Oprah's cable network goes live in January 2011

The start of the new Oprah Era on television and the end of the old one will overlap by a few months.

On the day that Oprah Winfrey formally announced the end of her daytime talk show, the cable network she's launching announced its own start date. OWN -- the Oprah Winfrey Network -- will debut in January 2011, eight months before Winfrey signs off from her talk show.

"Oprah has been nourishing people through her television show for nearly 25 years, a legacy that has touched millions the world over," says Christina Norman, OWN's CEO. "She is the life force behind OWN and will be guiding the effort for this completely new 24-hour television experience premiering in January 2011."

At the end of her show Friday, Winfrey told her audience that she would in fact make the 2010-11 season of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" its last. "These years with you, our viewers, have enriched my life beyond all measure, and you all have graciously invited me into your living rooms, into your kitchens and into your lives," she said. Here's more of what she had to say:

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