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The Oprah Winfrey Show

The Oprah Winfrey Show. Heather Hand. History.

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The Oprah Winfrey Show

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  1. The Oprah Winfrey Show Heather Hand

  2. History • Winfrey's career really began to take off after moving to Chicago in 1984 to host "AM Chicago", an early morning talk show at WLS-TV's. It went on to become the number one ranked talk show shortly after she started and it was renamed “The Oprah Winfrey Show” after one year. • It has been the number one talk show for 16 consecutive seasons, winning every sweep since its debut in 1986. • The Oprah Winfrey Show' has received 35 Emmy Awards, including nine Emmys for outstanding talk show and seven Emmys for outstanding talk show host. • Chicago-based daytime talk-show host Oprah Winfrey invites a guest panel to discuss a topic, in front of a studio audience. The topics are often controversial or sensational

  3. When and Where • Oprah is aired on ABC • Time: 4 PM • Running time: 60 Minutes • Target Market: Women Ages 25-65 • Filming Location: Chicago, Illinois

  4. Over Spending Original Air Date: 7 January 1986Sharon Stone's Brush with Death Original Air Date: 27 May 2004Simon Cowell Reveals Some of the Most Talented People in the World Original Air Date: 17 March 2008Spring Fashions Do's & Don'ts Original Air Date: 2 April 1999Stevie Wonder Debuts His New Music Original Air Date: 8 June 2004Stupid Girls Original Air Date: 10 April 2006Tina Turner Original Air Date: 2002Trading Races Original Air Date: 16 February 2006 Oprah Plays Deal or No Deal Original Air Date: 4 May 2007 Oprah Presents the World's Smartest Kids Original Air Date: 12 May 2008 Oprah and The Osmonds Original Air Date: 9 November 2007 Oprah on Location: Operation Katrina Homes Move in Day Special! Original Air Date: 22 February 2006 How I Managed with Hardly Any Money Original Air Date: 29 August 2002 Hurricane Katrina One Year Later Original Air Date: 18 September 2006 Topics that are discussed

  5. Is it Successful? • The show is seen by an estimated 46 million viewers a week in the United States and is broadcast internationally in 134 countries such far away lands as Bangladesh, Cyprus, Mongolia and Singapore, tune in each day to see what Oprah is talking about. • The Oprah Winfrey Show went on to become one of the most successful and highest ranked television talk show programs in history. The program is viewed by more than 20 million Americans (USA) every week and broadcast Internationally to more than one hundred countries worldwide. • The daytime talk show focuses on issues close to Winfrey's heart and she has continued to cover topics of value to her mostly female audience for more than 17 successful seasons of broadcasting.

  6. Oprah is Very Influential • “When viewers around the world tune in each weekday to watch "The Oprah Winfrey Show," it's a sure bet that somebody, somewhere isgoing to benefit from the day's topic” –Trudy Moore • The show is highly influential, especially with women, and many of its topics penetrate into American pop-cultural consciousness. • The network promises "to entertain, inform, and inspire people to live their best lives.” • She could change peoples lives by giving them gifts at her show for instance she gave one audience cars. • "What material success does is provide you with the ability to concentrate on other things that really matter. And that is being able to make a difference, not only in your own life, but in other people's lives." Oprah Winfrey

  7. Sources • http://talkshows.about.com/od/oprahwinfrey/gr/OprahShow.htm • http://television.aol.com/show/the-oprah-winfrey-show/62865/cast • http://www.infoplease.com/ipea/A0154983.html • http://www.woopidoo.com/biography/oprah-winfrey.htm

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