Kaleidoscope 2009: Important TV Events (Part 4/4)

David Letterman made a shocking confession, Oprah Winfrey ending her show after decades, and 'Dexter' kills a major character.

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Toward the end of the year, TV shows that are doing well in rating have started getting the pick-up while those that struggle are given the ax. That way, networks would be able to determine which shows would return in midseason and which new shows should replace the canceled ones. Moreover, winners from reality shows such as "Survivor", "Top Chef" and "The Biggest Loser" begin to reveal themselves.

OCTOBER

David Letterman who usually exposed other celebrities' scandal and have them explain on his show chose to do one of his own. He shocked both his team and the audience when he said during his monologue that he is a victim of extortion due to his affair with one of the female staff of the show. He apologized to wife Regina Lasko four days later, telling the audience that Lasko was deeply "hurt" by his affair confession.

NOVEMBER

Oprah Winfrey brought it to her show on November 20 to announce that she is ending the two decades run of "The Oprah Winfrey Show". Teary Oprah said, "I love this show. This show has been my life. And I love it enough to know when it's time 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." The show would officially wind down in 2011.

DECEMBER

Nobody saw it coming when "Dexter" decided to kill the major character whom everybody arguably love. Dexter's worst nightmare happened when his wife Julie Benz's Rita died at the hand of Trinity. "The story evolved and it kind of became inevitable. We knew that we had to do more than kill Trinity. It's a little bit of a corner that we paint ourselves into," Executive Producer Clyde Phillips explained.



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