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Building a Dream: The Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy (2007, ABC, prime-time special, originally aired 2/26/07; available on DVD), host/narrator; Harpo Productions
The Oprah Winfrey Oscar Special (2007, ABC, prime-time special, originally aired 5/27/07), host; Harpo Productions
Oprah’s Big Give (2008, ABC, prime-time reality show, eight weekly episodes, premiered 3/2/08), Oprah made appearances in each episode; Harpo Productions
OPRAH AS PRODUCER, TV/MOVIES, 1984–2009
Nine (1992, TV documentary, originally aired 4/4/92, directed by Lloyd Kramer), Harpo Productions
Overexposed (1992, ABC, prime-time drama special, originally aired 10/11/92), Harpo Productions
Oprah Winfrey Presents: The Wedding (1998, ABC, prime-time drama special, originally aired 2/22 and 2/23/98), Harpo Films
Oprah Winfrey Presents: David and Lisa (1998, ABC, prime-time drama special, originally aired 11/1/98), Harpo Productions
Oprah Winfrey Presents: Tuesdays with Morrie (1999, ABC prime-time drama special, originally aired 12/5/99; available on DVD), Harpo Productions
Oprah Winfrey Presents: Amy and Isabelle (2001, ABC, prime-time drama special, originally aired 3/4/01), Harpo Films
Dr. Phil (2002–present, syndicated weekday talk show, premiered 9/16/02), Harpo Productions until 2005 (when Dr. Phil McGraw’s company took over production)
Oprah Winfrey Presents: Their Eyes Were Watching God (2005, ABC, prime-time drama special, originally aired 3/5/05; available on DVD), Harpo Films
Rachael Ray (2006–present, syndicated weekday talk/cooking show, premiered 9/18/06), Harpo Productions
Oprah Winfrey Presents: Mitch Albom’s For One More Day (2007, ABC, prime-time drama special, directed by Lloyd Kramer, originally aired 12/9/07; available on DVD), Harpo Films
The Great Debaters (2007, theatrical release; available on DVD), Harpo Films
Dr. Oz (2009–present, syndicated weekday talk show, premiered 9/14/09), Harpo Productions
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009, theatrical release, originally Push: Based on the Novel by Sapphire), credited as executive producer, with Tyler Perry and others
OPRAH AS PRODUCER, THEATER, 1984–2009
From the Mississippi Delta (1991–1992, Circle in the Square Theatre, New York), with Susan Quint Gallin, Calvin Skaggs, Susan Wexler, and Judith Resnick
The Song of Jacob Zulu (1992, Steppenwolf Theatre, Chicago), with others
The Color Purple (2005–2008, Broadway Theatre, New York; 2007–present, national tours), with Scott Sanders, Roy Furman, Quincy Jones, and others
Notes
FOREWORD
ARTICLES: Amy Argetsinger and Roxanne Roberts, “The Reliable Source,” Washington Post, Dec. 14, 2006; George Rush and Joanna Molloy, “Dad’s Book Is No Oprah Pick,” New York Daily News, May 22, 2007; transcript, “A New Earth Online Class, Chapter 7,” www.oprah.com, Apr. 14, 2008; Michael Starr, “Barbara Won’t Get O’s Spot,” New York Post, June 4, 2010.
TV: The View, aired April 12, 2010.
INTERVIEWS: Judy Stone, Apr. 2, 2007; Jo Baldwin, July 14, 2010, and correspondence with Jo Baldwin, July 15, 16, 20, and 27, Aug. 17, and Sept. 14, 2010. Jonathan Van Meter, Dec. 2, 2007; Jura Konscius, Mar. 3, 2008; correspondence with Erin Moriarty, June 16, 2007; Tim Watts, May 23, 2007, and correspondence with Tim Watts, June 30, 2007.
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RECORDS: Transcript, “Oprah” segment, 60 Minutes, CBS, Dec. 14, 1986; Oprah Winfrey testimony in “Hearing Before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, 102nd Congress, Second Session, on The National Child Protection Act of 1991, Nov. 12, 1991.”
BOOKS: Robert Waldron, Oprah! (St. Martin’s Press, 1987); Bill Adler, ed., The Uncommon Wisdom of Oprah Winfrey (Citadel Press, 1997); Eva Illouz, Oprah Winfrey and the Glamour of Misery (Columbia University Press, 2003); Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Finding Oprah’s Roots (Crown Publishers, 2007).
ARTICLES: Bill Zehme, “It Came from Chicago,” Spy, Dec. 1986; Richard Sanders and Barbara Kleban Mills, “TV Host Oprah Winfrey