By 1986, the show was renamed "The Oprah Winfrey Show", which was broadcast nationally, again shooting to the top of the ratings.
“In a field dominated by white males, she is a black female of ample bulk. As interviewers go, she is no match for, say, Phil Donahue... What she lacks in journalistic toughness, she makes up for in plain-spoken curiosity, robust humour and, above all empathy," said TIME magazine.
