Editing The Oprah Winfrey Show (section)

==Broadcast history and release==
The show aired on most [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]-owned stations in the United States (except [[KTRK-TV]], but [[CBS]]-affiliate [[KHOU]] carried the show for the entire run) (as well as various other stations through [[CBS Television Distribution]], successor to [[King World Productions|King World]]), [[CTV Television Network|CTV]] in most Canadian markets,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/show/CTVShows/20030925/Oprah-bio/20061017/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070528093333/http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/show/CTVShows/20030925/Oprah-bio/20061017/|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 28, 2007|title=The Oprah Winfrey Show|publisher=[[CTV.ca]]|access-date=January 12, 2009|date=September 25, 2003}}</ref> [[Diva Universal (Asia)|Diva Universal]] in Malaysia,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.divatv.co.uk/forum.aspx?ID=5 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101127141848/http://www.divatv.co.uk/forum.aspx?ID=5 |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 27, 2010 |title=Diva – Forums – The Oprah Winfrey Show |publisher=Divatv.co.uk |access-date=May 26, 2011 }}</ref> [[TV3 (Ireland)|TV3]] in Ireland,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tv3.ie/shows.php?request=theoprahwinfreyshow |title=The Oprah Winfrey Show – TV3 |publisher=Tv3.ie |date=September 30, 2010 |access-date=May 26, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110523183119/http://www.tv3.ie/shows.php?request=theoprahwinfreyshow |archive-date=May 23, 2011 |url-status=dead  }}</ref> [[GNT]] in Brazil, national [[TV3 (Sweden)|TV3]] in Sweden, [[Network Ten]] in Australia, La7d in Italy, [[MBC 4 (Middle East)|MBC 4]] in the Arab world, [[Metro TV (Indonesia)|MetroTV]] in Indonesia, [[FARSI1]] in Iran, [[Star World (Indian TV channel)|Star World]] in India, and in the Netherlands on [[RTL4]].

In the United Kingdom, the show has been broadcast on a number of different channels. [[Channel 4]] first broadcast the series on Monday October 3, 1988,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2mus-XyGPC0C&dat=19881003&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|title=Evening Times – Google News Archive Search}}</ref> The [[BBC]] & Sky one acquired the rights and started broadcasting the series from 9 January 1995<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/service_bbc_two_england/1995-01-09#at-17.00|title=Schedule - BBC Programme Index}}</ref>  which meant at time during 1995 the show went out on 3 different channel.   [[Channel 5 (UK)|Five]]<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8t6CBMN-F-EC&q=oprah+winfrey+show+switches+to+BBC2&pg=PT248|title=An Introductory History of British Broadcasting|first=Andrew|last=Crisell|date=June 29, 2005|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781134538058|via=Google Books}}</ref> pick up the terrestrial rights from early 1998. Rights subsequently went to Living TV by 2002, followed by ITV2 in 2006, and then to [[Diva TV]], until rights went to [[TLC (UK and Ireland)|TLC]] for the last couple of series.

The show aired in 149 countries worldwide and was often renamed and dubbed into other languages.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oprah.com/pressroom/Global-Distribution-List-of-The-Oprah-Winfrey-Show |title=Global Distribution List of The Oprah Winfrey Show |publisher=Oprah.com |date=March 29, 2011 |access-date=May 26, 2011}}</ref>