Oprah Winfrey is ending her Syndicated TV Show

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photo by Boston Globe

CHICAGO (AP) - It's the beginning of the end of an era. Oprah Winfrey says she is winding down her TV talk show - the one that made her a household name, even in households that never watched the show.

She will be on the air today to announce that the show will go off broadcast TV on September 9, 2011. That would end her 25th year on the air with her syndicated show.

Word of the change was given to Harpo staffers in the show's Chicago headquarters first. Then, word was passed along to stations - and the cat was out of the bag.