That's It: Final 'Oprah' Episode Tapes in Front of 'Skittle'-Colored Audience

By PopEater Staff Posted May 24th 2011 04:32PM

It had to end. The last group of brightly dressed daytime disciples filed into Harpo Studios in Chicago on Tuesday afternoon and witnessed the final taping of 'The Oprah Winfrey Show.' The episode, to air Wednesday, continues to be a tightly guarded secret and fans were only notified about their lucky break (imagine the free gift) on Friday or Saturday.

Promos for the episode ask "Where were you?" and "Where will you be?" for the finale. For the lucky few, the answer was "At the show."

"You think about how many billions of people around the world watch her and want to be here," Sarah Cranley, 32, told the AP outside. "What are the odds?"

Another fan, Jackie Polk, told the New York Times that ticket-holders were instructed to wear brightly colored clothing, so that "We all look like a bag of skittles."

Some were initially told that the taping would be on Monday, but that date was later pushed to Tuesday. No matter, fans simply changed their travel plans to accommodate the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Keeping with the secretive vibe, the finale was closed to the media and there are no plans to release excerpts from it.

Winfrey's bestie, Gayle King, milled about with the fans and interviewed several of them with a camera phone. "I have such mixed feelings about it," she said about the show's end.

Since you do not live under a rock, you are aware Winfrey is leaving her show after 25 years to concentrate on OWN, her fledgling cable network.

Tags: Oprah Winfrey, The Oprah Winfrey Show

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Tuesday 24 May

By KS.

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She will never leave. She will go on and on and on...

By Thankful

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The finale would have been best, if Stedman had proposed..

Other than that...
I wish she would leave forever...
STILL do not know what is so special about her...
Anyone else out there agrees???

She got famous putting criminals on TV She got popular cause then everyone wanted to do bad to be on her show.
Yes, it changed, but still.. Didn't make it the honest way!!!

so ling, farewell!
So glad also to hear that the news of her last show will be old news soon!!!

By JohnRL

Like a scorching case of herpes...

By jay

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to Thankful, She made it by putting criminals on air?????? Who are you confusing her with? I've been over the show for years, but had to know what you're talking about.

By Lindsay

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The finale would have been best, if Gayle proposed to her!

By Frank

You're simply the best. Better than all the rest.......

You are so right Thankful. Please, enough of this woman. GO, Go, Go away.....

By Mrs. Marsha Himelfarb

Thank you to people who don't understand why a lot of people think Miss Winfrey is so ga-ga, sorry no pun or reference intended.

By Bubbles

Yeahhhhh! Its FINALLY OVER!!! It is - right? Please say it is! I have never seen a more self absorbed woman in my life. Disgusting.

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Bubbles,
Thank you! Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!

By Chris

I am glad to see her go, but she'll still be in the spot lilght somewhere.

By Hmmm

Guess what? The final show is on as I am posting this. I am not watching, but am waiting with gratitude for the moment when the frk'g. self righteous Hippo will finally be off regularly scheduled programming.

By the_fool

Her audience will watch her go. Then have Oprah withdrawals. Then subscribe to her greed network and she will OWN them.

By Lili'u

This is kind of surprising, being that I was at the May 11 taping at Harpo Studios and Oprah came right out and said this is my last taping at Harpo Studios ... so why say that, if it was not true? I must add that I am a little disappointed that we were led to believe something that just was not true.

Wednesday 25 May

By MomLisa

I will miss everything about her and her show ... her show, her great clothes, her amazing stories, and how she always, always, always had a good show, no matter what the topic was.

By Jackie Murray

Oprah has done so much for so many. How many of you haters can say that? Yes, she has made money. Isn't that the American way?
I say, hats off to Oprah and much luck in your future endeavors.

Mr. Murray,
We don't hate her, we just think all of this has been a bit over done, that's all!

By elli

Yes, she has made money .. but has shared it and has made the world a better place by showing women that they can be as/ more successful than men and has shown women of color that they are every bit as wonderful as white women (contrary to what history has done to their self-esteem). She has done more with her success than the majority of people in Hollywood. I praise her for her strength and endurance... Wish her the best!

By Barbara

Has anyone or anything ever been pictured on the cover of her magazine other than herself? You know, the magazine called (what else?) Oprah?

By InUrFace

Yes. Ellen DeGeneres and Michelle Obama.

And to the rest of you - you have a choice!
If you do not like Oprah, you can still change the channel or turn the page in a magazine she is featured in.
But most of all, I have never understood anyone who has a negative opinion of someone else, but still takes the time to read the article about them and then take even more time to write offensive remarks. Shame on you!

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