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Big O-nouncement on Oprah

Posted Nov 20th 2009 9:38AM by TMZ Staff

Oprah WinfreyUPDATE: Oprah knows a thing or two about sweeps -- and is saving her big announcement for the end of the show.

Oprah is about to personally announce that she's ending her reign as maybe the most successful person ever to host a show on TV. And you can see it all go down on TMZ.

BTW, as we first reported, Oprah insiders are telling us one of the reasons behind the timing is that Oprah is angling to get ABC to slide "The Dr. Oz Show" into her time slot. "Oz" becomes a free agent at exactly the same time Oprah will go off the air.

We're also told other talk shows are angling to get the time period, which is primo real estate in TV land.



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1. About time she was off the air.

Posted at 9:49AM on Nov 20th 2009 by TxGal

2. Oprah:

"Why would anybody stay in Chicago? It's freezing here, and I have a mansion in Montecito that I haven't been able to enjoy."

You gotta be nuts to want to live in Chicago.

Posted at 9:48AM on Nov 20th 2009 by Mikey

3. Is Sarah Palin or Sam Ronson taking over the show?

Posted at 9:50AM on Nov 20th 2009 by behex

4. All I have to say is it's not a minute too soon. I saw her when she was local in Chicago. She was rough looking. I mean ROUGH too.

Posted at 9:54AM on Nov 20th 2009 by goodbye Oprah

5. Egads! It's the "Quitter's Curse" of Sarah Palin!

Posted at 9:57AM on Nov 20th 2009 by chicken stripper

6. Wow What will she do after she retires? I've never seen all of her shows I wasn't that big of a fan. I've seen more shows of Dr. Phil than of Oprah.

Posted at 10:08AM on Nov 20th 2009 by Becky

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Posted at 10:12AM on Nov 20th 2009 by zytychi

8. It's going to take her 2 years to quit!! So are we all going to have to put up with a gazilian goodbyes from all her guests and the hoopla of her leaving for the next 2 years. Why can't she leave now, not everyone is enamored with Oprah and think that she walka on water, I'm glad to see her go, her ego is bigger than she is, if that's possible

Posted at 6:38PM on Nov 20th 2009 by BJ

9. WHO THE HELL CARES!!!!!!!

Posted at 10:09AM on Nov 20th 2009 by shabbs69

10. FORGET OPRAH.....JUST DONT LET HER STEP ON YOUR FOOT...OR EAT YOUR KIDS......Speaking of eating Kids, HAS ANYBODY BOTHERED TO TELL JANET THAT THE ONLY REASON SHE IS THE OPENING ACT ON THE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS SHOW IS BECAUSE SHE IS....AGAIN.....RIDING ON THE SHIRT TAIL OF HER DECEASED BROTHER??????? It was a lie and a disgrace for Janet to say the Family gave a damn about Mr. Jackson. Michael Jackson was a forsaken cash cow who's drug addictions were enabled by Family so they could stay on his payrollllll. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OPRAH AND JANET...what the heck....two for one........

Posted at 10:11AM on Nov 20th 2009 by zytychi

11. good for hear take the money and run the way two go now she can give her love two gal take care the big O

Posted at 10:12AM on Nov 20th 2009 by GREG MOORE

12. Who the hell is Dr. Oz? Oh well, doesn't matter. If he/she is in anyway affliated with that fat b!tch Orca, I probably wouldn't be interested in watching anyway.

Posted at 10:19AM on Nov 20th 2009 by Who cares? Good riddance!

13. I think Oprah is absolutely brilliant. She has completely dominated the ultra competetive field of TV talk shows for a quarter century, climbed out of poverty to become the richest and most philanthropic African American of all time. Time magazine calls her the most influential woman in the world. She revolutionized the culture. Back in the 1980s & 1990s Oprah & a lot of the trashy shows she spawned (i.e. Ricki Lake, Springer) really shattered so many taboos especially for gays. She dictates the best seller list, launched Dr. Phil & Dr. Oz, elected the first black president & yet still managed to score the first interview with Sarah Palin. Her clout, influence & wealth is simply breath taking & all the more astonishing given she came from poverty & abuse. She's such a winner. She's quite simply the most impressive person in public life.

Posted at 10:20AM on Nov 20th 2009 by Carrie

14. 4. so the fat cow is finally quitting and is she finally going to admit to being a lezibian and she also had michael jackson murdered

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Posted at 10:23AM on Nov 20th 2009 by Harry Kunt

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