OPRAH WINFREY SHOW, THE {SERIES FINALE} (TV)
Summary
The finale in this talk show series hosted by Oprah Winfrey. In this episode, Winfrey brings her twenty-five-year series to a close with "no guests and no surprises" and talks directly with her audience about the program's long history, touching upon such topics as: her first reporting jobs for Chicago news stations in the 1980s; the challenge of finding studio audience members in the early days of her talk show; her questionable style choices over the years; her belief that "everyone has a calling" and the power to change others' lives; surprises from her team during the two-part "love intervention" penultimate episode, filmed at Chicago's United Center in front of an audience of 13,000 and featuring a number of celebrity guests, including Winfrey's close friend Maya Angelou; the show's frequent focus on "people making bad choices"; the importance of being responsible for one's own life, as described by 2008 guest Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor; inspiration from a scene in "The Color Purple" (1985), in which Winfrey herself starred; memorable episodes involving guests' journey to "release the shame" of various personal problems; affectionate viewer comments from her website; funny moments of great "hoopla"; many guests' sense of "unworthiness" and the universal need for validation; her message to her viewers that "you alone are enough"; praise for her staff and "Harpo family"; her religious beliefs and sense of her own unlikely success; the idea of listening to "whispers," which increase in "volume" when ignored, as a guide for one's life; her interest in bringing attention to childhood sexual abuse, as exemplified in one 2010 episode in which 200 men spoke out about their long-hidden pasts; praise for her "first liberator," her fourth-grade teacher Mrs. Mary Alice Duncan, present in the audience; her new e-mail address and interest in staying in communication with her viewers and fans; and her assertion that the show and its audience have been "the great love of her life." Commercials deleted.
Details
- NETWORK: Syndicated
- DATE: 4:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:43:32
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: 121983
- GENRE: Talk/Interview
- SUBJECT HEADING: African-American Collection - News/Talk; Talk/Interview
- SERIES RUN: Syndication - TV series, 1986-2011
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - Target stores
CREDITS
- Sheri Salta … Executive Producer
- Candi Nichols Carter … Senior Producer
- Terry Goulder … Senior Producer
- Jenna Kostelnik Utley … Senior Producer
- Jack Mori … Senior Producer
- Julie Simpson … Senior Producer
- Jill Barancik … Senior Supervising Producer
- Katy Murphy Davis … Senior Supervising Producer
- Lisa Morin … Senior Supervising Producer
- Jill Van Lokeren-Kuenstler … Senior Supervising Producer
- Andrea Wishom … Senior Supervising Producer
- Amy Coleman … Supervising Producer
- Tara Montgomery … Supervising Producer
- Judy Banks-Johnson … Supervising Producer
- Oprah Winfrey … Supervising Producer
- Heather Aldridge … Producer
- Leslie Grisanti … Producer
- Suzanne Hayward … Producer
- Eric Peltier … Producer
- Dana Brooks Reinglass … Producer
- Caroline Ziv … Producer
- Jill Adams … Producer
- McLane Hoff Brostedt … Producer
- Lindsay Feitlinger … Co-Producer
- Anne Rovak Gelfer … Co-Producer
- Kelly Rothschild Jansen … Co-Producer
- Kristin Graham … Co-Producer
- James Kelley … Co-Producer
- Brian Piotrowicz … Co-Producer
- Scott Rondeau … Co-Producer
- Jennifer Kinnear Stamper … Co-Producer
- Stacy Strazis … Co-Producer
- Bridgette Theriault … Co-Producer
- Veronica Votypka … Co-Producer
- Kevin Borenstein … Senior Associate Producer
- Amanda Cash … Senior Associate Producer
- Alejandro Castro … Senior Associate Producer
- Ray Dotch … Senior Associate Producer
- Clothilde Ewing … Senior Associate Producer
- A. Chris Gajilan … Senior Associate Producer
- Rachel Hanfling … Senior Associate Producer
- Marci Hughes … Senior Associate Producer
- Shantel Klinger … Senior Associate Producer
- Erinn McNeill … Senior Associate Producer
- Lesia Minor … Senior Associate Producer
- Julie Mirlicourtois … Senior Associate Producer
- Teri Mitchell … Senior Associate Producer
- Joanna Moel … Senior Associate Producer
- Brad Opperman … Senior Associate Producer
- Julie Rashid … Senior Associate Producer
- Jakki Taylor Richardson … Senior Associate Producer
- Hilary Robe … Senior Associate Producer
- Sarah Ruth … Senior Associate Producer
- Rick Segall … Senior Associate Producer
- Colleen Sheehan … Senior Associate Producer
- Sarah Shepherd … Senior Associate Producer
- Kristen Williams … Senior Associate Producer
- Erica Wohlreich … Senior Associate Producer
- Erin Barbossa … Associate Producer
- Jason Bellue … Associate Producer
- Elianna Bodner … Associate Producer
- Tracey Carter … Associate Producer
- Leigh Castelli … Associate Producer
- Sarah Fogel … Associate Producer
- Julie Bearman … Associate Producer
- Heather McGinley … Associate Producer
- Dana Greengross … Associate Producer
- Thalia Kalodimos … Associate Producer
- Allyson Kearns … Associate Producer
- Eileen King … Associate Producer
- Ann Lofgren … Associate Producer
- Kayla McCormick … Associate Producer
- Lindsey Meglio … Associate Producer
- Leslie Peirez … Associate Producer
- Megan Shanahan … Associate Producer
- Gregg Sherkin … Associate Producer
- April Terrien … Associate Producer
- Beth Augustine … Associate Producer
- Rachel Eberhart … Associate Producer
- Sally Lou Loveman … Senior Audience Producer
- Gail Grasso … Senior Field Producer
- Becky Liscum … Senior Field Producer
- Julie Maisel … Senior Field Producer
- Melinda Morrison … Senior Field Producer
- David Rivera … Senior Field Producer
- Rita Thompson … Senior Field Producer
- Joseph C. Terry … Director
- Oprah Winfrey … Host
- Mary Alice Duncan … Guest
- Maya Angelou
- Jill Bolte Taylor