Oprah's Lifeclass
Oprah Winfrey shares life lessons from 25 years of experience.
Oprah's Lifeclass is an American primetime self-help television series hosted and produced by Oprah Winfrey, airing on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network. The show premiered on October 10, 2011, and was also known as Oprah's Lifeclass: The Tour during its second season. The series presents lessons, revelations, and aha moments from Winfrey's past 25 years, broken down to help viewers live better, happier, and more fulfilling lives.
Quick Facts
- Runtime
- 60 minutes
- Presenter
- Oprah Winfrey; Iyanla Vanzant
- Director
- Joe Terry
- Executive producers
- Oprah Winfrey; Sheri Salata
- Producer
- Jill Van Lokeren
- Company
- Harpo Studios
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
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Concept
Oprah's Lifeclass is a self-help program that showcases all of Oprah's lessons, revelations and aha moments over the past 25 years broken down to help make your life better, happier, bigger, richer – more fulfilling. Each episode revolves around a central topic or lesson that teaches viewers how to live their best life. Winfrey and her co-hosts share their ideas, thoughts, and reflections about the lesson, and the show features interviews with guests (and sometimes past guests and audience members from The Oprah Winfrey Show) whose life experiences relate to each topic. Every episode also features segments with guests from around the world, who connect with Winfrey via Skype, Facebook, Twitter, or Oprah.com.
Overview
Season One of Oprah's Lifeclass debuted on Monday October 10, 2011, and aired weekdays at 8/7c on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network. The first season features twenty-five episodes. During the first week of season one, Winfrey hosted nightly webcasts at 9/8c on Oprah.com to complement each on-air lesson, joined by a spiritual teacher or self-help expert. After the first week, she hosted a televised webcast every Friday night at 9/8c called Oprah's Lifeclass LIVE with relationship expert Iyanla Vanzant. Season Two premiered as Oprah's Lifeclass: The Tour from its first stop at The Peabody Opera House in St. Louis, Missouri on Monday March 26, 2012 at 8/7c with a two-hour live episode with guest co-host Iyanla Vanzant. The second season aired weekly on Monday at 8/7c and features six two-hour episodes that were simultaneously televised on OWN and streamed online at Oprah.com. The tour concluded at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in Toronto, Ontario; the final episode was filmed on Monday April 16, 2012 and aired on OWN on Monday April 30, 2012. Season Three of Oprah's Lifeclass aired on OWN from Sunday July 29, 2012 until Sunday January 13, 2013, airing Sundays at 9/8c or 10/9c and consisting of seven hour-long episodes. It features Winfrey hosting classes in front of a live studio audience with various guest co-hosts, including Bishop T.D. Jakes and Iyanla Vanzant. Some episodes of the third season were filmed at The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts in Sarofim Hall in Houston, Texas on October 5, 2012 with guest co-hosts Joel Osteen and Rick Warren.
Reception
Oprah's Lifeclass debuted to mixed but generally negative reviews. Alessandra Stanley of The New York Times stated that 'Oprah’s Lifeclass is The Oprah Winfrey Show with the life sucked out of it,' lacking Winfrey's spirited interactions with guests and audiences. Nuzhat Naoreen of Entertainment Weekly rated the third season premiere featuring Winfrey and Iyanla Vanzant with a 'B−,' declaring that the life lessons can feel overbearing and slightly grating, though the show contains some notable nuggets of wisdom. The debut on October 10, 2011 was seen by 330,000 viewers on OWN, and across Planet Green, TLC, Discovery Fit & Health and Investigation Discovery reached a combined total audience of 1.2 million. An average 302,000 nightly viewers watched on OWN during October 2011. Online, the live webcasts have seen over 3.5 million video views on Oprah.com and via OWN’s and Winfrey’s Facebook pages.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many episodes of Oprah's Lifeclass are there?
Oprah's Lifeclass has 63 episodes across 5 seasons.
When did Oprah's Lifeclass end?
Oprah's Lifeclass last aired on 28 September 2014.
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