Ellen Lauds Oprah

Daytime TV talk-show host Ellen DeGeneres, viewed by many as the natural successor to Oprah Winfrey, lauded the queen of daytime TV upon her announcement Thursday that she would end her show in 2011.

Winfrey called DeGeneres before she announced publicly that her trailblazing program would cease its run in September 2011 after 25 years.

"I don't think I could be here without her," DeGeneres said during the taping of her show after the phone call. "I think she has blazed a trail. ... She is an amazing woman. She will always be the queen of daytime television, and she also said she is leaving me all of her money."