It’s time to bid adieu to the queen of the talk show throne. Oprah Winfrey is officially announcing today that she is ending “The Oprah Show” on September 9, 2011. It’s ov-ah!
Ms. Winfrey, 55, informed her talk show staff of her decision on Thursday afternoon. The television world had expected that she would make a decision about the fate of her program by the end of the year.
Ms. Winfrey told her staffers that she will not transfer the show to cable. She is expected to produce new programs for OWN, and may appear on some of them.
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.”
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She says she wants to focus her executive producing skills on her own OWN network and only that will be her focus. It’s been 25 years in the game for O. And now she’s over and out. Who’s going to tell me what to eat, what to watch, what to read, what to wear, how to breathe, etc? WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO WITHOUT OUR QUEEN?!?! Damn homie.
Wendy Williams…here’s your chance girl….
Fri, November 20, 2009 8:11 AM
Wendy could neva touch O not in a million years she’s stupid.
Fri, November 20, 2009 8:11 AM
I’m sure Oprah will look forward to a slightly less busy schedule. She surely stacked enough paper. I don’t know if I could walk away though lol.
Fri, November 20, 2009 8:12 AM
O and hot damn I’m FIRST!
Fri, November 20, 2009 8:12 AM
I’m not ready…don’t go Oprah…..
Fri, November 20, 2009 8:15 AM
…Tyra this yo chance gurl…
Fri, November 20, 2009 8:17 AM
Alright now Ofrah, you’re the best could ever compare. BUT YES, Wendy Williams, this is definitely your chance. I actually really like Wendy’s show. I never liked her previously would’nt listen to her radio shows any of them but I actually watched and episode of Wendy and just really really almost kind of loved it!!!!( Unbelieveable to me too)Wendy is hilarious, in such an obnoxious way. LOL!!
Sidenote: She said something the other day about RihRih that had me in TEARS!!!!! It was the pic about the cellulite….guess you had to have been there. LMAO!!! STILL!!!!
Fri, November 20, 2009 8:20 AM
Ahhh Oprah is in a league of her own. Tyra must be foaming at the mouth right now, thinking of ways to take her spot…LOL
Fri, November 20, 2009 8:24 AM
I can’t believe Oprah is canceling her show… I have been watching it since a little girl and been wanting to go on her show to get all that free stuff.. i guess that dream won’t happen.. The person i would choose to be the next best is Tyra [sorry Wendy, ellen, etc]
Fri, November 20, 2009 8:25 AM
yh Oprah, it was about time u passed on the crown, but seriously Wendy, dat bitch is NEVER goin to come half as close to Oprah…maybe tyra or Ellen..
but Wendy…smdh!!!
Fri, November 20, 2009 8:25 AM
nooooo oprah come baaaaack!!!
Fri, November 20, 2009 8:29 AM
I bet someone found out that she was a fraud all these years. And Karama was gonna bit her in th ass.
Fri, November 20, 2009 8:30 AM
ur right tasha!!…how will the world survive???? haha
Fri, November 20, 2009 8:31 AM
I had a love hate relationship with the oprah show…but i’ma miss it.
There won’t be another oprah, not wendy, not tyra(i still dont’ know why this show is still on)…they can ring in big bucks….but i don’t see anyone ever coming close
Fri, November 20, 2009 8:31 AM
Go back to bed and start again…smh
Fri, November 20, 2009 8:32 AM
No more Oprah!! My God
*tearing up*
At least in Amsterdam we are behind like a year so I still have 2 more years of Oprah..
*looking for my anniversary dvd box*
Fri, November 20, 2009 8:32 AM
just never got the big whopie about O but anywhoo,O make that money,lol I do Love Ellen & i belive she might be closer to O level then most meaning rating wise & people generaly love ellen.
Fri, November 20, 2009 8:33 AM
Man, I guess really won’t ever be on Oprah…Damn!
Fri, November 20, 2009 8:36 AM
Not really interested in Oprah’s show, so PEACE! I’d rather watch Ellen or Wendy. Anyhoo, I have nothing but respect and admiration for Oprah’s hustle.
Fri, November 20, 2009 8:36 AM
I think I’ve watch two episodes of Oprah. I’m not a talk-show person and never understood the fascination with them.
Fri, November 20, 2009 8:40 AM
DAMN! DAMN! DAMN!
Fri, November 20, 2009 8:42 AM
Much respect to Oprah. I remember when she first came on the air. She was the only woman, an African American woman at that, with a talk show. She was up against the gaints of her time Merve Griffen and Phil Donahue. She is now the BIG dog and she paved the way for Trya and Wendy to have a crack at it. Wendy has a long way to go to get to Oprah’s status but she is doing her own thing and I hope it pays off for her.
Fri, November 20, 2009 8:50 AM
OH my gosh! I don’t even watch Oprah and I will still miss her-that talk show is legendary, no Jerry Springer or Montel comes close to her show! Anyway I bid her farewell and also congrats on what she has achieved-what a great person!
Fri, November 20, 2009 8:51 AM
People need to relax with this hype… Sept 2011 is not that soon. I’m sure we’ll see more of her on her own network. Not that serious…
Fri, November 20, 2009 8:53 AM
Tyra or Wendy cant replace Oprah, does it have to be a black woman? I LOVE Ellen D. other than that who will try to fill Oprahs shoes? it will be interesting to see. Wendy may come close because strangely enough I have seen her widespread influence across the demographics!
Fri, November 20, 2009 9:10 AM
Well she did what she came to do and left a hell of a mark on it. I will miss the show though. It was so clean and informative
Fri, November 20, 2009 9:11 AM
FRAUDULENT O’s show come to an end! Oh well. She still got some time left.
Fri, November 20, 2009 9:12 AM
Speaking of Wendy shouted out the ybf last nite
Fri, November 20, 2009 9:13 AM
Wendy DOES NOT have a chance…
Tyra is very WHACK…
Ellen is ok…but she like Wendy and Tyra can NOT conduct an interview like Oprah can.
I say the next big thing could possibly be a regular broadcaster…someone middle aged who knows how to attack serious issue yet be up to date on current celebrity news and entertainment.
All you broadcast jounalism students out there…don’t give up.
Fri, November 20, 2009 9:23 AM
she’s been planning to cancel her show every year since the mid 90s. i was in elementary school then; i’m 23 now hmmm. so i’ll believe it when it acctually happens
Fri, November 20, 2009 9:30 AM
Come on people, Lady O not going far, she’ll be taking her show to her cable network OWN (The Oprah Winfrey Network)which is in partnership with Discovery Communications.
Fri, November 20, 2009 9:38 AM
RIGHT!!!!!! LOL And no Wendy does not have a chance. I like her but hel no. People dont see her as a face of positivity like they see Oprah. Plus Wendy been burned a lot of her bridges when she was on the radio.
Fri, November 20, 2009 9:47 AM
Wendy Williams?
yea right!! She is hardly nice to look at. That is an old hag, black woman in a white girl’s body. Sick of the blond weave, the fake azz tits, and the fuschia lipstick
Fri, November 20, 2009 9:50 AM
she said its time for her to enjoy her mansion. Her show has been on the air for a successful 25 years
I want that Karma
Fri, November 20, 2009 9:55 AM
Oprah is everything Wendy and Tyra can never be smart and classy.
Fri, November 20, 2009 9:58 AM
No one will ever touch OPRAH.
However Tyra, Wendy, and Ellen have their own audience respectfully.
Like many of you I grew up with Oprah she is just amazing.
Fri, November 20, 2009 10:02 AM
I must say that it truly is an end of an ERA that Oprah mastered. I don’t even watch the O show but I have respect for how she came into the daytime talk show game and out lasted and ‘Classed’ everyone. The daytime talk show grave yard includes: Phil Donuhue, Merv Griffin, Sally Jessie Raphael, Ricki Lake, Jerry Springer, Rosie O’Donnell Ananda Lewis, and Queen Latifah (yes she tried too).
O’ came in and changed the game and made people THINK. She challenged people’s intellect and their purpose in life and soooo many people responded to her call. There wasn’t an ‘A’ list celebrity out there that didn’t respond to her call. She made politicians and heads of state bow down. I say all this to say that PLEASE RECOGNIZE that this is HISTORY that we are living. Who would’ve ever thought that a black girl would grow up to command respect from the world? I’m glad she is leaving on a high note and I respect that niche she has carved out in society.
Fri, November 20, 2009 10:04 AM
The perfect person to replace the Oprah Winfrey show would be Tyra Banks…
Fri, November 20, 2009 10:12 AM
And the church said “AMEN”
Fri, November 20, 2009 10:17 AM
As long as she doesnt pass the torch to Gayle…
Fri, November 20, 2009 10:18 AM
I agree 100%. Oprah is awesome!
Fri, November 20, 2009 10:19 AM
Why in the HELL are some people under the disillusion that Tyra is anywhere near Oprah’s league??? The chick has no substance to her shows. She’s a wannabe and WILL NEVER…. Let me say this again… NEVER!!! Replace Oprah..And I’m not even an Oprah groupie (DAMN).
Fri, November 20, 2009 10:27 AM
I really like Oprah, but she has been in the biz for a long time, and she has left her mark on the world. I do think this might be the chance for Wendy to take the throne. I use to think Wendy was too much and she was just a gossip queen, but her show has shown us a new side of her. She actually gives her audience members good advice.
Fri, November 20, 2009 10:28 AM
There is a lot of Tyra bashing on here… as a black man its a shame to see so many sista’s tear down other black woman. I hope Oprah does pass the mantle to Tyra and teach her everything there is to know to make it in this industry. Tyra must be more than a pretty face because the modeling industry is ruthless and very hard to make it once the looks start to fade. Tyra is a business woman and I think she’s up for the challenge and willing to learn from the best. We gotta do better and support one another. Go ahead Oprah pass the mantle and move the Tyra show to the Oprah Winfrey Network.
Fri, November 20, 2009 10:35 AM
Oprah has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. She is simply the best to ever do it. Her talk show is the only one with class. The others can be moderately entertaining at times, but none are stimulating…further contributing to the dumbing down of America.
I love you Miss Oprah!
Fri, November 20, 2009 10:40 AM
Let me start out by saying no one can replace Oprah. The other talk show ppl your talking about are more comedy light fun entertainment. Even though Tyra has tried to tackle serious issues, she just can’t pull it off like lady “O”. Oprah is very smart.
It’s funny that no one has mention Monique in the mix. After seeing her performance in Precious, she could pull off a serious interview one day. Just saying.
Fri, November 20, 2009 10:41 AM
When I was n 5th grade I attended a private school in Detroit. My mom lost her job n couldn’t afford it anymore so she wrote a letter 2 Oprah asking for help. She paid for that year of school for me and my little sister.
As for Wendell, he’s so lame…
Fri, November 20, 2009 10:43 AM
Dang….I am sorry to see Ms. Sophia moving on. Sigh
Fri, November 20, 2009 10:46 AM
i had to scroll back up & see all of this tyra bashing/what i saw was people stating their opinion on who they think would be sutiable for o postion.I know where you coming from with all what your saying,but i don’t see this as blk women attacking her i see it as you like who you like not always about color.
Fri, November 20, 2009 10:47 AM
AMEN! And “Neis” don’t start with the whole tearing another black woman down crap…just cuz Tyra and Wendy are black DOESN’T mean that they’re automatically good TV “journalists” I LOVEEEEEEEEEEEE me some Wendy but could she be the next Oprah? Highly doubt it. Tyra….ugh…I watch it every now and then but HATE how she turns everything back on her and puts her opinion in about everything. Oprah was the greatest. She knew how to conduct interviews, was unbiased (except for that Ludacris appearance lol)and had fun! Too many of these daytime TV shows just want their audience to be entertained instead of making them THINK and have fun at the same time. Yes Wendy went to school for Journalism (ONE TIME FOR THE BLACK JOURNALISTS!!!!!) and I think it’s WONDERFUL that she had a lucrative career in radio…but Wendy on TV…hot mess….but I still love that show…she crazy! “Makeup” said it best the next “Oprah” or someone with a meaningful talk show will be a middle aged broadcast journalist who’s got her degree and is hip. End of story.
Fri, November 20, 2009 10:49 AM
Phenomenal woman, phenomemal accomplishments. the end of an era – definitely. Wendy Williams – oh please – she is an idiot. She asks the stupidest questions and rants about the most idiotic things – I can’t understand how hooked people are on her show. If you replace her with a monkey, it would not being any difference to me.
Fri, November 20, 2009 10:53 AM
Wendy williams? you mean tyra heres your chance lol
Fri, November 20, 2009 10:55 AM
Wendy Williams? you’re joking right? SMH @ this foolishness
Fri, November 20, 2009 11:01 AM
Oprah will go down in history as the woman who created more white millionaires than the stock market.
Fri, November 20, 2009 11:05 AM
In the 1970s and 1980s during the affirmative action era and marches of Dr. King, American negroes whined, “We have no role models. No successful people for our children to look up to. Not enough money in the black community to control our own fate.”
And LIBERAL white america listened, and raised up negroes from the cotton field, and placed a trillion dollars in their hands. We went from 4 or 5 millionaires to hundreds of millionaires, with a few billionaires.
So why is Black America as a whole WORSE off than it was 40 years ago:
The old negroes raised out of poverty didn’t create jobs for their own community sizable enough to put even a slight dent in black unemployment.
They decided that they didn’t have the patience to cultivate black talent as the white man had done for them.
They decided to be weak and cave in, and pander to rascist whites.
They decided to be politically correct and abandon their american black community in the bush era, in favor of pandering to africa’s lost cause.
The money that should have produced more money in the black community went to outsiders just cause they had a black face and they took and took and used the fools.
Then they assisted foreign blacks to come to america soil, and aided them in complaints of discrimination when white america recognized that their 3rd world cultures were bringing in the drugs, disrespect for life, pagan religions, and all sorts of evil.
White america is fed up with the foolishness. These negroes like Oprah failed to yield any significant results in the black community as a whole, and now they’re going to take them down one by one.
The fools quickly forgot who they were as soon as they got a few dollars. They wanted to be white. They wanted to be african, and they passed on the wealth to everyone but a black american with their stupid low self esteem.
They were too ignorant to realize that the decline of black americans would include them too.
And this ignorant oprah is a prime example of the biggest failure in the black community. So much wealth placed in her hands produced very little results in the black american community.
She needs to be forced to go to africa and STAY! She is not a patriot. A patriot puts his own land, and own people FIRST!
Fri, November 20, 2009 11:25 AM
not!!!! some of her shows are stupid! some are heartfelt.
Fri, November 20, 2009 11:30 AM
AMEN~ No one will replace Oprah. Can’t be done. I don’t understand all the comparisons anyway. As you stated, these other people have there respective audiences and I wish them well but the ERA that is/was Oprah can’t simply be replaced or emulated. I’m done.
Fri, November 20, 2009 12:23 PM
I dnt really watch Oprah mainly cuz her shows are pretty much about nothing! And furthermore, she has been helping these other people to start their own tv shows (i.e. Dr. Phil, Rachel Ray, and Dr. Oz) but she hasn’t help any African Americans start their own shows. Thats just my opinion!!! And didn’t she go on her show saying that she wears her own NATURAL hair and even had Chis Rock part it on tv but in this pic it looks like she’s wearing a half wig!!! I’m just sayin, why do people lie about their hair??? Its ok to wear weaves and wigs!!
Fri, November 20, 2009 1:16 PM
wendy williams can’t seem to tell herself that her wig looks like a stray puppy. i’m not against her hustle, but she serves a totally different audience (the one where jerry springer left off) and hopefully she stays in her lane and don’t try to suddenly be (drag)queen of the media..i ain’t knockin’ the hustle, but know your limits..
Nobody is ever going to do what Oprah has done to daytime talk shows. and more impressive, all her ‘help’ have gone on and have successful shows (dr. oz, dr. phil, rachel ray)..she’s an example, but will never be duplicated. thank goodness for syndication and OWN…
Fri, November 20, 2009 1:17 PM
wendy williams can’t seem to tell herself that her wig looks like a stray puppy. i’m not against her hustle, but she serves a totally different audience (the one where jerry springer left off) and hopefully she stays in her lane and don’t try to suddenly be (drag)queen of the media..
Nobody is ever going to do what Oprah has done to daytime talk shows. and more impressive, all her ‘help’ have gone on and have successful shows (dr. oz, dr. phil, rachel ray)..she’s an example, but will never be duplicated. thank goodness for syndication and OWN…
Fri, November 20, 2009 1:21 PM
shouldn’t you be on a ledge somewhere?
Fri, November 20, 2009 5:02 PM
Oprah will be missed! I swear I don’t see ANYONE taking her place. So sorry but Wendy Williams is too annoying for words. She lies and is too fake to hold her majesty’s court. She took so much time and energy criticizing Miss Winfrey from the start. I’m not ready for Oprah to leave just yet.
Fri, November 20, 2009 7:38 PM
In the famous words of Ray Charles, “I can only wear one pants at a time, and eat only one steak at a time.” And so goes for Oprah. She’ll be sorry she didn’t make a real family and only tried to buy african children who are only using her for money. If she cuts the money off she won’t be allowed back in africa.
She’ll be old and alone, counting money that can’t hug you back or say I love you.
Sat, November 21, 2009 1:17 AM
Wow. I am shocked at the people on here dissing Oprah because even if you don’t agree with her show, she has done in my opinion, a good job through the years of highlighting the successes of black people through the years. This is America, and her show’s success depended on white women, that’s the number game. I am glad she didn’t just have a black show, I am glad that she was mainstream making black people accessible to America. Thanks to her efforts and Dr Cosby’s efforts in the 1980s, a whole generation have grown up with accessible images of black people. They and those before them for pioneers.
She hasn’t helped any AAs…sure you guys are crazy, crazy, crazy, if you think that.
Sat, November 21, 2009 11:50 AM
Honestly I don’t think that Ellen, Tyra, or Wendy will be able to replace Oprah because first of all Oprah is a journalist whereas the rest of these women are not. I give props to all of these women for doing there own thing in their own way, but as a journalism student I can definitely see why Oprah has lasted so long. She is one of those people that journalism is her gifting. Yes a talk show is not hard core news, but I think Oprah’s experience as a journalist has a lot to do with her success.
Sat, November 21, 2009 1:52 PM
It’s time for her show to end. She’s cartoonish now. I won’t miss her.
Sun, November 22, 2009 3:23 PM
One of those africans she been feeding is going to replace her! LOL LOL I call that real justice.
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