Members Max Posted May 26, 2011 Members Share Posted May 26, 2011 A couple of comments: *Even though I almost never watched Oprah, I felt very sad at the end of today's episode since this marks the end of a television institution. *Kudos to Oprah for being honest about the fact that she once did trash talk (and for saying that she regretted it). Does anybody know when she stopped doing this? *Regarding the Carson/Oprah debate, it is true that Carson merely entertained people while Oprah transformed people. However, the number of viewers Carson had far exceeded Oprah at her show's peak popularity. And, Carson dominated late-night even more than Oprah dominated daytime talk. (Yet it's still hard to compare the two, because there were much less entertainment outlets back in Carson's time.) *I really regret that Oprah is leaving Chicago to run OWN from Los Angeles. While she could have offices in L.A., I see no reason why Oprah can't remain in Chicago, since being from in Chicago is part of what makes Oprah unique. (It was bad enough that Chicago lost Marshall Field's--its premier department store--after Macy's selfishly and needlessly butchered it; now the town is losing Oprah, too.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SFK Posted May 26, 2011 Members Share Posted May 26, 2011 I cannot give you an exact date but I would say that around 1993 was when the show had firmly moved away from the trashier stuff, and you slowly noticed less and less audience at the mic participation. Ita with your Chicago sentiments, and when I think Chicago I think Oprah (first among other things). I also hate how Macy's has wiped out so many familiar store names in their takeovers/rebrandings. For the D.C. area, it was Hecht's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EricaKane70 Posted May 26, 2011 Members Share Posted May 26, 2011 I will miss oprah, she's be on since I was 4 years old. First Oprah now the only two soaps that are watch are cancelled. What the heck am I going to watch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jonathan Posted May 26, 2011 Members Share Posted May 26, 2011 The Oprah Show and Chicago are tied together so she wants to close the book on them together. Plus, she has a home in CA that she loves and would like to spend more time living in. Also, OWN is 50 percent owned by Discovery, which is based in Los Angeles so that's another reason why she's retreating to LA. Harpo will still be around and will employ people so she's not saying goodbye to Chicago permanently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Max Posted May 26, 2011 Members Share Posted May 26, 2011 SFK and Johathan, thank you for answering my questions. I'm sorry for switching the subject, but I am in complete agreement with SFK over what Macy's has done. Below is a complete list of all the department store names that Macy's has decimated over the past 25 years: A&S (Abraham & Straus) Bamberger's The Bon Marche The Broadway Bullock's Burdines Davison's The Emporium Famous-Barr Filene's Foley's Goldsmith's Hecht's I. Magnin The Jones Store Jordan Marsh Kaufmann's Lazarus Liberty House L.S. Ayres Marshall Field's Meier & Frank Rich's Robinsons-May Stern's Strawbridge's (Strawbridge & Clothier) Weinstock's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted May 26, 2011 Members Share Posted May 26, 2011 My mom and I watched Oprah faithfully. We watched today's show and thought it was rather blah till the end. I started tearing up a bit. Then my mom said well its over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dragonflies Posted May 26, 2011 Members Share Posted May 26, 2011 Ratings: http://www.tvline.com/2011/05/tvline-items-oprah-finale-ratings-lopez-idol-future/ Oprah doesn’t do mediocre — and neither do her ratings. The Queen of Daytime took her final bow on Wednesday, raking in her largest at-home audience in 17 years. The Oprah Winfrey Show‘s series finale posted a 13.3 household rating, the talker’s highest number since a February 1994 installment titled “People Shed Their Disguises.” TVByTheNumbers offers this perspective on the tally: For the week ending May 15, Oprah averaged a 5.4 household rating (and drew 7.35 million viewers). They estimate the total finale audience at 17 to 18 million viewers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Gray Bunny Posted May 27, 2011 Members Share Posted May 27, 2011 I look forward to seeing old-school Oprah reruns on OWN, but I don't like that they're going to repackage them. I'd rather see them as they originally aired. Still, can't wait to see 80's and 90's O. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members All My Shadows Posted May 27, 2011 Members Share Posted May 27, 2011 When will reruns begin airing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dragonflies Posted May 27, 2011 Members Share Posted May 27, 2011 She said this fall, I don't think a date was given Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Money Posted May 27, 2011 Members Share Posted May 27, 2011 Eighteen million ppl in this Daytime era is huge, but surprisingly, I was expecting more ppl to tune in. I may not like Oprah but I know she's an icon. I wonder what the affiliates will start broadcasting in it's place because airing reruns isn't going to be profitable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SFK Posted May 27, 2011 Members Share Posted May 27, 2011 Cool that they're reairing old episodes, I guess like how Lifetime used to repackage old Barbara Walters specials. Too bad I don't get OWN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dragonflies Posted May 27, 2011 Members Share Posted May 27, 2011 Have OWN, my cable co is supposed to be adding OWN HD soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jonathan Posted May 27, 2011 Members Share Posted May 27, 2011 That's big for daytime. If it aired in primetime, I'm sure the numbers would've been even bigger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members applcin Posted May 27, 2011 Members Share Posted May 27, 2011 NYC went with another hour of local news starting the day after. So now 4:00-7:00 is all news on ABC NY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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