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Oprah To Pull Plug In 2011

Posted by DFO

Nov. 20, 2009 8:47 a.m. • 20 comments

Oprah Winfrey knows how to keep viewers on the edge of their seats. In the last 10 minutes of her show, Winfrey confirmed that she will be ending her syndicated “Oprah Winfrey Show” in September 2011. “After much prayer and months of careful thought, I thought that next season, season 25, will be the last season of ‘The Oprah Winfrey Show,’ ” she told the audience. “You may hear a lot of speculation in the press about why I’m making this decision now, and I wanted you to hear it from me,” she said. “Twenty-four years ago on September 8, 1986, I went live from Chicago to launch the first show. I was beyond excited, and a little nervous”/CNN International. More here.

Question: Can you live without the ‘Oprah Winfrey Show’?

20 comments on this post so far. Add yours!

Cindy_H on November 20 at 8:56 a.m.
I have for many years.
nic on November 20 at 8:56 a.m.
Who?
Norther on November 20 at 8:57 a.m.
Isnt’ that the lady who has a show on during the time most people are at work?
redman on November 20 at 8:59 a.m.
Taken from the likes of Elway, The Bus and other sports greats.
When you have just scored your all time best rating EVER, Oprah like other true professionals knew when retire.

Now we can talk about WHO got her those ratings and also about the fact that Fox news blew its nearest competitor MSNBC out of the water the past week posting four to one viewership mastery. Fox news featured the same person who put Oprah over the top one last time.

Also that same person draws huge threads on this very blog, the largest thread I have seen in years just the other day.

For all you Palin haters out there, from the words of my 4th grader, don’t hate,appreciate.
nic on November 20 at 9:06 a.m.
Red, before you get too carried away… the Palin haters are a big part of the reason Palin threads here are so big. And some % of those that tuned in to O’s interview with Palin were Palin Haters who wanted to see if she’d be a trainwreck. Don’t bite the hand that feeds.
scootermom on November 20 at 9:06 a.m.
I have never watched Oprah. I doubt I will miss it.
idawa on November 20 at 9:20 a.m.
wow RM, that is a lot of excitement over Palin packed into a post about Oprah. BTW, Palin wasn’t her highest rated show EVER, if you care to know, but it was the highest rated show in the last 2 years. Palin was her best rated episode since the one with the entire Osmond family in 2007, so is Donny a presidential candidate too?

I’ve watched Oprah before, I guess I grew up with her as I would come home from school and either watch Star Trek reruns or Oprah … (we lived off Blue Creek Bay and did not have cable and this was before cheap home satellite).
Norther on November 20 at 9:23 a.m.
idawa…you just proved RM’s point.

For some reason or many reasons, Palin bashers and Palin lovers just can’t step away from the keyboard or pulpit when her name is mentioned.
idawa on November 20 at 9:30 a.m.
meh.
redman on November 20 at 9:46 a.m.
nic OK I have to give you credit on that one . Heck guys its Friday and I knew my little post would get folks out of the woodwork early.
redman on November 20 at 9:49 a.m.
Palin was her best rated episode since the one with the entire Osmond family in 2007, so is Donny a presidential candidate too? Idawa

I stand corrected. And to answer your question Idawa according to some from yesterdays blog, Marie is actually better material because she at one point was a lot better looking than Sarah. :)
Cabbage Boy on November 20 at 10:05 a.m.
On the whole ratings issue in regards to Palin. I give it one reason and one reason only. People that rarely, if ever, tune into Oprah did that day. The rest of her viewers probably blindly watch no matter who is on. Just like her book club garbage. She turns garbage into gold because so many viewers couldn’t make a decision on their own merit for the life of them.
lastdemoinidaho on November 20 at 10:08 a.m.
Oprah and Sarah. The ultimate expressions of celebrity in our very twisted culture. Not to mention sicko Jackson, football quarterbacks, terrorists, etc.

Our TV and magazine media have exploded a way of life-living vicariously through celebrities-that is not healthy. Not healthy in that really important issues and stories and needs are hidden away on the back pages. Or totally lost.

Am horrified to envision the thousands of hours and billions of dollars spent every month by otherwise smart people on these famous people, Sure, some of them, like Oprah, do good with their dollars and fame. Such as that school in Africa. Not saying they are bad people, but really, folks, do they deserve the adoration or adulation or big bucks?

Our future as a society doesn’t look good. I have no answers, just questions and concern.
redman on November 20 at 10:11 a.m.
lastdemoinidaho you make a great point, to further emphasize that point you see the decline of the investigative reporter, a slow dinosaur of the past and the rise of the entertainment reporter…you don’t see them getting cut now do you. We are in a sorry state
ejs on November 20 at 10:25 a.m.
hahahahahahahhahahahahahaha yes I can live without it hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahhahahhhahhahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
Liz on November 20 at 12:57 p.m.
I think I’ve watched Oprah exactly once. When Steve Groene was on.

Yes, I can live without Oprah.
JeanC on November 20 at 1:52 p.m.
I gave up on her years ago when she let the fame and adulation go to her head.
Cis on November 20 at 3:17 p.m.
If you read the rest of the article in SR this morning you would know that she is not retiring….she is only retiring from CBS… she has her own network OWN Oprah Winfrey Network which will be up and running by …. you guess it.. 2011.
spokelooneh on November 21 at 1:56 a.m.
From the media coverage, I figure about 50% of Oprah viewers are tuning in to find out if she’s moving towards blimp, or pleasingly plump. As such, I’ve never given a damn.
Stickman on November 23 at 6:24 p.m.
I may have watched her once in my life, though I don’t recall it.

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