On the Atlantic: The three-episode finale of the Oprah Winfrey Show consisted of a two-part spectacular at the United Center in Chicago and a final sermon delivered from the show's studio at Harpo Productions.

Together, these three hours of television encompassed many of the program's enduring concerns: celebrity, philanthropy, Dale Carnegie'"style positive thinking, and'"the true foundation of the show and its creator'"the theology of the black Baptist Church that raised her. Read