To Ellen, Oprah will always be the queen of daytime television

I have never understood the Oprah phenomenon, nor have I ever been attracted to a self-help centric lifestyle. Now if only Dr. Phil could go away.  

I'm only 2o years old so I don't remember much of 90s Oprah but I do remember starting to watch it- I don't really care for Dr. Oz and that whole phenomena but i do love the interviews with celebrities and her involvement in some of the most serious issues affecting our planet.

ONE of my favorite moments (that just happened recently) was the interview with Sarah Palin and Oprah awkwardly said "that night I was at a different convention..." hahahaaha

OUCH.

Although I despise Sarah Palin, I thought Oprah was extremely courteous and classy (like always) and that's what I have always loved about her.

I'm sure that the next two years will supply us with memorable moments like this one. 

cheers.

Yes perhaps not all of her shows have been up to par with scientific fact, but what things on TV are? How many shows, people, or even news networks are completely accurate? People have got to remember that the Oprah Winfrey Show, was first and formost a talk show, if you want concrete scientific fact-go read a Journal.

I will not be missing her for her endorsements of certain products, or those endless commericials, but I will miss her because she is one of the most generous and fair minded personalities on T.V. Yes she has an empire and billions of dollars, but she has from the begining, even before her great success, contributed greatly to our society. With her creation of the girls academy in Africa, to the spreading of awarness of domestic violence, to support for the LGBT community in so many ways- I do not know any T.V personality who I respect more. 

I grew up watching Oprah, my mom and aunt had it on every evening before the soaps in Trinidad, and I loved her, she was the shit! But now I don't catch her show that often, but I still loves her as a person.

Through her growth in the industry, success being of African American decent (I am not AA by the way) and all the charities and donations and foundations and give aways and freebies and the list goes on, Oprah has done so freakin much. She will be forever down in our history books for telling herstory....get it....her story! and I'm glad shes retiring on top! This next year of her show would be watched by so many I'm sure, part of the reason for announcing it so early, smart move, and would be packed with great things.

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I do sort of 'get' the Oprah phenomenon.  She obviously caters very well to her target audience (middle class Baby Boomers). It's not my cup of tea, personally but I get the appeal.

I think Oprah the show has become far too fuzzy and erratic. There have been some good shows but they've been far outweighed by all the shows featuring uncritical celebrity worship and new-age crap (The Secret, etc).

Oprah the woman is a success story that you can't help but admire.

I admit to having watched maybe 10 shows of hers (my roommate in college adored her) and each was more torturous than the next. I'd get really excited about the topics or the guest and then get HUGELY disappointed at Oprah's questions, her incessant need to interrupt and repeat the answer just so she could hear herself talk. I couldn't F-ing stand all the screaming women when she'd give away gifts... That show is an all-around head ache. It was maybe a few years ago she had a show on transgendered people... and I'm glad she brought that topic to so many homes... but her questions were literally "WAIIT.... So you FEEL like a girl, but you're ACTUALLY a boy?" Then the transgendered girl would start to say "Yes, that's right, I am a biolo--" Oprah-:OK Let me see if I understand then you've always acted girly?"

UGH I wanted to punch the tv 

If I were Oprah, I'd say big up to all my haters!  Seriously, I'm not the fanatical type (I'd make an exception for CC) but Oprah inspires people.  Why that bothers so many people, I will never understand.  I especially love the people who say, "well what has Oprah done for ________?"  What hasn't Oprah done?  The more important question is how have you helped your community?  

Personal interviewing preferences aside, her show has reached millions of people, brought awareness to countless numbers of issues, motivated people to read (learn to read), and most importantly, to me, she has spoken openly about surviving child abuse.  She has shown little poor kids, black kids, women, and overweight people that you can succeed despite not fitting into society's mold.  So, to Oprah...you are appreciated. 

she is a true inspiration, and is a gift to the world with all the the good she does for people.

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That's a tough one because she has covered so many topics. 

On her own show perhaps the most memorable for me was in the aftermath of Hurricaine Katrina, Oprah's Angel Network built dozens of homes for the survivors.  On the first show that followed up on the homes, it was great to see so many displaced families being given a second chance at life.

My second most memorable moment relates to Ellen's comments.  When Ellen DeGeneres first came out as a lesbian on her tv show, people forget Oprah played the role of therapist she came out to.  Yup.  To all the haters or people who just aren't aware, Oprah played a pivotal role in helping Ellen come out of the closet publically.  She took a lot of heat for doing that, but Oprah never let the hate she received for helping Ellen come out stop her from continuing to be supportive of LGBT visibility.

I don't think anyone should be putting down Oprah... regardless of whether you actually like her show... She has been a pioneer for women in entertainment... and also for black women... Beyond that she has done SO many things to help SO many people!!! I think she is truly a class act and I will miss her very much! 

Shes not going away..she is monopolizing the TV network...

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wow, I really don't think it's necessary to get so fired up. 

 I think it is perfectly ok to dislike a woman without it being labeled acrimonious or woman hater. Some of us just don't like her. Try as she might, Oprah CAN'T please everyone (I know she's close but a few of us are still holding out)

I cannot undermine Oprah's hard work or her amazing success and I can proud of those aspects alone. And I agree that she's not "anti gay". But her shows still annoy me. Like I mentioned in my torture story with the transgedered guests, I felt Oprah had a real AMAZING opportunity to bring this issue to so many homes, and she did, but with the most asinine questions ever. Sure she's not anti gay, but I remember the look on her face being half confused half omg I'm so awesome for talking about this I can't even say about it! And she didn't say about it... The only message from that entire show was one dimensional. It felt unresearched, not thought out, it felt centered on how much Oprah wanted to talk about... and how much she wanted to hear herself talk.. and it wasn't as though she really had a 1hr show because every 3 seconds she'd (have to) cut to commercial so there was just very little information actually being discussed. And that's just one example, I could rant about each of the 10 episodes I saw but the point is I just don't like the woman, and that doesn't mean I'm a woman hater... or stupid, or anti gay, or anti anything Oprah might stand for... I just won't tune into her channel, much like I've avoided her shows since college. 

I never said it was a one way street, that's why I'm discussing on a discussion style forum. I just don't understand why you seem to get so personally offended that people dislike her (I think hatred implies that I, or others, spend the majority of our time thinking evil things about Oprah, and quite frankly this is the most I've said about her since I've known about the woman, and don't normally give her much thought since I rarely watch tv anyhow). Disliking her (even hating her however pointless that might be) is NOT anti-woman, and that's the only point I'm trying to make. Just as  much as you're welcome to respond to my, or anyone's ocmments, disagreeing, even disliking the things we say, it doesn't make you anti-woman, or am I less woman than Oprah?

I have not undermined her work, her success and the significance behind that, and she more than likely does  what she does with good intentions of helping people, but as they say the road to hell is paved with good intentions, and when she gives out misinformation it is more harmful than it is good.

And I really urge you not to get too personal--when you don't know (talk about ignorance?) who I am, or the work that I've done or the work that other people who dislike Oprah have done. Like, Ok so I don't give out homes and cars to victims of Katrina, and I don't have schools set up in third world countries. But I LIVE in a third world country and work in the education system, and I've worked and volunteered with those less fortunate than myself, and that's not something you're allowed to criticize because you don't know... You can't undermine that because you don't know, so please don't assume you know the profile of the people who think Oprah is less than awesome.  

Her fans are a bit nuts sometimes and the screaming and such is often hilarious.  If you take away all of that, as women, we should really use her as someone to be proud of.  She's a black woman who came from nothing and made herself into the most arguable recognizable face in the world-Did I forget to mention that she's a black woman.  She's done so much for so many different people.  I'm glad that she's taking more control of her show and can't wait to see her new network.

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Oprah is a successful woman who is used to "haters."  

Chicago will miss the Oprah show, but she'll continue to do amazing things. 

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this is THE Oprah interview

 http://www.tonightshowwithconanobrien.com/video/clips/palin-on-oprah-111709/1176856/?__cid=thefilter

(I know it's not recent but I just got an anonymizer and can finally view nbc videos outside of the US and this cracked me up so much)