Official, 'Oprah Winfrey Show' Ends in 2011

The sun will finally set on "The Oprah Winfrey Show" after 20 years influencing the world of television. On Thursday, November 19 afternoon, President of Harpo, Inc. Tim Bennett released an open letter that announced in advance about Oprah Winfrey's decision to end the Emmy-winning talk show.

Bennett said that Oprah had informed her staff about the decision on Thursday and will announce it publicly live from Chicago on Friday. "As we all know, Oprah's personal comments about this on tomorrow's live show will mark an historic television moment that we will all be talking about for years to come," Bennett wrote.

In her deliberation, the show will end on September 9, 2011 in what would be the 25th season. After that "The Oprah Winfrey Show" will not be moved to Oprah Winfrey Network, like many have reported. The studio Harpo, however, still has some projects on the line but they would not announce anything at the time of writing.

Meanwhile, here's a preview of Friday episode where Ray Romano and "Precious: Based on the Novel PUSH by Sapphire" star Gabby Sidibe will show up.