Made first for young women 1
The Oprah Winfrey Show's audience scores lean most toward young women at 94 of 100, with comparable appeal to older women 1. Its overall reach is rated targeted — targeted reach aimed at a specific demographic segment 2. Relative to the expected cast make-up for its production origin, on-screen representation registers above the baseline for Black and below it for White and Hispanic 3. On content balance it reads entertainment-first at 0 of 100, weighting storytelling over explicit messaging 4.
- 1Audience scoreyoung women 94 of 100 is the top quadrant, with older women 85 close behind.WhatSphere audience model, score_version 1
- 2ReachAudience breadth rated targeted.WhatSphere audience model, score_version 1
- 3RepresentationRepresentation vs production-origin baseline: Black 100, White 1, Hispanic 28.WhatSphere representation model, score_version 1
- 4Content balanceContent balance entertainment-first at 0 of 100.WhatSphere content-balance model, score_version 1
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Synopsis
The Oprah Winfrey Show, often referred to simply as Oprah, is an American syndicated talk show that aired nationally for 25 seasons from 1986 to 2011. Produced and hosted by its namesake, Oprah Winfrey, it remains the highest-rated talk show in American television history. The show was highly influential, and many of its topics penetrated into the American pop-cultural consciousness. Winfrey used the show as a platform to teach and inspire, providing viewers with a positive, spiritually uplifting experience by featuring book clubs, compelling interviews, self-improvement segments, and philanthropic forays into world events. The show gained credibility by not trying to profit off the products it endorsed; it had no licensing agreement with retailers when products were promoted, nor did the show make any money from endorsing books for its book club. Oprah is one of the longest-running daytime television talk shows in history. The show received 47 Daytime Emmy Awards before Winfrey decided to stop submitting it for consideration in 2000.
Age: 46 — age-balanced
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Advocacy Over Time in Reality
The average advocacy score of Reality titles by release year, with this title marked. Higher is more advocacy-driven.
| Year | Average advocacy | Titles |
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| 1982 | 0 | 2 |
| 1985 | 0 | 2 |
| 1999 | 0 | 2 |
| 2001 | 0 | 3 |
| 2002 | 4 | 3 |
| 2003 | 1 | 7 |
| 2004 | 1 | 9 |
| 2005 | 1 | 3 |
| 2006 | 1 | 14 |
| 2007 | 0 | 4 |
| 2008 | 1 | 5 |
| 2009 | 0 | 3 |
| 2012 | 2 | 2 |
| 2013 | 0 | 3 |
| 2018 | 1 | 3 |
| 2020 | 0 | 5 |
| 2021 | 2 | 3 |
| 2022 | 2 | 2 |
| This title (1986) | 0 | 1 |
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