Oprah announces end of her show

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Oprah announces end of The Oprah Winfrey Show

Oprah is pulling the plug on The Oprah Winfrey Show. The Queen of Talkteared up as she announced that The Oprah Winfrey Show would be endingnext year after its 25th season. Winfrey told her studio audienceFriday that she would end the show in 2011 after a quarter-century onthe air after “prayer and careful thought” over the decision.


“I love this show, this show has been my life,” she said, tears in hereyes. “I love it enough to know when to say goodbye. Twenty five yearsfeels right in my bones and it feels right in my spirit. It’s theperfect number, the exact right time.”

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News of Oprah’s departure first broke Thursday evening.

The president of Winfrey’s production company, Harpo, announced in an e-mail that the star would be saying good-bye to daytime.

“I want you all to know that my relationship with you is one I holdvery dear,” she said. “And your trust in me and your sharing of yourprecious time has brought me the greatest joy I have ever known.”

Earlier this month, Winfrey confirmed that she was moving forward withher long-delayed Oprah Winfrey Network, but she’s still giving the showthat made her an icon quite a send-off. In Season 25, “we are going toknock your socks off,” she said. “The countdown to the end of `TheOprah Winfrey Show’ starts now.”