"The Oprah Winfrey Show" (1986) TV series 1986-????

Seasons:

18 | 20 | 22 | 23 | unknown

Release Date:

8 September 1986 (USA)

Genre:

Talk-Show

Plot:

Chicago-based daytime talk-show host Oprah Winfrey invites a guest panel to discuss a topic, in front of a studio audience...

Plot Keywords:

Non Fiction | Character Name In Title

Awards:

54 wins & 50 nominations

Cast

Oprah Winfrey

...

Herself - Host / ... (471 episodes, 1986-2009)

Also Known As:

Oprah (USA) (short title)
Oprah Winfrey Show (Denmark) [da]
The Oprah Winfrey Show (Greece) [el]

Runtime:

60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:M (some episodes) | Singapore:NC-16 | Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Company:

HBO Films

Quotes:

Oprah: Do you think you can stop this with a football tackle?

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in "Robot Chicken: A Day at the Circus (#2.17)" (2006)

Oprah should have been gone 20 years ago

I don't know how anyone can watch this show without seeing right through her self-righteousness. The only talent Oprah has is brainwashing her target audience into thinking she is some kind of saint. The fact that she recently spent a huge chunk of an episode on how hard it is to get tickets to her show should tell you something. I watched the Oprah after show once (because the Desperate Housewives were on it) & they were talking about their wildest dreams & Oprah pulls out the biggest beauty pageant contestant answer ever (most of their dreams were to be some sort of music star & hers was this big elaborate "I don't want to leave this earth until I know I've done everything I could have done...etc...blah blah blah). She exploits the guests she brings on her show but then makes sure that they don't take the attention away from her. The only compliment I have on this show is that she brings good celebrities on it (which is pretty much the only time I ever watch the show), but then again she makes sure that they don't steal her spotlight. Even if she repeats the exact words that a guest star says (ahem...recent interview with Reese Witherspoon who was owning her show) she has to make it sound like it was her idea & she has to get a word in all the time. She is so full of herself it's disgusting. Basically Oprah needs to wipe that fake "I've been immortalized by the mind-numb America" look off of her face & stop wasting perfectly good airtime that could be spent on someone way more interesting...honestly, I'd rather watch infomercials.