Tuesday May 17, 2011
There are only a handful of episodes left before The Oprah Winfrey Show's final episode next Wednesday. To celebrate, we've collected 10 of Oprah's Most Memorable Moments from her historic 25-year syndicated run.
It wasn't easy. There's a whole lot of memorable moments from 25 years of daytime talk show dominance. But there were some obvious choices, like Tom Cruise's wild outburst of unbridled joy in discussing then new-love Katie Holmes.
Or the ongoing issue Oprah has with author James Frey. Frey's book, A Million Little Pieces, was a blockbuster, in part because it was selected for inclusion in Oprah's Book Club. Turns out the non-fiction memoir was more fiction than "non." Oprah brought Frey on the show to chastise him and make him apologize for the ruse.
Later, she apologized publicly to Frey for the tar-and-feathering. And today, Tuesday, Oprah viewers can catch the second part of a Frey retrospective and interview with the author - perhaps part of Oprah's overall attempt to restore a little of Frey's career.
And those are just two of the 10 memorable moments we've collected.
What we want YOU to do is add your own and share your memorable moment. As we approach the end of The Oprah Winfrey Show, let's collect as many memories as we can.
Now who's going first?
Wednesday May 11, 2011
Looks like Regis Philbin will get one more chance to win the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host before he retires in the fall.
Philbin, along with co-host Kelly Ripa, were nominated for Outstanding Talk Show Host when the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced the nominees for the 38th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards Wednesday.
The show will take place on June 19th and will telecast by CBS. Former talk show host and present day game show host Wayne Brady will emcee the event.
Talk show hosts and shows nominated this year include:
Outstanding Talk Show Host
Outstanding Talk Show/Entertainment
Outstanding Talk Show/Informative
Outstanding Lifestyle Program
Outstanding Morning Show
Monday May 9, 2011
Oprah Winfrey, who will say goodbye to syndicated television in two weeks, is facing her first network television challenge. The Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) is dealing with low ratings and an unexpected lack of viewers.
In light of this, OWN CEO Christina Norman has left the network. She previously ran MTV as president.
Once Oprah wraps The Oprah Winfrey Show, she'll devote her full energy to OWN and to finding a new CEO. In the interim, Peter Liguori, chief operating officer for Discovery Communications, will act as CEO. Discovery owns part of OWN.
Tuesday May 3, 2011
After Sunday's late night announcement by President Barack Obama that U.S. forces attacked and killed terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden, you knew Monday's talk shows would have a field day.
We were waiting with bated breath to see what Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert would say. Stewart took the relative high road, saying, "I suppose I should be expressing some ambivalence about the targeted killing of another human being. And yet. Uhhhhhmmm. No!"
He asked for specifics about the attack. Was bin Laden surprised that the helicopters above his compound were not giving traffic updates? (Catch Jon's opening!)
Colbert said: "I'm as giddy as a schoolgirl who just shot bin Laden in the eye!" (Here's video of Colbert!)
Other zingers:
