Ol Harpo Cancels The Oprah Winfrey Show Because Taking a Pay Cut is Beneath Her!!!

Posted on November 20th, 2009 - By Bossip Staff

Categories: News, Oprah

The Oprah show has officially given the date for its final curtain call. We told you earlier this week that “>CBS studios was not going to be able to pay Oprah that big chunk of change that she’s use too. Instead of working out a deal, Ol’ Harpo decides to cancel the show.

In another blow to the struggling business of network television, Oprah Winfrey is expected to announce on her program today that she will step down from her syndicated afternoon talk show, which over the last two decades has transformed her into one of the richest and most influential forces in popular culture.

Although she has kept mum about her plans, Winfrey, 55, is expected to furnish a new show to OWN: the Oprah Winfrey Network, the long-delayed cable outlet she is starting in partnership with Discovery Communications. The network is scheduled to roll out in 2011 in about 75 million U.S. homes.

The media personality and mogul — whose show has served as the main pedestal from which she has engaged newsmakers high and low, transformed obscure products and personalities into runaway successes, and preached a gospel of self-empowerment to her devoted, largely female audience — is betting that, in a world of ever-fragmenting audiences, the future lies with creating her own branded network. She was recently ranked No. 234 on a Forbes list of the world’s richest people, with an estimated net worth of $2.7 billion.

Although Winfrey could not be reached for comment, Tim Bennett, the president of Winfrey’s Chicago-based production company, Harpo Inc., confirmed in an e-mail Thursday to station partners that she would end the existing program Sept. 9, 2011.

“Oprah’s personal comments about this on tomorrow’s live show will mark a historic television moment that we will all be talking about for years to come,” Bennett wrote.

Oprah had the most successful talk show ever. She deserves to end it on her terms.

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COMMENTS ABOUT THIS ARTICLE:

is it just me? 11/20/09, 09:08:AM

I know I’ll be boo hooing….and then trying to figure out why!!
The Truth 11/20/09, 09:08:AM

How Ironic, its ending on 09/09/11, 911, Oprah should be a terrorist suspect now
citiboi 11/20/09, 09:09:AM

haha 1st
Cry Baby 11/20/09, 09:13:AM

Job well done…Time to shut it down now and enjoy your the fruits God has blessed you with.
DamnClown 11/20/09, 09:16:AM

A life well lived so far imagine what the rest of her life holds for her! God bless Oprah
BlackBeauty 11/20/09, 09:16:AM

Oprah did her thing for 25 years, she’s earned the right to explore other things. She’s made enough people rich, it’s time for her to do her.
Man, I just don't care™ 11/20/09, 09:19:AM

GOOD RIDDANCE!
princess07 11/20/09, 09:21:AM

This is old news because she said it a couple years back that she was ending the show. Even though I stopped watching her, she will be missed.
pynklyzurd14 11/20/09, 09:24:AM

Can’t say I’ll miss her show. I haven’t watched it since 2004.
Rihanna's point witchy finger to the oath and my ass got BANNED from bossip 11/20/09, 09:28:AM

@ the truth
good observation.
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Oprah, most definitely, took the oath.
da darkness 11/20/09, 09:31:AM

Obama is doing a great job…
so thankful the ultimate coon has taken a bow…

Hello Patterson… lets go NY
SimOne 11/20/09, 09:41:AM

Well.
She Had A Good Run, I Haven’t Watched Her Show In A LONG TIME So, Not Really Phased By It.
I Wonder What Show They’re Gonna Use To Fill Her Slot…
trs 11/20/09, 10:21:AM

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*sheds a little tear*
NETERIA 11/20/09, 10:23:AM

GGOD NOW THE MASSES CAN GET OFF OF THEIR FAT ASHES!! I WAS SICK OF THIS B CONTROLING WHEN YOU CLAP, WHEN YOU READ A BOOK, HOW SHE DOES NOT BELEIVE IN GOD (google it)GET A LIFE MASSES!!!
NETERIA 11/20/09, 10:26:AM

GOOD NOW THE M.A.S.S.E.S….
Bob B 11/20/09, 10:26:AM

Who cares
Ms.Ej 11/20/09, 10:29:AM

I’ve been watching Oprah since I have been a little girl, but I could tell that it is time to let it go based on her topics and guests. I must admit I started to not be as much of a fan of her show after the Mike Tyson interview when she said nothing (until some days later)when the audience laughed, and her not saying anything. Nonetheless, she has had some great shows I can’t say I will miss it or be sad its about that time for it to end. Great woman and I am proud that the world early on saw just how beautiful, intelligent, loving and warm sistas are and can be.
resurrected 11/20/09, 10:46:AM

Oprah does not want that pay cut but I can’t blame her and she has enough money in the bank right now to make those moves… The network thought that they were going to have some kind of puppet strings over her but her name has cloth and as you can see there are plenty of other network who will take her… She is about to get her Tyler Perry own because she just brought her own network called Oprah from the Discovery Channel..
resurrected 11/20/09, 10:57:AM

Hey, Ms EJ hope that you are having a nice day..
Leslie 11/20/09, 11:17:AM

Well it’s about damn time!
6am up at 5am takin' a sh*t then talkin' sh*t for the next 30 minutes! 11/20/09, 11:28:AM

Oprah’s tired ya’ll, you know how exhausting it is defending Emmitt Tyler perry’s bullsh*t productions and homosexuality everyday? Plus shes done every topic interesting to white, asian and persian women, do you really think she was gonna go back and talk about sh*t n*ggettes are interested in? I dont think so!
stacey 11/20/09, 11:32:AM

hahah about time.
shelia 11/20/09, 11:45:AM

I LOVE OPRAH. YOU WILL BE DEEPLY MISSED. I WATCH YOUR SHOW ALL OF THE TIME.
JUDY 11/20/09, 11:48:AM

I must get to one of her shows before she retires….I must!
I love my husband bo 11/20/09, 12:38:PM

shelia

I LOVE OPRAH. YOU WILL BE DEEPLY MISSED. I WATCH YOUR SHOW ALL OF THE TIME.

Ditto. I so look up to her.
oooooooh! 11/20/09, 12:40:PM

Forget Oprah, white washed chick.
Moreaces 11/20/09, 12:40:PM

It’s about time she retired, Her show to me anyway has been lame for years,, I cant remember the last time I watched,, Start spending all the money and enjoy your life O,, you has a great run..
Moreaces 11/20/09, 12:44:PM

Had a great run
GoodKarma4Me 11/20/09, 12:48:PM

@ The Truth

you are an idiot..LMAO
Marquis de Sade 11/20/09, 12:48:PM

“Man, I just don’t care™

GOOD RIDDANCE!”

Damn, you beat me to it. I share the same sentiments regardin’ this b!+ch.
ummm 11/20/09, 12:51:PM

STUPIDITY MUST BE A MOFO FOR SOME OF YOU –

SHE PICKED THAT DATE BECAUSE IT WILL BE THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY.

SHE’S LAUNCHING HER OWN CABLE NETWORK

SHE WANTS TO CONCENTRATE ON HER FOUNDATIONS
Tracey 11/20/09, 12:52:PM

sept 2011, is still a long way away!
guntot 11/20/09, 01:12:PM

Greedy BIOTCH. now a ton of people are going to be out of work because of this money hungry greedy woman who won’t take a pay cut..

“I don’t get my money, lets just close it all down”

SHE MAKES ME SICK
Ummmmmm.... 11/20/09, 01:17:PM

This is sad…all we’ll have now is Tyra and Wendy who DO NOT compare. Say what you will about Oprah, but there will never be another like her.
jazzyjayda 11/20/09, 01:30:PM

the only folks that REALLY watch her show are older white women

I must admit she has done some good things on that show but come will yall REALLY miss her???

S/N i really think she has “thing” for Obama : )
pinky tuscadero 11/20/09, 02:13:PM

Bossip – What do they mean a pay cut is “beneath” Oprah? PAY CUTS ARE BENEATH THE NETWORKS….Why should she let ABC or anyone else get rich off her hard work…. the network has been in Oprah’s pockets for 25yrs.. DO YOU OPRAH!! I will miss you (hope your show turns up on cable)
love me love me not 11/20/09, 03:02:PM

Now get a real black show on
lach 11/20/09, 03:23:PM

Sept 9 ’11? Alarm bells are ringing
I love my husband bo 11/20/09, 03:53:PM

She making remove for lil wayne, t pain & neo mama show lol
Jess 11/20/09, 04:56:PM

Oprah isnt a dummy. She is working on her own network and I wouldnt be shocked if the Oprah Winfrey show is on her own network.

Her network + The Oprah Winfrey Show – no one to pay up to = $$$$$$$$ x infinity
aoki 11/20/09, 05:25:PM

6am up at 5am takin’ a sh*t then talkin’ sh*t for the next 30 minutes!
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LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
WHAT A NAME!!
Gypsy 11/20/09, 06:20:PM

After the Sarah Palin soft interview Oprah realized there wasn’t enough soap to wash the Palin smell off.

I have always said Oprah should have gotten part ownership of the CBS/ABC Network because she made them lots of wealth over the last 23 yrs.
Lets be good to each other 11/20/09, 07:14:PM

The most powerful and influential Black woman in the USA. I respect her and I will miss the INTERESTING shows she has.

She put Jill Scott, A Keys and India Ire on the map. Oprah you will be missed!
Gingertee21 11/20/09, 07:48:PM

Since I work for the show, I love when blogs like this print things that are SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO far from the truth. Bossip, you are not evennnnnnnnnnn close to why she is ending the show. You need to stop reading the Enquirer and get your fact straight. This site is starting to become a little Sandra Rose-ish
Wenzel Dashington (aka Mr. Sterling Cooper) 11/20/09, 07:52:PM

I guess she’ll be on stamps by 2012.
MrsLaadee 11/20/09, 08:50:PM

HALLELUJAH!!!
funny gal 11/20/09, 10:11:PM

How come African-Americans are always freakin’ asked to take a pay cut, and just expected to take it? Are CBS execs taking a pay cut? CBS companies are worth 24 billion combined…So why does Oprah have to take a pay cut, and even be insulted by the “we can’t afford you no more” crap? See O do like Tyler Perry own your own s__t!
samech 11/20/09, 10:18:PM

more people out of work………wow.
White Women Rule 11/20/09, 10:20:PM

Again Bossip you’ve reached a new low. You haven’t a clue. This woman has made billions for CBS. Why on earth should she take a pay cut? But back to my earlier observation, why is it that you’re so darling to the white celebrities, yet you absolutely shred the black ones? Could there be a dreaded “White Woman” in your bed…or in your head? Let’s ponder shall we.
Unimaginative_Trolls_get_your_own_screen_name 11/20/09, 10:44:PM

with $2.7 bill, she won’t exactly be among the working poor any time soon …

what in the hell is there to cry about …

take the money and run …