Oprah Winfrey is going to make an announcement today that after over twenty years on the air, "The Oprah Winfrey Show" is going to ride off into the sunset. I know I'm taking this news particularly hard since I've never watched the Oprah show.*

"Tomorrow, Oprah will announce live on The Oprah Winfrey Show that she has decided to end what is arguably one of the most popular, influential and enduring programs in television history," the statement read. "The sun will set on the Oprah show as its 25th season draws to a close on September 9, 2011."

A rep for Winfrey previously said the daytime queen planned to make an announcement by year's end about whether she was planning to make a leap from her current daytime talk show to her previously announced cable channel, the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN). (Source)

Oh, well of fucking course she's starting her own cable network. You can't properly amass for world domination when you're on someone else's network. That would just be tacky.

*This isn't 100% accurate. I did watch "Oprah" one time when my sister was supposed to be on it because the leader of the animal rescue organization she volunteered with was the guest. But her segment was cut so Lord Oprah could run an extended montage of her dead Cocker Spaniel. True story.