Madame Billionaire Extraordinaire Oprah has announced her departure and the end of her show. Good riddance!

But she is hardly alone and the brainless noise of tears, celebrity arse sniffing and shameless product plugging will continue anyway.

Are women (or better say house wives) really that desperate that they watch any crap that "touches" their puny minds and strokes their egos by reassuring that their dumb lives are worth something – if they buy the right cream?

I am afraid we are a stupid species …