Genre: Talk Show
Host: Oprah Winfrey
Directed by: Joseph C. Terry
Every weekday at 10 am and 2 pm IST on Star World
’’I am guided by the vision of what I believe this show can be. Originally our goal was to uplift, enlighten, encourage and entertain through the medium of television. Now, our mission statement for ’The Oprah Winfrey Show’ is to use television to transform people’s lives, to make viewers see themselves differently and to bring happiness and a sense of fulfilment into every home.’’ ? Oprah Winfrey
In the words of Oprah Winfrey, that is what The Oprah Winfrey Show is all about. A talk-show pioneer, an actress, producer-creator, magazine founder and editorial director, educator and a philanthropist ? Oprah Winfrey has come a long way. Named among the 100 most influential people of the 20th century by the Time Magazine, Oprah has been regularly making her special contributions to make this world a better place to live in.
Initially, Oprah was hosting a morning talk show in Chicago, A.M. Chicago. In less than a year, the show was re-christened The Oprah Winfrey Show since it grew so much in the terms of popularity.
The show, being viewed by an estimated 23 million viewers a week in US, broadcasted internationally in 107 countries is the highest-rated talk show in the history of television. Oprah produces and hosts the show through Harpo Productions, Inc.
The show deals with a plethora of issues like Spirit and Self, Mind and Body, Home and Food, Relationships etc. The show inspires and motivates the audience as well as the viewers all over the world to bring about a change in their lives, to know where they?re going wrong and how to be in a better situation in life. The basic aim of the show is to ?Help?. That?s Oprah Winfrey for you ? a true philanthropist.