Today is a big day. Next season is a big season. I really missed the camaraderie with the audience. Ellen DeGeneres announced Wednesday that her popular daytime talk show will end next year. So I am praying that next season I have an audience all season long that can celebrate with me and say goodbye.
Not to folks on social media. That was the beginning of the end for Winfrey, whose talk show aired its final episode in January , capping a year run. DeGeneres said she wanted to give her staff and crew a year to prepare for the end of her talk show. But somehow Winfrey, striking a more reverent tone than the preceding days when a parade of surprise celebrity guests saluted the media mogul, found the words over the next hour to express her gratitude to her audience, her staff and even God for allowing her to fulfill her calling.
With only a single pink chair on stage, Winfrey held court, telling the audience that today she would not be giving away cars nor were there any trinkets hidden beneath their seats. Instead, Winfrey used her final show , the 4,st, to thank the audience that made hers the No.
She reminisced about her various hair styles and earrings "the size of napkins," showing a few clips from her early years, when she first came to Chicago to host "AM Chicago" before it became "The Oprah Winfrey Show. Early on, Winfrey discovered she needed an audience to make magic and she pulled in her staff, friends and people off the street. She was soon getting feedback from her audience, citing a letter from Carrie in Anne Arbor, Mich.
Turning to Oprah. Read More. In , DeGeneres made a bold move that could have easily ended her career. She came out as a gay woman. DeGeneres leaned into it, with her character Ellen Morgan on her popular sitcom "Ellen" also coming out, in an episode in which Winfrey played her therapist.
The topics were more than current events, said Deatherage, a hairdresser. They focused on "people's real lives and what they experienced. Winfrey is one of the most recognizable talk show hosts and has built a media empire, including launching her own cable television network, OWN. As Winfrey devotees mourn the end of her year run, some speculate who -- if anyone -- can fill her void.
Oz" Oz, a Winfrey protege whose show will upgrade to 83 time slots and stations where "The Oprah Winfrey Show" had aired. Oz added that he is grateful for the opportunity to take over the time slot, which is among the most sought-after in TV land. Winfrey's show made people like Dominique Taylor, 23, of Brooklyn reorient their lives. Taylor rescheduled her cheerleading practice, her voice lessons, everything around 4 p. Winfrey made the young woman laugh, made her cry. Today, Taylor sees herself as an embodiment of Winfrey's show, another part of her legacy.
She's a young filmmaker who hopes to involve Winfrey's production company in her project. Share this on:. Oprah Winfrey signs off Wednesday after 25 years. Most Popular. Fine art from an iPhone? The best Instagram photos from After IVF shock, mom gives birth to two sets of identical twins.
Inside North Korea: Water park, sacred birth site and some minders.
0コメント