Oprah Winfrey will announce tomorrow on The Oprah Winfrey Show that she will be ending her show on September 9th, 2011 after 25 years!!! James Hibberd posted the letter that was sent out to the stations that run her show about her announcement and here it is…
Dear Friends:
Over the past several weeks, my team and I have had conversations with many of you to help address your questions about the future of “The Oprah Winfrey Show.” Of course, the one question we couldn’t answer was the one that only Oprah could. And tomorrow, she will do just that.
But before she speaks to her loyal viewers, we wanted to share her decision first with you – our valued partners for more than two decades.
Tomorrow, Oprah will announce live on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” that she has decided to end what is arguably one of the most popular, influential and enduring programs in television history. The sun will set on the “Oprah” show as its 25th season draws to a close on September 9, 2011.
We welcome you to share this news this evening with your colleagues and viewers. As we all know, Oprah’s personal comments about this on tomorrow’s live show will mark an historic television moment that we will all be talking about for years to come.
We want to thank you for the partnership and friendship we have shared over the years. Your invaluable support has helped us to create the phenomenon of the “Oprah Show” that we’ve all been so proud to be a part of for the last 24 years. My staff and I will be calling all of you directly tonight and tomorrow. We look forward to speaking with you.
And, if you think the last quarter century has been something, then “don’t touch that dial” as together we plan to make history in the next 20 months…and beyond.
I say good riddance! But there are so many people who will have a hole in their lives because they rely on her show to tell them what to read and eat and how their sh!t should look in the toilet. But I guess they should find some relief in the knowledge that she is ending her show after 25 years to have her OWN network with Discovery. So they get her 24 hours a day.
What will CBS’s King World do with their money maker? Right now you can hear them all sh!tting a brick over her announcement!!!
