Oprah Winfrey to call it quits on talk show in 2011
The Oprah Winfrey Show will broadcast its final episode on September 9, 2011, according to sources.
Oprah Winfreyâs company, Harpo, Inc., officially announced the end of the show on Thursday. A public announcement will be made on the show on Friday in the US.
Winfrey, 55, is tipped to focus on her cable network, OWN (Oprah Winfrey Network), a joint venture with Discovery Communications, according to The New York Times.
The final show will coincide with its 25th anniversary, although it will be taped six months prior.
Presently, The Oprah Winfrey Show attracts some seven million viewers a day in the US and is still the top among syndicated talk shows. Winfrey herself was listed at number 45 on Forbesâs âmost powerful peopleâ list this year.
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