OPRAH WINFREY will end her popular TV show in 2011 because it "feels right in her bones" after 25 years and urged viewers not to believe rumors of why she is quitting.
Winfrey 55 did not divulge her future plans but her production company, Harpo Inc said in a statement that once production ends on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" in 2011, she plans to appear and participate in new programming for OWN, the Los Angeles based cable TV venture she formed with Discovery Communications Inc.
Harpo said the launch date for OWN, or the Oprah Winfrey Network, which will be seen in more than 70 million homes, was now set for January 2011. During her long career atop the television talk show heap, Winfrey's fluctuating weight and personal relationships have become tabloid fodder and commentators have wondered whether she was tiring of the grind - only to see her slim down and revive her show's popularity.
Winfrey choked up once and wiped away a tear as she thanked viewers for having "graciously invited me into your living rooms, your kitches and into your lives everyday since 1986.
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