The answer to the crossword is 'OPRAH'. OPRAH Winfrey is the founder of Harpo Productions, a media production company she founded in 1986. She is an American media executive, actress, talk show host, television producer, and philanthropist. She is best known for her talk show The OPRAH Winfrey Show, which was the highest-rated television program of its kind in history and was nationally syndicated from 1986 to 2011.