Oprah Winfrey Show going to end next year....!

Oprah announces end of The Oprah Winfrey Show

Oprah is pulling the plug on The Oprah Winfrey Show. The Queen of Talk teared up as she announced that The Oprah Winfrey Show would be ending next year after its 25th season. Winfrey told her studio audience Friday that she would end the show in 2011 after a quarter-century on the air after “prayer and careful thought” over the decision.

“I love this show, this show has been my life,” she said, tears in her eyes. “I love it enough to know when to say goodbye. Twenty five years feels right in my bones and it feels right in my spirit. It’s the perfect number, the exact right time.”

News of Oprah’s departure first broke Thursday evening.

The president of Winfrey’s production company, Harpo, announced in an e-mail that the star would be saying good-bye to daytime.

“I want you all to know that my relationship with you is one I hold very dear,” she said. “And your trust in me and your sharing of your precious time has brought me the greatest joy I have ever known.”

Earlier this month, Winfrey confirmed that she was moving forward with her long-delayed Oprah Winfrey Network, but she’s still giving the show that made her an icon quite a send-off. In Season 25, “we are going to knock your socks off,” she said. “The countdown to the end of `The Oprah Winfrey Show’ starts now.”