Oprah Winfrey held back tears as she confirmed that her show will end in 2011. The host told her studio audience on Friday (November 20th) that “prayer and careful thought” led her to her decision to finish the show after a quarter of a century.
Oprah said she loved The Oprah Winfrey Show, that it had been her life and that she knew when it was time to say goodbye: “25 years feels right in my bones and feels right in my spirit.”
Oprah talked about being nervous when the program began in 1986, and thanked audiences who had invited her into their homes over the past two decades.
“I certainly never could have imagined the yellow brick road of blessings that would have led me to this moment,” she said.
She said she and her staff were going to brainstorm ideas for the final season of The Oprah Winfrey Show and that she hoped viewers would take “this 18-month ride with me”.
In Season 25, “we are going to knock your socks off,” she said. “The countdown to the end of The Oprah Winfrey Show starts now.”
In January 2008, Winfrey announced that she and Discovery Networks planned to partner on a new cable network: OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network, which is slated to launch the same year she ends her record and groundbreaking talk show.
Prayer?
But TV is not going to be the same without Miss.Winfreyyy!
Stay at home mothers will feel the withdrawl
WOW, im stunned, all I can say is that I remember the Oprah Winfrey Show since I was a Kid and Im 30 years now!!! SHe Is a phenomenal WOmAN!
Respect her a lot 4 all she has accomplished, but can’t stand her as a person! i sad 2 hear about the show, I love it, just as assume every1 on this planet does.
The in every blk home is “all u need in this world is GOD, prayer and Oprah” so without the show what will we do lol
Congrats 2 her on the network! im shocked it took her this long 2 do it!
We’ll miss you Oprah …
What are we going to do without Oprah?Man we are going to be stuck with Tyra’s no talk show hosting ass.
Yall giving that woman Tyra 2 much credit…who says her show will last that long, GOD I hope it doesn’t now that will be some scary shyt!
WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO CARES!!!!
geeze… i hate oprah so i co-sing with no. 7
A LOT IS GETTING CANCELLED IN “2011″…………WONDER WHY…SOMETHING SPECIAL GOING ON THE FOLLOWING YEAR??? LOL
IM STUPID!
noooooooo!!!!!!!!!
well @ least i have tyra 2 watch when i come home.
Memories…….Sweet sweet memories!
I sure am gonna miss you Oprah
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oh okay
I JUST LOVE HER HAIR IN THIS PIC!
@DALE23,
*you need help (loooooooooooooooooooool),
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& I sooooooo hope u & every1 else r wrong about 2012……..I’m scared as hell
My co-workers use to hate that I made us watch Oprah everyday at 4, but then they started to love it & would turn it on before I could. I’m goin to miss the show…
BUT everything does not last 4ever… keep rising & pushing boundaries Oprah! I think OWN is goin to be like Lifetime but on steroids! lol
I’ll admit, she has done some incredible things in her life but I don’t understand all the HOOPLA over this woman!!!!
She could not have made her affiliation more obvious than with her “yellow brick road” analogy.
Co-signs with #16…but she is one bad b*tch though, I’m sorry, I can’t deny that.
WE`LL MISS YOU….MUCH LOVE AND RESPECT…MS WINFREY…YOU HAVE DONE SOME OUTSTANDING WORK ALL THROUGH UR CAREER…AND KEPT IT REAL WIT US…AND U CAN NOTHING BUT LOVE FROM ME…:)
OMG…. i love the Oprah Winfrey show a lot.
But you have to understand Oprah is getting
up there in age. Not she was under a contract
so yeah its time for her to do her etc..
but i wonder what else is gone come on now
Although I’m not a huge fan of The Oprah Show I can’t say that she will be missed by many. She has helped and guided what real shows can be today. I just hope her network is available hrough regular cable networks so that she is able to still touch people in many ways
It’s sad to see great things come to an end. It makes us have to consider that we are all in some ways comming to the end of a chapter in our lives. She is so much a part of television and I will miss her greatly. But its not like she’s dead, I hope she makes appearences on television every once in awhile.
What a unique, special blessing she has been and will continue to be.
God bless you Oprah! Cant wait to meet you!
@VISITOR
Lol, that is exactly right. She was informing the masses of her true allegiance and the key to her success, which is the worship of the pagan gods, particularly the sun god Osiris, who’s abbreviation is “Oz”. This is why her success was a ”
yellow brick road” smh & lol. She is MK-ULTRA. All the signs are there: father in the military, sexual abuse from a small child, the fake name “Oprah”. The point of the white man guiding her contrived career was to create an idol for black women that would indirectly lead them to an embracement of l*sbianism through the trickery known as “female empowerment”. This woman; when analyzed, has NO EXPERTISE in any area, but is viewed as a wellspring of wisdom by all lol.
So really sad have to ended her own show wow…
Love Yah Oprah!!!!!
@#23
she’s not an expert in most things…..that’s why she has experts to come to her show…
i would like to marry Judah…..if he is cute…
I love oprah’s show. i remember my babysitter watching it obsessively when i was a kid and i grew up admiring oprah too. she’s such a strong, successful and inspirational woman. i’m sure her network will be fantastic but i’ll definately miss the oprah show.
And judah- you have seriously psychological issues, get help!
JUDAH thinks everything is about that MK-Ultra whatever and “l*sbianism” ..
– embracement of l*sbianism through the trickery known as “female empowerment”
Whaaat? So women who are with the whole female empowerment movement are “l*sbians”/embrace “l*sbianism” ..
Like SUCCESFUL said, get some help .. you need it.
Oprah is such a great actress, wish she would do more movies. Wish her the best.
Of course Kyla, he thinks its lesbianism. There must be something wrong to have a woman want women to feel great about themselves and know they can do anything great with their lives. To let them women know that you can better your self when it comes to relationships, careers, health , children, and etc.. is blasphemous. Because women should not know or have their own voice and opinions and that we should allow men to walk all over us and that they can dictate whatever it is we do with our lives.
Im no feminist but I find it oddly strange that this man always got something weird to say about women who have become successful. And Lord dont let it be a black woman because she must be spreading her legs to get wherever she’s at. Forget that in reality instead of actually spreading her legs, she had goals and high expectations and she knew that hard work in school, intern/externships, and job(s) to help her get wherever she wanted to go. Oh yeah and solid dose of faith because in a world where you are black and the majority of people including black people dont think you can never ever ever acheive sh*t. Its a white man’s world and we are not suppose to have anything because it would be…blasphemous. Just dreadful. Thank God, I dont let what some stranger’s OPINIONS dictate how I see life. I would be to scared to strive for anything.
I’m going to miss Auntie O!
Judah is on the CIA and FBI watch list with the rest of the loons plotting nothing but self destruction.
@SUCCESFUL
You idiot, you don’t even know why you believe that Oprah is all the things that you claim her to be, nor do you understand how this society is run.
@KYLA
You’re another one of these clowns that follow me from post to post and indirectly refer to me because you know that you don’t have the inellectual capacity to challenge anything I say. Aren’t you interracial, if I remember correctly? Maybe that’s why you’re always so confused lol. I don’t make vague statements. I speak based on research and study, not opinion. It is clear that this woman, “Oprah Win-frey” is MK-ULTRA.
The name “Oprah” is a play on words off of a pseudonym of the sun god Horus, who’s alter-ego was the name “HARPOcrates” (who is the god of secrecy and silence). Horus; as Harpocrates, was always depicted with blonde hair, sitting in the lotus flower of his mother Isis, with his index finger over his mouth. That is why “Harpo” Marx was known for being silent in the Marx brothers routines, had bleach blonde hair, and would make the “ssshhh” expression, which you see many celebrities do in their pictures for no apparent reason whatsoever. It is an allusion to them being privy to occultic secrets.
Notice that Oprah’s production company is also called “Harpo”, as was a character in the movie that was a major catalyst to the “success” in her “career”, “The Color Purple”. That title, “The Color Purple” was actually an allusion to the Buddhist beliefs of Alice Walker (a l*sbian). The color purple is the 6th chakra in Buddhism, and the third eye of enlightenment. So now all the pieces start to fit together for those with insight, as to why Steven Spielberg, also a Buddhist, would cast these people (Danny Glover and Whoopi Goldberg are also Buddhists) and be the one to direct that propagandizing movie. The cover of Alice Walker’s book for the Color Purple even depicts the sunflower (a symbol of the sun god) with a purple core, but that is a whole other topic lol. The end point is that “Oprah” is the reverse spelling of “Harpo”, and reveals why she was chosen, raised, and groomed by the elite to be the “Queen of Talk” as “Harpo” (the reverse spelling of Oprah) is the “god of silence”.
Harpo isn’t going anywhere. She’s just moving to a new network where she wont have any restraints on what she’ll be propagating on her show. She’s going to turn up the amp and unfold her sinister plan of conditioning her followers to eventually accept the beast. I see you Hippo, I mean Harpo.
i have not been watching her show for a long time now but it was mainly because the oprah show has been on for so many years that i never thought it was going anywhere now i think i just might take a look at what she has planned for her last season
I’m feeling sick to my stomache hearing this news. I grew up with her, she’s defenitely the first black woman that i’ve been inspired with on television. I defintely feel she moved us up. Because if the ppl in the music industry had been the only ppl that represented us , i would’ve been screwed right now. We would’ve been. My vision in life would’ve been much smaller, i wouldn’t dear to dream big..she connected with the world. I’m from the netherlands and oprah is a household name. That’s a big thing to do and to accomplish. Therefore i love and respect this woman. i hope that whenever i have children someone like her will step up to the plate, so there be someone else inspiring to them like she is to me. Whether i agreed with her or not on certain subjects, it’s because of her that understand the concept of being concious. The Oprah show helped my mom in the time she studied sociology. it was really helpful. But it’s understandable, her traces are in how i live my life today!!Thank you!!
I’m feeling sick to my stomache hearing this news. I grew up with her, she’s defenitely the first black woman that i’ve been inspired with on television. I defintely feel she moved us up. Because if the ppl in the music industry had been the only ppl that represented us , i would’ve been screwed right now. We would’ve been. My vision in life would’ve been much smaller, i wouldn’t dear to dream big..she connected with the world. I’m from the netherlands and oprah is a household name. That’s a big thing to do and to accomplish. Therefore i love and respect this woman. i hope that whenever i have children someone like her will step up to the plate, so there be someone else inspiring to them like she is to me. Whether i agreed with her or not on certain subjects, it’s because of her that understand the concept of being concious. The Oprah show helped my mom in the time she studied sociology. it was really helpful. But it’s understandable, her traces are in how i live my life today!!Thank you!!
I first heard that Oprah was cancelling her show last night. Some people heard the same news and said, “Who cares?” The initial thought I posted on Global Grind was that it was time she did something new and fresh. While she is loyal to her audience, that same audience limits her voice. Then, after watching CNN this morning (11/20), everything I suspected was confirmed.
First, Lucy Liu applauded Oprah for being consistent. She never switched her format and stayed loyal to her audience to the end. This is commendable, regardless of what we think of Oprah. She was criticized for maintaining this fierce loyalty to her audience. Still, if we were to examine her plans for the future, we’d discover more about what’s most important to her with respect to the future. She prayed long and hard and decided the time was right to make a move.
Not only is Oprah working to get her own network, she has ink’ed a deal with the Discovery Channel. What is it that Oprah hopes to discover? Could it be that Oprah’s strategy was to insure she’d have power and influence enough to do exactly the kind of journalism she’s always wanted to do? Could it be that Oprah has been on her “A-Game” the whole time? We scream from the bleachers – frustrated about shots that she’s taken. Then, in the fullness of time, it seems the spirit is moving her into place to excel to yet another plateau and to embrace a broader audience.
More discoveries will be made about humanity, our planet, and the nature of existence in our Universe in the next 50 years than in the last thousand years. Could it be that with the help of God, Oprah is positioning herself for the sharing of the incredible discoveries to come? I guess we’ll just have to stay tuned and see. Interesting thing though, in Shurlene Wallace’s book “From the Motherland To the Mothership”, she writes of being taken to a future time where a greying Oprah Winfrey was still “running the show”. Women in this future place in time were tuning-in to watch Oprah do her thing. Guess we’ll just have to wait and see.
@Judah brother you are deep with intellect. I may not agree with everything you say, however you can definately back your statements up 100%. Interseting in the above with Oprah… Question: Is Oprah gonna or has she made a MK-Ultra sacrifice. I sday this because of learning about your writings in the past…Excuse me for asking you this direct question I just find all this quite interesting of the “Oprah” and Harpo and the Color Purple and sunflower to Steven Speilburg…
#31 BACK OFF – agree with everything you “typed”
JUDAH,
Lol what?! I don’t follow you from post to post lol ..
Yes I am interracial and NO I am NOT confused .. not even going to bother going into that .. stupid comment.
I DO have the intellectual capacity to understand things – I don’t challenge anything you type because that would mean I would have to waste my time “Googling” whatever it is you type about.
The simplest things (to you and all those other people who bring up MK-Ultra) have some sort of meaning behind it – not everyone is apart of “the group” ..
Great, now i only need to juggle between Tyra and Wendy at 4 LOL Oprah is boring anyways maybe she’ll come back on air when i turn 40, thats like 20+ years i doubt it LOL
@ Kyla, Oprah definitely is on the dark side. Why’d you think she had JayZ on her show? JayZ slapped a women on camera, yet she rants on about Chris Brown and domestic violence and rappers that denigrate women and the black culture. But she had a whole segment on JayZ.
Oprah knew her show was coming to an end and for some reason she just HAD to SQUEEZE Jay-z in there??!!!!
Oh yeah, Hippo is defienently down with the darkness.
Dang it’s not like we are not going to see her anymore… she’s OPRAH for pete’s sake!! she’s starting her own network… but yeah i will miss seeing her everyday @4pm(central time) on CBS. QUEEN O!
@DC Ho-cialite
I think that you’re still on the FBI and CIA watch list for that weapon of mass destruction between your legs. It’s killed more people than the swine flu.
@Ms. AKA
I don’t know of any sacrifices made by Oprah. MK-ULTRA children don’t necessarily have to kill anyone because they are already programmed. They essentially are living sacrifices because their parents have agreed to have them be used as test subjects by the U.S. military. This is why I spoke about Oprah’s parentage (her father) being in the military. Military officers often volunteered their children for MK-ULTRA experimentation, which is why the children of army officers that became famous in entertainment include people like Michael Jackson, Joni Mitchell, Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, etc. The ones who must sacrifice are the worshipers of the Baphomet. The demon demands a blood sacrifice.
@Kyla
Sure you do. You mention me in numerous posts, lol. I know that you’re interracial which is why you’re so bugged….or one of the reasons. You have dual loyalties, which is why black people are supposed to keep it in house lol. If you did “google search” (which shows the extent of how you view research) the only thing you would be able to do is shut yourself down after you realized that I am correct.
Judah
You’re an idiot. One’s background has nothing to do with anything you’re trying to say. Being interracial doesn’t make me confused about anything .. no wonder barely anyone takes you serioiusly. Dual loyalties? We’re not even talking about race so what are you trying to get at? The fact that you think I’m confused about MK-Ultra has nothing to do with race lol ..
Also, me mentioning you in posts does not mean I’m following you around .. I read most of the comments in most posts .. I mention people who’s comments I agree or disagree with .. lol I don’t search for your comments.
Lol and what do you expect me to do? Go to the library (if there are even any books on whatever you talk about), take out a book, read it, and THEN come and respond to your posts? Lol who does that? This isn’t school or a serious conversation.. I’m on the Internet therefore if I needed to look up anything I obviously would go on Google.
Judah, you are a freak of nature.
Discovery would only make a deal with her if the show was on the OWN network. So she will still have a show, it probably wont be as frequent. They might as well put her channel on basic, everyone is going to want it. Not having Oprah is like not having the news.
Whew white women everywhere are gonna go crazy lol
She is about to make so much money on cable goodness!
@Kyla
“You’re an idiot”, lol. Good retort. Sure you’re confused. Very much so. In addition to that, you do follow me around. It’s ok, lol. Which parent is the black one and which is the white one if you don’t mind? If you’re not willing to understand something that you don’t understand, then you shouldn’t comment because you add ignorance onto stupidity and vice-a-versa. I did not tell you to read a book and respond to something I said. That would not help you anyway, because again, any research that you do would only lead to you shutting yourself down. Knowledgeable people discuss, learned people debate, and opinionated people argue. I have no interest in exchanging real knowledge for your opinion. Ignorance is the platform of your argument, like most. Like I said, it’s ok, lol.
@ Judah
Today, Oprah said she’s ending the show on its 25th year because “25 is the perfect number.”
That made me go hmmm…
What did she mean, “25 is the perfect number”?
WOW, WOW
Judah can I get the digits? jk, lol
anyway, I used to be an Oprah fanatic. My mom always used to say things like Oprah’s guru probably made her wear grey for the yr,( there was a period she wore grey all the time) and other comments that made me question Oprah.
I was confused because she always claimed Christianty in the end.
With segments like” remember your spirit”, meditation, praying to the “Universe” , and using her after the show periods to brainwash and confuse and convert those with a sincere belief of God, I knew then that, oprah was on some other tip.
It was hard giving her up, i used her to console myself during racist experiences, I would tell myself, that white ppl in reality fear the capability of black ppl. she was an illustration to me and many, of how strong we are, given her background and then achieving all that she did. The richest female in the world,and black.. a threat !
Realising that she is just another black face, liked by the white man, who want to use you only to further his agenda, while making you wealthy.
It gives me chills… that knowledge stipped her naked in my eyes. How can you respect someone who has done that? I have always had the highest repect for ppl like her Cosby, etc. But realising that rascism even exists within the “elite. I have lost all respect for such ppl because they are only “puppets”. Can only grow so far…
I am still waiting for that person who will make it in this world, become an international figure with no help but from the one and only true God. I know my wait will not be invain..
As for every one else who does not belive. oh well… i mean OWN network, that is just New world Order! backwards
Will she have to kill you with her bare hands inorder for you to see the trutth, how much more obvious does it need to be?
@ JUDAH wink ,wink! lol
Judah,
Lol I don’t have any white in me, and I don’t have a full black parent.
Is Oprah Still a BILLIONAIRE?
To all the moms who are “all for Oprah” you should her up on her advice and get those hand held girlie colored vibrators for your pre teen daughters this christmas. That woman really nows what she is talking about. Always equipting her audience with the best advice. She has always had the best of intentions for her ppl right? I think i want to to take her up on why more ‘woman are chosing to be with women’ show aswell. Lesbianism homosexuality is the way to go! I have had dr friends of mine telling me that that dr oz was talking nothing but the best of shit! telling us what to eat, drink, live breath, act. it is prophicied in the bible that in the end times, they will tell you waht to eat,what not to eat, etc! it is here!
whatevr! AM i glad to hear this…that her show is finally ending.
Can you imagine what else she would have been corrupting our minds with? to sleep with our own damn parents? this is good news for sure. Infact i think she needs to do this asap! like tomorrow. she got so cocky towards end telling ppl if i tell u to write a book you need to do it? *ish u are programmed like a trained dog! it was not your power but the power ur masters!
what a damn near demonic coincidence that she is deciding to end on sep 9 2011. come on, what is up with the illuminati and this damn sequence of events. what is the importance of that date and number besides the fact that it warrants an emergency! was jayz’s cd not released on the same no’s? you fools need to educate yourselfs before you stay blinded, and taken up by the sword. they are hiding nothing these days and that is enuff to warrant fear!
Her show started getting dry anyway..
SMH @ the Judah cosigners. They must be mentally tapped just like is, especially if they are black women. Pitiful to say the least.
Queen Oprah rocks, and to all the haters out there, get over it. Most people hate ultra-successfull people anyway. Their jealousy is like a bad smell. It permiates and stinks up a place. She will continue to go on, while her detractors will be blogging the rest of their lives.
Anyway, I wish O the best in her future endeavors! You rock, Queen O!
P.S. There’s nothing wrong with blogging btw.
well good Luck with her new ambitions. I already know she’ll master it just like she does with everything else she touches..to be Honest I wheened myself off Oprah many moons ago… I only watch every blue moon..
PEOPLE GOT TO UNDERSTAND OPRAH IS AN ICON. SHE IS THE RICHIES WOMEN IN THE WORLD. VERY INFLUENIAL AND POWER. BLACK PEOPLE EVEN IF U DON’T LIKE HER OR WHATEVER. THIS IS A VERY SUCESSFUL BLACK WOMAN DOING THE DAM THANG. I ADMIT I DON’T WATCH HER A LOT. BUT SHE SNAPS HER FINGERS AND PEOPLE JUMP. POLITIANS, CELEBS, REGULAR LISTEN TO OPRAH. SHE HAS ACOMPLISH A LOT, BLACK SHOULD. JUST BE PROUD. SHE HAS COME ALONG WAY.FROM A LITTLE GIRL IN MISSISSIPPI, WHO WAS MOLESTED AS A CHILD. TO ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL WOMEN EVER.
PEOPLE GOT TO UNDERSTAND OPRAH IS AN ICON. SHE IS THE RICHIES WOMEN IN THE WORLD. VERY INFLUENIAL AND POWER. BLACK PEOPLE EVEN IF U DON’T LIKE HER OR WHATEVER. THIS IS A VERY SUCESSFUL BLACK WOMAN DOING THE DAM THANG. I ADMIT I DON’T WATCH HER A LOT. BUT SHE SNAPS HER FINGERS AND PEOPLE JUMP. POLITIANS, CELEBS, REGULAR LISTEN TO OPRAH. SHE HAS ACOMPLISH A LOT, BLACK SHOULD. JUST BE PROUD. SHE HAS COM WAY.FROM A LITTLE GIRL IN MISSISSIPPI, WHO WAS MOLESTED AS A CHILD. TO ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL WOMEN EVER.