Oprah To Go Off Air In 2011

[Algorem]

Source: wcpo

In a press release recieved Thursday evening Tim Bennett, the president of Harpo, Oprah's production company, the show will go off the air.

"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. The sun will set on the "Oprah" show as its 25th season draws to a close on September 9, 2011."


Read more: http://www.wcpo.com/news/local/story/Oprah-To-Go-Off-Air-In-2011/TgfPo5MgOkiBjBn6d6Rs1g.cspx

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Probably something to do with Mayan calendar?She's got to get situated?

Or she's replacing Joe Biden?

The O Team,2012?

And running in 2016?

Or she bought her own planet?

[superconnected]

1. Yea!!!

Bye Oprah!

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

26. .

:thumbsup:

:hide:

[maseman]

41. She's not going off the air

She's only leaving the current network (ABC.) She owns her own cable network and she'll do her show there. Not only will she own the show but the pipeline of the show. Smart smart move.

[Raster]

2. Goodbye, Oprah. It's time. All good things must come to an end.

[Sebass1271]

3. what about the mayan calendar?

[Algorem]

7. She's kind of New Age-y,I guess,maybe?She's got to get her underground digs ready?She will survive.

[jus_the_facts]

8. It's the end o' the world as we know it....

....or is it? :tinfoilhat:

http://survive2012.com/

[Crabby Appleton]

4. Yay !1!

[medeak]

5. Palin interview must have been last straw n/t

[4lbs]

12. Other than the fact that she'll still be doing another 500 shows until that September 2011 date.

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[Fearless]

6. She was already supposed to retire a few years ago...

But she said she'd stay on out of the respect for the last wish of one of her guests. And now she's going to do whatever. Hope she enjoys it.

[BrklynLiberal]

9. What's wrong with 2010?

[Sherman A1]

20. or the day she make the announcement

like Tomorrow..... Just leave like Lou Dobbs did and be gone....

[Major Hogwash]

10. No ooooo oooo ooo oo!!!!! !!!!! !!!!!

She's the only one I watch besides Keith and Rachel and Ed!!!!!!!!

[itsrobert]

11. "off AIR" She's going to 24 hours a day Cable Channel

Oprah 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Al Bundy's nightmare.

[Algorem]

15. i knew i heard something like that.so this is just the kickoff of two years of publicity.

wonder how many people are going to afford cable by then.

[elocs]

13. Right, like when Brett Favre said he would retire, said he would retire...n/t

[hughee99]

14. I don't buy it. n/t

[corpseratemedia]

16. if I catch her, she looks soooooo bored

[avaistheone1]

22. I think she has become a very bored very rich woman and it comes across in the type of show she

broadcasts and many of things she says.

[David__77]

17. If you want a good laugh, watch this...

http://kaycaskey.blogspot.com/2007/11/oprahs-favorite-things-snl-parody.html

I LOVE this skit! It captures Oprah-mania so well!

[Grassy Knoll]

23. OMG, that was so funny....

I never saw that episode, the woman who pisses herself was too funny.
Thanks David.

[superconnected]

34. That was great!

[Codeine]

18. Good.

Her New Age bullshit is poison.

[Mari333]

19. God Im old. I remember when she first started hosting AM Chicago

[MissDeeds]

32. Don't feel bad

I remember when she lost all that weight in the late 80s. :hi:

[2Design]

21. Sorry to see her go - she has done a lot of good for a lot of people

and yes I realize the detractors are here too - I only found Oprah in the last 5 years and I am sorry she is going

[BuddhaGirl]

29. ignore the detractors

it's just noise - she's not perfect but overall she has done much good and uplifted many lives!

[Roland99]

24. Who's going to tell bored housewives what to read now?

[Golden Raisin]

25. And I thought the world was supposed

to end in 2012. Like Rhett Butler said.......

[UpInArms]

27. all good things must come to an end

and I shall remember her wonderful cameo role in The Color Purple.

I will also be glad for her "radio silence".

I have grown weary of the theatrics.

[Dinger]

28. What Her Pull A Brett Favre

Hey, you never know.:shrug:

[Doctor_J]

30. Thanks for the warning

I hope in two years I can brace myself :eyes:

[Libertas1776]

31. Al Bundy,

thy will be done.

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[superconnected]

35. Now if her O magazine with her own pic on the front each month would die.

I've had to roll my eyes on her face at the grocery store checkout every week for years. Tacky. Martha Stewart didn't even do that crap with her magazine.

[SoCalDem]

36. She's "done" about everything she could do on her show by now..

It's too bad about her staff, to know that their days are numbered, but her show got stale for me about 10 years ago..

[smalll]

37. That is suspiciously close to 2012 campaign season start time --

but there's no way she'd step down to be a number two (replacing Joe Biden.)
The only thing that makes sense is that she's going to challenge Obama's bid for a second term, and become the very next President herself. :scared:

[onehandle]

38. Good riddance. nt

[ixion]

39. and their was much rejoicing

:party: :toast: :woohoo: :party: :beer: :smoke: :toast: :woohoo: :bounce: :party:

[Tracer]

40. I have never seen an Oprah show.

I must be the only person in the U.S. to have bypassed her.

From what I've read, she is the richest woman in America. She won't have to depend on Social Security in her "retirement".

[Odin2005]

42. Good riddance.

I lost all respect for her when she promoted Jenny McCarthy's BS

[ruggerson]

43. I bet Gayle's happy

sorry - had to have the requisite Kathy Griffin moment.

[MilesColtrane]

44. The pope doesn't retire.

She's just moving into new digs somewhere.

[bookworm65t]

45. She's burnt out

Let's give her and ourselves a break. There's already enough mediocre television already.

[question everything]

46. And this is news??? (nt)