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Ellen DeGeneres: [Oprah] Will Always Be the Queen of Daytime Television ";" src="http://www.etonline.com/media/video/2009/11/123913/et_ellenonoprah_091119_large.jpg" style="border-width:0px;" /> Ellen DeGeneres broke the news to her audience that Oprah will not be continuing "The Oprah Winfrey Show" beyond September 2011.

Oprah Winfrey has racked up memorable moments during her long television reign. Some were moving, some embarrassing - to her or others - and a handful became pop-culture landmarks.

It's good news for fans of Chuck , as NBC has confirmed that the series will indeed be making an early return with a two-night premiere.

ST. CLAIRSVILLE, Ohio - The woman who bore twin girls for Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick said Thursday that she was living in a West Virginia motel around the time a police chief is accused of breaking into her eastern Ohio home.

Court records show actor James Van Der Beek has filed for divorce from his wife of nearly six years, Heather McComb.

Kevin McKidd, who voices Captain "Soap" MacTavish in the CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE games, says The Powers That Be are contemplating a movie built around the super-cool CoD franchise.

Harry Potter is trading in his wand for fangs. Did Twilight director confirm Stewart and Pattinson's relationship? Executive producer Al Jean told the magazine that Radcliffe will play Edmund, a young vampire that captures Lisa's heart.

Peggy Black, winner of the contest to create a new Simpsons character, poses with Al Jean, executive producer, in Los Angeles on Monday.

The season's best new comedy has a double shot tonight. First is a funny rerun. Phil insists his son is mature enough to have an expensive bike; soon, we wonder about Phil's maturity.

Yes Minister will celebrate its 30th anniversary with its tales of political back-stabbing and red tape being re-worked for audiences in the Ukraine.

Walter Bishop follows in a long line of mad scientists. An unbalanced genius like Bishop going at it in his lab is a pop-culture staple.

The "You betcha" lady is no more. In her $1.25 million memoir "Going Rogue" , Sarah Palin introduces a new voice, and it's that of a chronic complainer.

Wintuk, Cirque du Soleil's annual holiday offering at Madision Sqaure Garden's WaMu Theater, rates a recommendation, even though the venue's modest stage mutes the show's awe factor considerably.

A police car working ahead of Vice President Joe Biden's motorcade was involved in a minor traffic accident Tuesday evening, but it wasn't part of the procession and the vice president was unhurt.

It's Ohio State-Michigan week as the Buckeyes get ready to take on the Wolverines in the annual game at The Big House in Ann Arbor.

At first blush it looked like the latest fake death rumor on the Internet: According to sketchily sourced reports, Ken Ober, the comedian best-known for hosting MTV's late-'80s game show "Remote Control," had died.

Somewhere in the universe of TV viewers, there's got to be a person who actually likes those pop-up, on-screen promotions.

David Letterman's spokesman has denied a report claiming the U.S. television star's wife has left him in the wake of his recent sex scandal and extortion case.

It's been nearly three years since "Seinfeld" star Michael Richards ' ugly meltdown in a comedy club when he became almost unrecognizable, consumed with anger as he spewed racial slurs an image that's become no less cringe-worthy with time.

TV ratings haven't toppled over a cliff this season. That counts as something of a triumph for the networks, given that they spent much of the last few seasons seemingly balanced on the edge of oblivion.