Friday, May 25, 2012

Oprah Winfrey Show:Reminiscing Oprah Winfrey Last Show

The Oprah Winfrey Show

 

The Oprah Winfrey show the only longest for now syndicated talk show.Hosted by the  prolific broadcaster,Oprah Winfrey.She also produced the show.The show ran for 25 seasons beginning from 1986,until she called it quit in 2011.

The Oprah Winfrey show gain a lot of audience because of its penetrating topics that attracted viewership from both American and worldwide audience. During the early episodes of the show,She focused her show on sensationalistic social issues, until she changed her series into a more positive,celebrity interviews,self improvement and philanthropic forays into world events.

Her popularity increases by not been greedy in making money from endorsing books for her book club or profiting from any products she endorsed.

In 2011,This longest running talk show in Television history ended after 25 seasons and 4561 episodes.The final show was aired on May 25 2011.

Oprah Winfrey Shows Interviews

Winfrey interviewed a large number of public and political figures over the 20 years of running the show.She interviewed celebs on issues that is directly involved them in one way or the other.It could be cancer or charity work.

The worst kind of celebs that Oprah interviewed over the seasons were Elizabeth Taylor and Tom Cruise.Lizzy refused just to talk about questions about his marriage and relationship. For Tom Crusie,he was jumping all around the set,hopping on couch.Fall on one knee as she professed his love for her new girlfriend,Katie Holmes.

Non celebrity guests involved people that are in extra ordinary situations.One of her episodes featured Truddi Chase, a women with a kind of Multiple Personality Disorder, who said she has been violently and sexually abused since she was 2 years old.Other are guest who were chosen for being unfashionable and were given a  fashion makeover by renowned stylist Trinny Woodall and Susannah Constantine.The ace singer Celine Dion was on the show for 27 times,the celebs that appeared most times apart from Gayle King,Oprah's best friend who appeared 130 times.

Oprah Winfrey Final Show


In 1997, Winfrey said she was planning to retire, but then renewed her contract through 2002. In 2002, she said she would depart in 2006—the show's 20th anniversary year—but in 2004 she extended through 2011 after riding a wave of high ratings and a revamped program in 2003. In an appearance on Good Morning America on September 10, 2009, Winfrey told Diane Sawyer that she would make the decision of retiring or renewing her contract before the end of the year.

The 25th season premiere included flashbacks from the last 25 years, and included various audience members and their experiences watching Oprah. There was also a segment on how they chose some of the 300 people who were in the audience. Don Johnson and Paul Simon also made special guest appearances on the premiere show.

At the end of the show, Oprah announced that she was flying all 300 audience members with her to Australia and that John Travolta would be the pilot.[46] On 11 December 2010 Winfrey arrived in Sydney, Australia to record shows at the Sydney Opera House. Winfrey and her 300 American audience members were officially welcomed at a cocktail party in Sydney's Botanical Gardens overlooking Sydney Harbour.[47] The beach-themed party, hosted by New South Wales Premier Kristina Keneally, featured live music from top recording artist Guy Sebastian and a fireworks display over the water which culminated in the lighting of a red 'O' on the Harbour Bridge.

Final episodes

The final episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show aired in the United States on Wednesday, May 25, 2011. It was preceded by a two-part farewell special recorded at the United Center in Chicago in front of an audience of 13,000.[57] The two-part show featured appearances by Aretha Franklin, Tom Cruise, Stevie Wonder, Beyoncé, Tom Hanks, Maria Shriver, Will Smith, and Madonna.[58][59][60] The final episode was a smaller affair, recorded in the usual recording studio but with no guests.[61] Oprah spent most of the finale thanking the show's staff and her fans. She finished the show in tears.[62] The finale was marked by viewing parties across the US,[60] and the episode was also shown in movie theaters.[63] The episode received the show's highest rating in 17 years.[64]

Courtesy:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Oprah_Winfrey_Show

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