In the longest TV-series finale ever, three whole days are being devoted to the laying to rest of Oprah Winfrey’s program. Monday kicked off a two-day orgy of celebrities turning out to say goodbye to a daytime talk show under the banner “Surprise Oprah! A Farewell Spectacular.” It’s the kind of turnout usually reserved for prime-time charity-fundraiser telethons after natural disasters. Then on Wednesday, Oprah will do her very last turn as Queen of Daytime Talk TV. Plans for that day’s show are still top-secret. Read full article > >

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The TV Column: Oprah’s long farewell kicks off with a star-studded ‘Spectacular’

Everyone may be talking about her star-studded final shows, but Oprah Winfrey has been unseated as No. 1 on Forbes’s 100 Most Powerful Celebrities by Lady Gaga. The singer, who was fourth last year, bumped Winfrey to second place. She earned $90…

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Lady Gaga Tops Celeb 100 List

Oprah Winfrey wiped away tears as celebrity after celebrity surprised her during a farewell double-episode taping of “The Oprah Winfrey Show” that will precede her finale. Read full article > >

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The Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson tells US talk show host Oprah Winfrey that not receiving an invitation to the recent royal wedding was “difficult”.

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Duchess wedding snub ‘difficult’

Things are amiss in Oprahland: The Oprah Winfrey Network has fired its chief, Christina Norman, just four months after the network debuted. The move comes after the chief executive of Discovery Communications admitted OWN had a “slower start” than…

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Oprah Fires Network Chief

Fun fact No. 1 from “The Nate Berkus Show” (WRC at 2 p.m.) on Tuesday afternoon: Oprah Winfrey calls her home in Montecito, Calif., “the Promised Land.” Berkus, an Oprah protege, sits down with the talk-show legend for an interview and takes a tour of the home’s tea house and rose garden.

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TV Highlights: ‘Frontline: Fighting for Bin Laden’; ‘Inside 9/11’ on NatGeo

Fun fact No. 1 from “The Nate Berkus Show” (WRC at 2 p.m.) on Tuesday afternoon: Oprah Winfrey calls her home in Montecito, Calif., “the Promised Land.” Berkus, an Oprah protege, sits down with the talk-show legend for an interview and takes a tour of the home’s tea house and rose garden.

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TV Highlights: ‘Frontline: Fighting for Bin Laden’; ‘Inside 9/11’ on NatGeo

Just saying it’s business, not personal doesn’t make this any less painful for President Obama: Sources say Oprah Winfrey will not be endorsing him in 2012 because she doesn’t want ratings to fall at her fledgling network. “Unlike in 2008, when a drop…

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Oprah Won’t Endorse Obama in ’12: Report

Looks like Michael Vick is going to wait for his Oprah redemption. A representative of The Oprah Winfrey Show said the Philadelphia Eagles quarterback canceled his appearance this week for personal reasons. Vick’s interview, in which he was supposed to…

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Michael Vick Cancels on Oprah

In Piers Morgan’s first night in Larry King’s chair, the promised danger and unpredictability didn’t arrive during his interview of Oprah Winfrey.

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ArtsBeat: The TV Watch: A Timid Beginning

Former newspaper editor Piers Morgan makes his debut as presenter of US talk show Tonight with Oprah Winfrey as his first guest.

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Morgan makes US talk show debut

The biggest problem with the January 1, 2011, cable launch of Oprah Winfrey Network is timing — not that starting with the New Year was a bad idea, or that rolling out new series and sneak previews on a piecemeal basis was a bad way to go.

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Critic: It’s Oprah vs. Oprah

US talk-show host Oprah Winfrey launches her own TV network, which will offer round-the-clock lifestyle and reality programmes.

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Oprah Winfrey’s OWN TV goes live

The US talk show host, Oprah Winfrey, has travelled to Australia for two shows that will form part of her final series.

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Oprah goes down under for final series

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ArtsBeat: Winfrey Picks 2 Dickens Novels