Ratings powerhouse to close in 2011, allowing Oprah to concentrate on her own cable channelAfter more than 20 years in which Oprah Winfrey shook up the medium of the daytime talkshow, rising to become a ratings and cultural powerhouse, she is to announce today that she is bringing her show to an end.Yesterday she told her 600 staff in Chicago that the Oprah Winfrey show would end in September 2011. That will be its 25th season, after it was first broadcast to the US in 1986.Since then, the show ...
Guardian Music — Ratings powerhouse to close in 2011, allowing Oprah to concentrate on her own cable channelAfter more than 20 years in which Oprah Winfrey shook up the medium of the dayt... more info