Oprah's Master Class

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Oprah's Master Class
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Also known asOprah Presents: Master Class
Genre
  • Reality
  • Biography
Directed by
Presented by Oprah Winfrey
Country of originUnited States
No. of seasons6
No. of episodes52
Production
Executive producers
Running time40 to 44 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network Oprah Winfrey Network
ReleaseJanuary 1, 2011 (2011-01-01) –
January 15, 2018 (2018-01-15)

Oprah's Master Class (or Oprah Presents: Master Class, as it was titled in the first season) is a primetime television program that airs on the Oprah Winfrey Network. The series premiered on the network's first day, January 1, 2011. [1]

Contents

Concept

According to OWN, Master Class "tells the stories you've never heard from the people you thought you knew best. Hand-picked by Oprah Winfrey for their unique impact on the world, true modern masters from Academy Award-winning actors, to Grammy-winning musicians, to ground-breaking athletes, share the greatest lessons they've learned along the way. In an intimate setting, they share their successes, failures, triumphs, disappointments and heartbreaks." [2]

Each episode features an in-depth conversation with the subject, as they explore their story with viewers. The conversation is split up into numerous lessons that each master teaches, using personal anecdotes from their life to illustrate the point. Video clips, photographs, and re-enactments illustrate a visual representation of the stories being told. The biographical sketch is interspersed with personal insights and reflections from Oprah Winfrey on each master's life lessons.

Overview

SeasonEpisodesTimeslot (EST)Original airing
Season premiereSeason finale
1 8 Sunday 10:00 PMJanuary 1, 2011April 3, 2011
2 10 January 8, 2012April 29, 2012
3 8 March 3, 2013June 16, 2013
4 10 May 11, 2014August 3, 2014
5 7 Sunday 8:00 PMOctober 25, 2015December 6, 2015
6 9 Saturday 10:00 PMJune 10, 2017January 15, 2018

Episodes

Season One (2011)

The first season of Oprah Presents: Master Class premiered on Saturday January 1, 2011 on the first day of the launch of OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network, with rapper, songwriter, and entrepreneur Jay-Z. The first season aired weekly on Sundays at 10/9c and consists of eight hour-long episodes. [3]

No.Ep.Original airdateModern masterOccupation
11.1January 1, 2011 Jay-Z Rapper, songwriter, entrepreneur, co-owner of the Brooklyn Nets
21.2January 2, 2011 Diane Sawyer Television journalist
31.3January 16, 2011 Maya Angelou Poet, civil rights activist, dancer, film producer, television producer, playwright, film director, author, actress, professor
41.4January 23, 2011 Simon Cowell A&R executive, television producer, television personality, entrepreneur
51.5January 30, 2011 Lorne Michaels Canadian television producer, creator of Saturday Night Live
61.6February 13, 2011 Condoleezza Rice Former United States Secretary of State
71.7March 27, 2011 Oprah Winfrey (Part 1)Talk show host, media proprietor, actress
81.8April 3, 2011 Oprah Winfrey (Part 2)Talk show host, media proprietor, actress

Season Two (2012)

The second season of Oprah's Master Class premiered on Sunday January 8, 2012 at 10/9c on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network with actress, writer, and activist Jane Fonda. The second season premiered to record-high numbers for the series, with 930,000 viewers tuning into Fonda's Master Class. The second season aired weekly on Sundays at 10/9c and consists of ten hour-long episodes.

No.Ep.Original airdateModern masterOccupationU.S. viewers (millions)
92.1January 8, 2012 Jane Fonda Actress, writer, political activist, former fashion model, fitness guru 0.93 [4]
102.2January 15, 2012 Goldie Hawn Actress, film director, producer, author, singer0.47 [5]
112.3January 22, 2012 Morgan Freeman Actor, film director, aviator, narrator0.50 [6]
122.4January 29, 2012 Ted Turner Media mogul, philanthropist, chairman of United Nations Foundation board of directors0.49 [7]
132.5February 12, 2012 Laird Hamilton American big-wave surfer, co-inventor of tow-in surfing, model0.17 [8]
142.6March 4, 2012 Reba McEntire American country music artist, actress0.60 [9]
152.7March 25, 2012 Jon Bon Jovi Musician, singer, songwriter, actor0.43 [10]
162.8April 1, 2012 Grant Hill Professional basketball player for the Phoenix Suns of the NBA, philanthropist0.34 [11]
172.9April 22, 2012 Sidney Poitier (Part 1)Actor, film director, author, diplomat0.40 [12]
182.10April 29, 2012 Sidney Poitier (Part 2)Actor, film director, author, diplomat0.32 [13]

Season Three (2013)

The third season of Oprah's Master Class premiered on March 3, 2013, at 10/9c with an episode featuring singer-songwriter Alicia Keys. The third season aired weekly on Sundays at 10/9c and consists of eight hour-long episodes.

No.Ep.Original airdateModern masterOccupationU.S. viewers (millions)
193.1March 3, 2013 Alicia Keys Singer-songwriter, actress0.45 [14]
203.2March 10, 2013 Cindy Crawford Model, social activist, designer0.44 [15]
213.3March 17, 2013 Tom Brokaw Television journalist, author0.33 [16]
223.4March 24, 2013 Stevie Nicks Singer-songwriter, musician0.38 [17]
233.5June 2, 2013 Lenny Kravitz Singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, actor and arranger0.76 [18]
243.6June 9, 2013 Susan Sarandon Actress, political and social activist0.36 [19]
253.7June 16, 2013 Berry Gordy Record producer, founder of Motown record label, songwriter, film producer, television producer0.32 [20]
263.8June 16, 2013 Diahann Carroll Television and stage actress, singer0.31 [21]

Season Four (2014)

Oprah's Master Class returned to OWN on May 11, 2014, with an episode featuring Justin Timberlake. The fourth season aired weekly on Sundays at 10/9c and consists of ten hour-long episodes.

No.Ep.Original airdateModern masterOccupationU.S. viewers (millions)
274.1May 11, 2014 Justin Timberlake Singer-songwriter, actor, record producer, philanthropistN/A
284.2June 1, 2014 Whoopi Goldberg Actress, comedian, producer, author, singer, activist, talk show hostN/A
294.3June 8, 2014 Tim McGraw Singer-songwriter, actorN/A
304.4June 15, 2014 Robin Roberts NewscasterN/A
314.5June 22, 2014 Lionel Richie Singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, actorN/A
324.6June 29, 2014 Barbara Walters Journalist, newscaster, producer, author, talk show hostN/A
334.7July 13, 2014 Vanessa L. Williams Singer, actress, producerN/A
344.8July 20, 2014 Billy Bob Thornton Actor, director, screenwriter, musicianN/A
354.9July 27, 2014 Sharon Stone Actress, producer, modelN/A
364.10August 3, 2014 Cicely Tyson ActressN/A

Season Five (2015)

Oprah's Master Class returned to OWN on Sunday October 25, 2015 with an episode featuring Ellen DeGeneres. [22] The fifth season aired weekly on Sundays at 8/7c and consists of seven hour-long episodes.

No.Ep.Original airdateModern masterOccupationU.S. viewers (millions)
375.1October 25, 2015 Ellen DeGeneres Comedian, television host, actress, writer, producer, designer0.56 [23]
385.2November 1, 2015 Smokey Robinson Singer-songwriter, record producer, record executive0.47 [24]
395.3November 8, 2015 Robert Duvall Actor, director0.19 [25]
405.4November 15, 2015 Dwayne Johnson Actor, producer, professional wrestler0.40 [26]
415.5November 22, 2015 Patti LaBelle Singer-songwriter, actress0.52 [27]
425.6November 26, 2015 James Taylor Singer-songwriter, musician0.17 [28]
435.7December 6, 2015 Jeff Bridges Actor, singer, producer0.17 [29]

Season Six (2017-18)

Oprah's Master Class returned to OWN on Saturday June 10, 2017 with a sneak-preview episode featuring Kevin Hart.

No.Ep.Original airdateModern masterOccupationU.S. viewers (millions)
446.1June 10, 2017 Kevin Hart Actor, comedian, writer, producer0.39 [30]
456.2August 22, 2017 Tyler Perry Actor, comedian, filmmaker, producer, writer, songwriter1.13 [31]
466.3August 23, 2017 Lynn Whitfield Actress, producer0.66 [32]
476.4September 2, 2017 Steve Harvey Standup comic, television host, radio host, author0.47 [33]
486.5September 9, 2017 LL Cool J Rapper, actor, author, entrepreneurN/A
496.6September 16, 2017 Shaquille O'Neal Professional basketball player, sports analyst, rapper, author0.34 [34]
506.7September 23, 2017 Usher Singer, songwriter, dancer, actor0.32 [35]
516.8September 23, 2017 Gladys Knight Singer, songwriter, actress, author0.39 [36]
526.9January 15, 2018 John Lewis Politician, civil rights leaderN/A

Specials

No.TitleOriginal air date
SP1"Special Edition"May 6, 2012 (2012-05-06)
SP2"Civil Rights Special"January 4, 2015 (2015-01-04)
SP3"Belief Special"October 11, 2015 (2015-10-11)

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryResult
2012 43rd NAACP Image Awards Outstanding Variety Series or SpecialWon
18th Annual NAMIC Vision AwardsNews/ Informational ShowWon
Gracie Awards Outstanding Portrait/BiographyWon
2013 44th NAACP Image Awards Outstanding Variety Series or SpecialNominated
19th Annual NAMIC Vision AwardsNews/ Informational ShowWon
65th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards Outstanding Informational Series or SpecialNominated
2014 45th NAACP Image Awards Outstanding Variety Series or SpecialNominated
2015 46th NAACP Image Awards Outstanding Variety Series or SpecialWon
21st Annual NAMIC Vision AwardsNews/ Informational Show ("Cicely Tyson")Won
Gracie Awards Outstanding Portrait/BiographyWon
2016 47th NAACP Image Awards Outstanding Variety Series or SpecialNominated
22nd Annual NAMIC Vision AwardsNews/ Informational ShowNominated
Gracie Awards Outstanding Portrait/BiographyWon
2018 49th NAACP Image Awards Outstanding News / Information – (Series or Special)Nominated

International broadcast

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