Achievements

***Time magazine- 100 Most Influential People in the World

***Time magazine- 100 Most Influential People of the 20th Century

***Newsweek- Most Important Person in Books and Media

***Life magazine- Voted most influential woman and influential black person of her generation

***-Bob Hope Humanitarian Award

***Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

***Forbes magazine- published in 2003, first African-American woman to become a billionaire

***Received more than 40 daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Talk Show and Outstanding Talk Show Host