The Oprah Winfrey Show
When your children don´t respect you
TV Flash files “When your children don´t respect you” as the first listed hour of season 12 — The Oprah Winfrey Show (1986–2011) on Syndication, season 12, episode 10, aired 1998-10-02, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S12E10: listed hour 6 of 25 in the The Oprah Winfrey Show guide, first listed hour of season 12. It aired 1998-10-02 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Diane Downs and Ann Rule” (S03E01). Next is “Robin Williams and Cuba Gooding Jr” (S12E11).

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Where does When your children don´t respect you sit in the The Oprah Winfrey Show guide?
S12E10 is listed hour 6 of 25 — first listed hour of season 12, season 12 episode 10.
When did The Oprah Winfrey Show S12E10 air?
When your children don´t respect you aired 1998-10-02 and is listed at 60 minutes.
1980s Oprah or the later empire?
The 1986 syndication rise is the origin: Chicago-era hours still have the Donahue challenge. Later seasons show how empathy became an empire. The 1980s story is the climb.
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Why this series still plays
Daytime talk becomes a weather system: book club, makeover, confession, and a Black woman host who outgrows every rival format. The 1986 syndication rise is the origin of modern influencer power, except the product is Oprah herself. Early Chicago-era hours still have the Donahue challenge; later ones show how empathy became an empire.
The host is the silhouette. National syndication from 1986 through 2011: Oprah interviews, confessions, giveaways, and issue-driven hours reshape daytime — talk as a weather system. The Oprah Winfrey Show outgrew Phil Donahue's template. Book club as publishing kingmaker, makeover as ritual, a Black woman host who outgrows every rival format. Early Chicago-era hours still have the Donahue challenge; the rivalry and later tabloid-talk wars defined an era. *Empathy as a look, confession as civic furniture, a host…
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- Oprah Winfrey as Host
Oprah Winfrey made The Oprah Winfrey Show a 1980s weather system — daytime talk as book club, makeover, confession, and a Black woman host who outgrew every rival format. The 1986 syndication rise is the origin of modern influencer power,…