Oprah Season Premiere: Olympic “Welcome Home Celebration”

August 30, 2008

Talk show host Oprah Winfrey will kick start her 23rd season of The Oprah Winfrey Show premiering on September 8th by throwing a “Welcome Home Celebration” for more than 150 Olympic medal athletes.

Athletes like Michael Phelps, Nastia Liukin, Dara Torres, Kobe Bryan, Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh will be part of the show which is set to tape this Wednesday in Chicago’s Millennium Park.

Fans lined up to get their tickets for the show, which were distributed today beginning at noon, and those without tickets are invited to watch the 10am taping in the park. (The Great Lawn seats 7,000 people.)

The taping will hopefully also help with Chicago’s bid to host the 2016 Olympic Games. The city is among four finalists with the other three being Madrid, Spain; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; and Tokyo, Japan. The official announcement happens October 2, 2009.