As one of the wealthiest African Americans in the nation, Oprah has built an empire around her that is very influential in today's media. Starting out with the Oprah Winfrey show, she reached out to people with genuinely interesting and, often, controversial topics about sex, ethnicity, body image, and many other issues women struggle with. She now has a magazine and website that are very popular and has expanded her influence greatly.

Overall, the Oprah Winfrey show is very influential and still holds a large audience even today. I have caught myself watching it at times, although now I do not see it very often (it is a cable channel, so you need to have that to watch it). I recall the episodes I saw were very interesting, though. One time on the Oprah Winfrey show she had this family talking about how they got implanted with detection chips for the US government in case of a homeland security threat because they just "felt safer." It was a very interesting episode.

So, check out the Oprah Winfrey show today and see what's going on - I guarantee you will probably be hooked.