September 20, 2016

The Oprah Winfrey Show aired for 25 seasons and was filmed at Harpo Studios in Chicago. Produced and hosted by Oprah Winfrey, it remains the highest-rated talk show in American television history. The show has its roots in A.M. Chicago, a half-hour morning talk show airing on WLS-TV, an ABC owned-and-operated station in Chicago. Winfrey took over as host on January 2, 1984 and, within a month, took it from last place to first place in local Chicago ratings. On September 8, 1986 the talk show was relaunched under its current title and picked up nationally.