Harpo Inc

Harpo Productions (also referred to as Harpo Studios) is a multimedia production company founded by Oprah Winfrey and is based in Chicago, Illinois. It is the most successful production company in daytime talk, producing The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Dr. Oz Show, and The Nate Berkus Show, as well as having developed Dr. Phil and Rachael Ray. In addition, Harpo creates and produces original television programming for broadcast, syndication, and cable. Harpo Productions recently produces shows for OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network, including Super Soul Sunday, Oprah Prime, Iyanla: Fix My Life, and Where Are They Now, among others.

The company’s origins can trace back to 1985 when Oprah appeared in The Color Purple. Winfrey founded her own company in 1986.

Oprah Winfrey got her roots in 1988 when Harpo Productions had to acquire her eponymous talk show from ABC O&O WLS-TV in Chicago, and automatically renewed its deal with King World Productions. The latter held a minority interest, which was set to expire in 1991.

In January 2021, it was announced that Harpo Productions would produce an Oprah Winfrey documentary for Apple TV+. That documentary series became known as The Me You Can’t See, which Winfrey co-hosts with Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex.