Oprah's Master Class

Directed byPresented byOprah WinfreyCountry of originUnited StatesNo. of seasons6No. of episodes52ProductionExecutive producersRunning time40 to 44 minutesProduction companiesOriginal releaseNetworkOprah Winfrey NetworkReleaseJanuary 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]

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

Season	Episodes	Timeslot (EST)	Original airing
			Season premiere	Season finale
1	8	Sunday 10:00 PM	January 1, 2011 (2011-01-01)	April 3, 2011
2	10		January 8, 2012	April 29, 2012
3	8		March 3, 2013	June 16, 2013
4	10		May 11, 2014	August 3, 2014
5	7	Sunday 8:00 PM	October 25, 2015	December 6, 2015
6	9	Saturday 10:00 PM	June 10, 2017	January 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 airdate	Modern master	Occupation
1	1.1	January 1, 2011	Jay-Z	Rapper, songwriter, entrepreneur, co-owner of the Brooklyn Nets
2	1.2	January 2, 2011	Diane Sawyer	Television journalist
3	1.3	January 16, 2011	Maya Angelou	Poet, civil rights activist, dancer, film producer, television producer, playwright, film director, author, actress, professor
4	1.4	January 23, 2011	Simon Cowell	A&R executive, television producer, television personality, entrepreneur
5	1.5	January 30, 2011	Lorne Michaels	Canadian television producer, creator of Saturday Night Live
6	1.6	February 13, 2011	Condoleezza Rice	Former United States Secretary of State
7	1.7	March 27, 2011	Oprah Winfrey (Part 1)	Talk show host, media proprietor, actress
8	1.8	April 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 airdate	Modern master	Occupation	U.S. viewers (millions)
9	2.1	January 8, 2012	Jane Fonda	Actress, writer, political activist, former fashion model, fitness guru	0.93[4]
10	2.2	January 15, 2012	Goldie Hawn	Actress, film director, producer, author, singer	0.47[5]
11	2.3	January 22, 2012	Morgan Freeman	Actor, film director, aviator, narrator	0.50[6]
12	2.4	January 29, 2012	Ted Turner	Media mogul, philanthropist, chairman of United Nations Foundation board of directors	0.49[7]
13	2.5	February 12, 2012	Laird Hamilton	American big-wave surfer, co-inventor of tow-in surfing, model	0.17[8]
14	2.6	March 4, 2012	Reba McEntire	American country music artist, actress	0.60[9]
15	2.7	March 25, 2012	Jon Bon Jovi	Musician, singer, songwriter, actor	0.43[10]
16	2.8	April 1, 2012	Grant Hill	Professional basketball player for the Phoenix Suns of the NBA, philanthropist	0.34[11]
17	2.9	April 22, 2012	Sidney Poitier (Part 1)	Actor, film director, author, diplomat	0.40[12]
18	2.10	April 29, 2012	Sidney Poitier (Part 2)	Actor, film director, author, diplomat	0.32[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 airdate	Modern master	Occupation	U.S. viewers (millions)
19	3.1	March 3, 2013	Alicia Keys	Singer-songwriter, actress	0.45[14]
20	3.2	March 10, 2013	Cindy Crawford	Model, social activist, designer	0.44[15]
21	3.3	March 17, 2013	Tom Brokaw	Television journalist, author	0.33[16]
22	3.4	March 24, 2013	Stevie Nicks	Singer-songwriter, musician	0.38[17]
23	3.5	June 2, 2013	Lenny Kravitz	Singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, actor and arranger	0.76[18]
24	3.6	June 9, 2013	Susan Sarandon	Actress, political and social activist	0.36[19]
25	3.7	June 16, 2013	Berry Gordy	Record producer, founder of Motown record label, songwriter, film producer, television producer	0.32[20]
26	3.8	June 16, 2013	Diahann Carroll	Television and stage actress, singer	0.31[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 airdate	Modern master	Occupation	U.S. viewers (millions)
27	4.1	May 11, 2014	Justin Timberlake	Singer-songwriter, actor, record producer, philanthropist	N/A
28	4.2	June 1, 2014	Whoopi Goldberg	Actress, comedian, producer, author, singer, activist, talk show host	N/A
29	4.3	June 8, 2014	Tim McGraw	Singer-songwriter, actor	N/A
30	4.4	June 15, 2014	Robin Roberts	Newscaster	N/A
31	4.5	June 22, 2014	Lionel Richie	Singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, actor	N/A
32	4.6	June 29, 2014	Barbara Walters	Journalist, newscaster, producer, author, talk show host	N/A
33	4.7	July 13, 2014	Vanessa L. Williams	Singer, actress, producer	N/A
34	4.8	July 20, 2014	Billy Bob Thornton	Actor, director, screenwriter, musician	N/A
35	4.9	July 27, 2014	Sharon Stone	Actress, producer, model	N/A
36	4.10	August 3, 2014	Cicely Tyson	Actress	N/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 airdate	Modern master	Occupation	U.S. viewers (millions)
37	5.1	October 25, 2015	Ellen DeGeneres	Comedian, television host, actress, writer, producer, designer	0.56[23]
38	5.2	November 1, 2015	Smokey Robinson	Singer-songwriter, record producer, record executive	0.47[24]
39	5.3	November 8, 2015	Robert Duvall	Actor, director	0.19[25]
40	5.4	November 15, 2015	Dwayne Johnson	Actor, producer, professional wrestler	0.40[26]
41	5.5	November 22, 2015	Patti LaBelle	Singer-songwriter, actress	0.52[27]
42	5.6	November 26, 2015	James Taylor	Singer-songwriter, musician	0.17[28]
43	5.7	December 6, 2015	Jeff Bridges	Actor, singer, producer	0.17[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 airdate	Modern master	Occupation	U.S. viewers (millions)
44	6.1	June 10, 2017	Kevin Hart	Actor, comedian, writer, producer	0.39[30]
45	6.2	August 22, 2017	Tyler Perry	Actor, comedian, filmmaker, producer, writer, songwriter	1.13[31]
46	6.3	August 23, 2017	Lynn Whitfield	Actress, producer	0.66[32]
47	6.4	September 2, 2017	Steve Harvey	Standup comic, television host, radio host, author	0.47[33]
48	6.5	September 9, 2017	LL Cool J	Rapper, actor, author, entrepreneur	N/A
49	6.6	September 16, 2017	Shaquille O'Neal	Professional basketball player, sports analyst, rapper, author	0.34[34]
50	6.7	September 23, 2017	Usher	Singer, songwriter, dancer, actor	0.32[35]
51	6.8	September 23, 2017	Gladys Knight	Singer, songwriter, actress, author	0.39[36]
52	6.9	January 15, 2018	John Lewis	Politician, civil rights leader	N/A

Specials

No.	Title	Original 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

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

International broadcast

•  Australia — The series premiered on Discovery Home & Health from October 27, 2013.^[37]

References

External links

• Official website
• Oprah's Master Class at IMDb
• Oprah's Master Class at TV Guide