The Oprah Winfrey show all started pretty humbly. In 1984, Oprah
Winfrey left the local talk show circuit in Baltimore and moved to
the Windy City to host WLS-TV's morning talk show, AM Chicago. Just
one month later, AM Chicago became the number one talk show and was
expanded to one hour. To bear testimony to Oprahs drawing power,
the show was renamed after her. Celebs flock to talk to Oprah (more
than 856 celebs have appeared as guests). Three presidents, four
first ladies, one reigning queen, one former queen, six princesses,
six princes, one earl, one lord, one count and one duchess have
since graced The Oprah Winfrey Show stage.
Today, The Oprah Winfrey Show is the number one talk show in the
United States for 19 consecutive seasons. It has also won a total
of 35 Emmy awards that include nine Emmys for Outstanding Talk Show
and seven Emmys for Outstanding Talk Show Host.
In this latest season, meet the likes of hip-hop maestro Kanye West
as he talks about his brush with death, identical twins who come to
grips with acceptance after one of them undergoes a sex change, a
20-year old man whos worth US$100 million, tough songstress
Melissa Etheridges private battle with hell and back and a man who
finds himself too ugly to look into the mirror.
Empowering, positive and life-affirming, its time to get hooked on
this talk show.
Happening every Mon-Fri, 6pm from April 3.
