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Oprah Is Forever
Oprah Winfrey still has something to say.
The daytime talk queen has signed a new contract to keep yakking it up with celebrities with movies to promote, couples in need of counseling, and children with tales to tug at the heart strings through the 2010-11 season, it was announced Thursday.
Financial terms of the three-year pact were not disclosed. Guesstimates put the number at a whole lot. Per Forbes, Winfrey, the 224th richest person in the United States, worth a total of $1.1 billion, pulled down $210 million over the last year.
Winfrey earns her riches producing and hosting the top-rated TV talk show in the history of TV talk shows.
Her new deal means she intends to stay on the air at least through the 25th syndicated season of The Oprah Winfrey Show, currently seen on 212 U.S. stations and in more than 100 countries worldwide.
"The thought of taking the show to its 25th anniversary is both exhilarating and challenging," Winfrey said in a statement.
Winfrey, 50, previously used the word "fulfilling" to describe her TV mission. In fact, she used that word last year on the occasion of her then latest contract extension. That deal, inked last May, locked in Oprah through 2007-08.
Under the new new deal, Winfrey will host 140 episodes through 2008 (up from the 130 a year promised under the old new deal), and another 140 episodes through 2010. In 2010-11, Winfrey will cut back to 130 episodes, leaving her more time to count her money.
By zeroing in on her show's silver anniversary, Winfrey is venturing into Phil Donahue territory in terms of longevity.
Arguably the father of the modern daytime talk show, Donahue spent 29 years peppering guests with questions, 26 of those years spent in syndication.
Winfrey's talk odyssey began in 1984 on A.M. Chicago. The local show was retitled after its host a year later, going nationwide in 1986.
Over the years, Winfrey has brought home just about every broadcast honor there is to earn. She was a seven-time Daytime Emmy winner as Outstanding Talk Show Host before retiring her name from the annual competition.
Still, there are milestones for Winfrey to yet achieve.
Per the Guinness World Records, Hungary's Zoltan Kovary, not the most famous talk-show host around, is the most hardy, staying on the air for 30 hours last year in a talk-show marathon.
Well, maybe Dr. Phil can try that one...
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