and possibly make appearances on them.
Winfrey announced her decision to her staff on Thursday. At the meeting, she said that all employees with three or more years at the company will be given another job at Harpo or a severance package, one employee told MSNBC.
The show is the highest-rated afternoon TV talk show and the cornerstone of Winfrey's billion-dollar empire of TV shows, magazines, movies and radio.
Winfrey endorsed and campaigned for Barack Obama. She has visited President Obama and Michelle Obama in the White House twice earlier this year.
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garry402
9:58PM Nov 19th 2009
After having Sarah Palin on the show, I guess there is nowhere else to go but down. Maybe she will get a Czar gig for the White House.
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pxamerican3
10:10PM Nov 19th 2009
I think she knew that she's losing her audience.
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(7) bonbon
10:45PM Nov 19th 2009
she knew it a few years ago, as a matter of fact, she announced before the Big ZERO the Pacific President decided, with her backing, to become a candidate, that she was going to do this.
she knew even back then that her ratings were falling
and when she refused to allow any other candidate on her show, she showed, she really did not care about this GREAT NATION, and that she was well, prejudice.
so it really does not come as any surprise, that now she chooses to retire.
and frankly will not be any great loss.
she knew even back then that her ratings were falling
and when she refused to allow any other candidate on her show, she showed, she really did not care about this GREAT NATION, and that she was well, prejudice.
so it really does not come as any surprise, that now she chooses to retire.
and frankly will not be any great loss.
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(7) bonbon
10:29PM Nov 19th 2009
her ratings are plummeting, and have been for quite awhile.
and that is why she is retiring,
but only from her show, she still will have work that she does.
I haven't watched her show in 20 years, when she started out she was good, but along the way she changed, and not for the better.
when she went to Africa, a couple of years ago, she was going to bring back 5 african children, to live in her home, to given them a better life, but then she changed her mind. I lost a lot of respect for her then,
when I watched the special she made about it. I watched it hoping to get a little insight into who she was, and found when she talked about this, that she was very selfish.
too selfish to do something, that might have given her something she never had. something no amount of money can buy. a family.
with all the money she has made., she can buy or sell whatever she wants, hell she bought a presidency.
yet with all that she has, she will never have half of what I have, and we are far from rich.
and that is why she is retiring,
but only from her show, she still will have work that she does.
I haven't watched her show in 20 years, when she started out she was good, but along the way she changed, and not for the better.
when she went to Africa, a couple of years ago, she was going to bring back 5 african children, to live in her home, to given them a better life, but then she changed her mind. I lost a lot of respect for her then,
when I watched the special she made about it. I watched it hoping to get a little insight into who she was, and found when she talked about this, that she was very selfish.
too selfish to do something, that might have given her something she never had. something no amount of money can buy. a family.
with all the money she has made., she can buy or sell whatever she wants, hell she bought a presidency.
yet with all that she has, she will never have half of what I have, and we are far from rich.
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(12) bonbon
10:50PM Nov 19th 2009
y
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(-3) FREEBYRD
11:30PM Nov 19th 2009
WHY IS THIS UNDER POLITICAL NEWS????????????? Could it be because Oprah is the main reason Obama got elected???
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(8) napalm229
11:40PM Nov 19th 2009
Finally.
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(8) Sheryl
12:18AM Nov 20th 2009
Its about time the hag got off of my TV! She should have gave up a long time ago.
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(8) Abraham Foxx
1:20AM Nov 20th 2009
You people are unbelieveable! Do you really hate everyone that's not a complete radical conservative?
How about Mother Theresa? You probably have some cheap shots on her too.
You are all pretty pathetic.
How about Mother Theresa? You probably have some cheap shots on her too.
You are all pretty pathetic.
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(-6) maggie
1:38AM Nov 20th 2009
I just wonder to myself what in God's green earth does HARPO have to do with this site! I thought this was POLITICS DAILY, not a daytime chatline!
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(8) maggie
2:13AM Nov 20th 2009
Correct me if I am wrong....Do you expect me to compare Mother Teresa with a washed up TALK SHOW HOST? Tsk. tsk! I'm here to talk politics. You might want to go to HARPO.com. Cry on her time.
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(7) Crandall
1:45AM Nov 20th 2009
We love Oprah in Chicago. She is a very generous kind person. She does a lot for charity that people do not even know about.
Oh and by the way ...if you watch her show the audience is always packed.
She is not losing her audience.
Did anyone see the block party...it was awesome...not sure how that whole
crowd danced that routine that they did to surprise her.
If Oprah had endorsed a republican I guess she would great then.
She is one smart lady...and has accomplished so much in her life...I guess
you repukes just can't stand to see a black person succeed in life.
Get over it...she may be cancelling this show but she is not going to disappear...there will be other projects.
Oprah...we will miss you!!
Oh and by the way ...if you watch her show the audience is always packed.
She is not losing her audience.
Did anyone see the block party...it was awesome...not sure how that whole
crowd danced that routine that they did to surprise her.
If Oprah had endorsed a republican I guess she would great then.
She is one smart lady...and has accomplished so much in her life...I guess
you repukes just can't stand to see a black person succeed in life.
Get over it...she may be cancelling this show but she is not going to disappear...there will be other projects.
Oprah...we will miss you!!
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(-8) Douglas Anderson
2:26AM Nov 20th 2009
Oprah is a racist
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(8) howard
8:11AM Nov 20th 2009
Never watched her, so I won't miss her.
She gave gifts out I am told, but all paid for by her advertisers
Why is this story on the political page?
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(7) lm
9:18AM Nov 20th 2009
I enjoyed the Ophrah show for many years. However, within the last few she and the show have changed and not in a way I can now relate to.
I think she will be working "behind the scenes" on President Barack Hussein Obama's 2012 presidental campaign.
I think she will be working "behind the scenes" on President Barack Hussein Obama's 2012 presidental campaign.
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(3) Dwellsinsights
11:07AM Nov 20th 2009
How do these "all or nothing" judgements do anything toward greater understanding? I wonder if anyone ever has a discussion anymore with a person they disagree with? If most people have any desire to learn something rather than tell want they believe? Ask what someone else things every once in a while. Ot just ask a question, period. Do you think that might really help our country?
And what have YOU done to make the world a better place for the last 25 years?
And what have YOU done to make the world a better place for the last 25 years?
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(-6) Alex Lekas
4:08PM Nov 20th 2009
to answer your question at the end - work, pay taxes, be involved in my community, raise two pretty sharp kids - all the things most of workaday America does without being treated like royalty. We could ask what is it that Oprah or any other talk show host, for that matter, has done for America? Is the nation better for having watched grown men jump on her couch? Cry about their personal foibles? Hawk books or other products?
Sorry but hers is an entertainment program which, like most, lends next to nothing to the public discourse, the advancement of society, or the personal well-being of anyone. I am sure a lot of folks watched for the same reason people watch comedies, dramas, or Discovery..entertainment. Along the way, Oprah became a billionaire, something I will not begrudge her. She did her job of growing and keeping an audience very well. Why are we making this more than it is?
Sorry but hers is an entertainment program which, like most, lends next to nothing to the public discourse, the advancement of society, or the personal well-being of anyone. I am sure a lot of folks watched for the same reason people watch comedies, dramas, or Discovery..entertainment. Along the way, Oprah became a billionaire, something I will not begrudge her. She did her job of growing and keeping an audience very well. Why are we making this more than it is?
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(3) oilriggas
1:02PM Nov 20th 2009
Who Cares???????????
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(5) John
1:37PM Nov 20th 2009
Hmmm, hmmm, hmmm !! I wonder if she has been asked to be something for the election campaign in 2012 for the muslim Obummer ?????????????
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(2) richardfusilier
1:44PM Nov 20th 2009
OPrah was once good, but she has now become boring and seems to have an underlying agenda. She is now practically a 'has been' , but we can't ever say a "Was Never" . She is stuck with her prejudices however which appear right along
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