History Trivia / TheOprahWinfreyShow

* PopCultureUrbanLegends: Being the biggest, she is usually the target of a few. The most common are of her throwing a fashion designer (Tommy Hilfiger or Liz Claiborne) off her show for saying that they don't design their clothes for black people, and another rumor from Reddit claiming that there was a MissingEpisode featuring UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump containing a line that he would run for president with an eerie level of prescience decades before it came true[[note]]Specifically with the quote: "If I were to run, I'd run as a Republican. They're the dumbest group of voters in the country. They believe anything on Fox News. I could lie and they'd still eat it up. I bet my numbers would be terrific." Note that most people claim the line to have been from an episode in 1988, and Fox News wouldn't be launched until 1996[[/note]].

* PopCultureUrbanLegends: Being the biggest, she is usually the target of a few. The most common are of her throwing a fashion designer (Tommy Hilfiger or Liz Claiborne) off her show for saying that they don't design their clothes for black people, and another rumor from Reddit claiming that there was a MissingEpisode featuring UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump containing a line that he would run for president with an eerie level of prescience decades before it came true[[note]]Specifically with the quote: "If I were to run, I'd run as a Republican. They're the dumbest group of voters in the country. They believe anything on Fox News. I could lie and they'd still eat it up. I bet my numbers would be terrific." Note that most people claim the line to have been from an episode in 1988, and Fox News wouldn't be launched until 1996.[[/note]]

* PopCultureUrbanLegends: Being the biggest, she is usually the target of a few. The most common are of her throwing a fashion designer (Tommy Hilfiger or Liz Claiborne) off her show for saying that they don't design their clothes for black people.

* ThrowItIn: Allegedly, her mother named her "Orpah" but it was written down incorrectly on her birth certificate. For the record, Orpah is a name from [[Literature/TheBible the book of Ruth]]; Orpah and the eponymous Ruth were native Moabite women who married the sons of Naomi.

* BeamMeUpScotty: The infamous "Everybody Gets a Car" giveaway was a publicity stunt arranged by General Motors to bring attention to their new Pontiac G6 sedan. Oprah herself wasn't giving away the cars to the audience.
* ColbertBump: Arguably the TropeCodifier.

* BeamMeUpScotty: The infamous "Everybody Gets a Car" giveaway was a promotional stunt arranged by General Motors to bring attention to their new Pontiac G6 sedan. Oprah herself wasn't giving away the cars to the audience.

* BeamMeUpScotty: The infamous "Everybody Gets a Car" giveaway was a promotional stunt arranged by General Motors for their new Pontiac G6 sedan. Oprah herself wasn't giving away the cars to the audience.

* MissingEpisode: There was an episode filmed dedicated to the [[Series/NineteenKidsAndCounting Duggar family]] that was filmed in 2006 that got cancelled and has never seen the light of day. The production team received an email that alleged oldest son Josh had molested a handful of girls (some of whom were his sisters) over the course of a few years. They contacted the state of Arkansas and cut all ties.

* UrbanLegends: Being the biggest, she is usually the target of a few. The most common are of her throwing a fashion designer (Tommy Hilfiger or Liz Claiborne) off her show for saying that they don't design their clothes for black people.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Oprah wanted to wrap up her talk show after twenty years, but Mattie Stepanek talked her into waiting for the twenty-five year mark.

** Winfrey was also in the running for the role of Comicbook/AmandaWaller in the Film/DCExtendedUniverse, but the part ultimately went to Creator/ViolaDavis.

** Winfrey was also in the running for the role of Comicbook/AmandaWaller in the Film/DCExtendedUniverse, but the part ultimately went to Creator/ViolaDavis

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Oprah wanted to wrap up her talk show after twenty years, but Mattie Stepanek talked her into waiting for the twenty-five year mark.

* ThrowItIn: allegedly, her mother named her "Orpah" but it was written down incorrectly on her birth certificate. For the record, Orpah is a name from [[Literature/TheBible the book of Ruth]]; Orpah and the eponymous Ruth were native Moabite women who married the sons of Naomi.

* ThrowItIn: allegedly, her mother named her "Orpah" but it was written down incorrectly on her birth certificate. For the record, Orpah is a name from [[Literature/TheBible the book of Ruth]]; Orpah and the eponymous Ruth were native Moabite women who married the sons of Naomi.

* ThrowItIn: allegedly, her mother named her "Orpah" but it was written down incorrectly on her birth certificate.
** For the record, Orpah is a name from [[Literature/TheBible the book of Ruth]]; Orpah and the eponymous Ruth were native Moabite women who married the sons of Naomi.