The TV talk name 'OPRAH' refers to OPRAH Winfrey, 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. Winfrey has been ranked the richest African American of the 20th century, the greatest black philanthropist in American history, and is currently North America's first and only multi-billionaire black person.