It also doesn't help that, as those two favorite soaps left the airwaves, so did daytime TV's best friend, Oprah Winfrey, as she drew the"The Oprah Winfrey Show" to a close in 2011 after 25 years.
"Precious, " a gritty film about the struggles of a teen mother, got a major boost when talk-show host Oprah Winfrey and filmmaker Tyler Perry got behind the movie as executive producers after its success at the Sundance Film Festival.