''The Ellen DeGeneres Show'' (often shortened to ''Ellen'' or ''The Ellen Show'') is an American daytime television variety comedy
talk show that was created and hosted by its namesake
Ellen DeGeneres. Debuting on September 8, 2003, it was produced by
Telepictures and aired in
syndication. The majority of stations owned by
NBC Owned Television Stations
NBC Owned Television Stations (formerly NBC Local Media and NBC Television Stations Division (TVSD)) is the division of NBCUniversal Owned TV Stations ( NBCUniversal), a subsidiary of Comcast that oversees the NBC owned-and-operated televisi ...
, along with
Hearst Television and
Tegna, served as the program's largest affiliate base. For its first five seasons, the show was taped in Studio 11 at
NBC Studios NBC Studios may refer to:
* NBC Studios (New York City), 30 Rockefeller Plaza in Manhattan, home of NBC TV, NBCUniversal, MSNBC, WNBC
* 10 Universal City Plaza in Los Angeles, home of NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment
* NBC Tower, office building ...
in
Burbank, California
Burbank is a city in the southeastern end of the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Located northwest of downtown Los Angeles, Burbank has a population of 107,337. The city was named after David Burbank, wh ...
. From season 6 onwards, the show moved to being taped at Stage 1 on the nearby
Warner Bros. lot. Since the beginning of the sixth season, ''The Ellen DeGeneres Show'' has been broadcast in
high definition
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* HiDef, 24 frames-pe ...
.
The show received 171
Daytime Emmy Award nominations and won 61 Daytime Emmy Awards as of 2021, including four for
Outstanding Talk Show and seven for
Outstanding Talk Show Entertainment, making 11 total awards and surpassing the record held by ''
The Oprah Winfrey Show'', which won nine as Outstanding Talk Show before it was divided into two categories (Informative and Entertainment) in 2008. The show also won 17
People's Choice Awards. On May 21, 2019, DeGeneres announced she had signed for three more years, renewing the show through 2022. The eighteenth season premiered on September 21, 2020. On May 12, 2021, DeGeneres announced that the nineteenth season would be her last.
It premiered on September 13, 2021.
The final episode aired on May 26, 2022, as previously announced on March 17, 2022. New episodes with guest hosts, clip shows hosted by DeGeneres and more, and repeats aired on stations across the United States until September 9, after which most stations (including NBC O&O) began occupying the show's time slot with new newscasts or syndication programs.
Concept
The program combines comedy, celebrity, musical guests, and human-interest stories. The program often features audience participation games where prizes are awarded. During her Twelve Days of Giveaways promotion, audience members receive roughly $3,000 worth of prizes on each of twelve episodes. Because the show has become so popular, not all who arrive hoping to see a taping can fit into the studio, so an offshoot space, dubbed by
Tom Hanks "The Riff Raff Room", was created. People seated here are often referenced and shown briefly on camera but watch the taping from off-stage. Other non-celebrities have been featured in an attempt by DeGeneres to give them
15 minutes of fame. Guests in this role have included intelligent children and small business owners. In the show's third season, DeGeneres began surprising fans by introducing them to their favorite celebrities.
Recurring elements
Several recurring sounds, gags, and catchphrases are used by DeGeneres depending on the topic of discussion or theme for a specific episode. For example, after DeGeneres says the phrase, "Aww Snap!", a sound effect of a whip cracking often is played. In her monologue, DeGeneres frequently thanks the audience's applause by saying "I feel the same way about you!" Other video segments include DeGeneres scaring people, playing pranks, taking part in faux-breaking news segments and interacting with crew members. Other recurring segments include those where DeGeneres comments on Internet videos, tabloid-style photographs of celebrities, advertisements on
Craigslist
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Craig Newmark began the ...
, or voicemails left for her on an answering machine. Some segments feature audience members more prominently, including having audience members show hidden talents, pictures of others that resemble DeGeneres, and interviewing children.
DeGeneres frequently plays games with audience members and awards prizes based upon their performance. Games have included ''
Pictionary''-style drawing games, finding hidden objects within the studio, category, current event or pop-culture-based trivia, and various other stunt and charade-based games. DeGeneres also joked several times on the show about when a sequel to ''
Finding Nemo'', in which she famously had a lead role, would eventually release, as well as make references to the film. Eventually, the sequel, ''
Finding Dory'', was officially announced by DeGeneres.
Segments (including former and recurring)
The show has many recurring segments throughout the years. Some include:
* ''Oh Hair No!'' is a segment that involves fans sending DeGeneres pictures of their funny haircuts, some of which appear on the show.
* ''Know or Go'' is a segment involving three audience members (as contestants) who answer questions based on different topics such as Thanksgiving, current events. Upon an incorrect answer, the contestant gets dropped through a trapdoor. The remaining contestant will have to answer 3 questions correct in a row in order to win the game.
* ''Clumsy Thumbsy'' is a segment in which DeGeneres shows messed up auto corrects sent in by fans.
* ''Oh Puh-lice'' is a segment in which odd police reports are shown.
* ''Ellen's Dance Dare'' is a segment in which viewers send videos of themselves secretly dancing behind oblivious people. Irish jigs were featured on the 2012 St. Patrick's Day episode. Many celebrities have participated such as
Emma Stone,
Zac Efron,
Lilly Singh,
The Janoskians and
Taylor Swift
Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter. Her discography spans multiple genres, and her vivid songwriting—often inspired by her personal life—has received critical praise and wide media coverage. Bo ...
.
* ''Bad Paid-for Tattoos'' Odd, usually misspelled body art is displayed.
* ''A Little Yelp From My Friends'' DeGeneres reads reviews from the website
Yelp.
* ''"What's Wrong with These Photos?" Photos'' Silly photos sent in by viewers are featured.
* ''"What Were They Thinking?" Audience Dancing'' Audience members are shown dancing with voices acting out the dancers' thoughts.
* ''"What's Wrong with These Signs?" Signs'' Viewers send DeGeneres pictures of signs that aren't quite right.
* ''Tony Karaoke'' is a segment that features the show's DJ, Tony, singing often wrong-but-hilarious lyrics to popular songs.
* ''Tea Time with Sophia Grace and Rosie'' is a segment in which Sophia Grace & Rosie interview celebrity guests on the show, all while enjoying cookies and tea.
* ''OMKalen'' features Kalen Allen reacting, often dramatically, to videos. The segment has become recurring on EllenTube.
* ''ApPARENTly Confused'' is a segment in which DeGeneres shows messages written by parents who don't understand texting and technology.
* ''In Your FACEbook'' is a segment in which DeGeneres shares funny Facebook photos taken from the profile pages of audience members.
* ''Weekly Tweetly Roundup'' is a segment in which DeGeneres shares funny and interesting tweets.
* ''Classic Joke Thursday'' is a segment in which DeGeneres shares funny jokes/puns, usually in a conversation with the show's DJ.
* ''This Plus That'' is a segment in which a montage of dancing audience members is shown usually combined with humorous sound effects.
* ''Just KID-ink'' is a segment in which DeGeneres shares funny drawings from kids.
* ''INSTA-grammification'' is a segment in which DeGeneres shares funny and unusual pictures from the show's Instagram page.
* ''"Vine After Vine''" is a segment in which DeGeneres shares funny 6-second video clips from the popular mobile app
Vine.
* ''"Grand Design''" an online segment in which DeGeneres, with presenters and home makeover experts the "Kitchen Cousins" John Colaneri and Anthony Carrino would redesign a room in just 24 hours on a budget of $1,000.
* ''"What Have YOU Been Up to on Facebook?"'' is a recurring segment in which DeGeneres reveals some personal and private information of the public to the audience.
* ''"Starbucks Prank!''" is a recurring segment in which DeGeneres sends popular celebrities out to
Starbucks
Starbucks Corporation is an American multinational chain of coffeehouses and roastery reserves headquartered in Seattle, Washington. It is the world's largest coffeehouse chain.
As of November 2021, the company had 33,833 stores in 80 ...
to prank the cashiers.
* ''"What The Heck Are These Kids Talking About?"'' is a former segment in which DeGeneres reviews rap lyrics and tries to figure out what they mean.
* ''"Celebrity Pranks!"'' is a segment in which DeGeneres often pulls a prank or scares celebrity guests, although she once pranked a pair of best friends she brought on the show (one posted a video of scaring the other every day for a year). Although any celebrity can fall victim to it at any time, some have fallen for it often including
Taylor Swift
Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter. Her discography spans multiple genres, and her vivid songwriting—often inspired by her personal life—has received critical praise and wide media coverage. Bo ...
,
Eric Stonestreet,
Sarah Paulson, and
Selena Gomez, who have each fallen for it at least five times over multiple appearances. On several occasions, the celebrity is pranked more than once during the same show (
Octavia Spencer and
Sam Smith as well as the previously mentioned ones). Some pranks include (but are not limited to) scaring guests in the dressing room (usually the bathroom), having a staff member or another celebrity scare them onstage during the interview (using various methods ranging from simple to inventive), or backstage shenanigans where her own staff, particularly
Andy Lassner, are frequent victims as well. On occasion the prank fails to scare the intended target, usually prompting a wisecrack from DeGeneres (e.g.
Russell Crowe,
Colin Farrell,
Daniel Radcliffe, and
Garth Brooks). DeGeneres herself is an occasional target but has proven to be very difficult to pull a prank on with two celebrities (
Steve Carell and
Matt Lauer) being the only ones to successfully prank her as of April 2021.
* ''"Chat Time With Ellen!"'' is a talk-show segment in which DeGeneres talks about—or to—people who have made viral videos.
* ''Can Andy Say That?'' is a segment in which DeGeneres has the show's executive producer,
Andy Lassner, repeat funny phrases that are filled with double entendres and sexual innuendo.
* ''Haunted House'' (the segment is actually untitled) is an annual segment in which DeGeneres sends her writer, Amy Rhodes, to various haunted houses in the days leading up to Halloween. In later years, Amy was joined in the haunted houses by her own mother, as well as the show's executive producer
Andy Lassner. After Andy's stint going through with Amy, DeGeneres has made him go through every year, replacing Amy after she left the show. He's been joined by other DeGeneres staff members as well as celebrities like
Ariana Grande
Ariana Grande-Butera ( ; born June 26, 1993) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Her four-octave vocal range has received critical acclaim, and her personal life has been the subject of widespread media attention. She has received ...
,
Taylor Swift
Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter. Her discography spans multiple genres, and her vivid songwriting—often inspired by her personal life—has received critical praise and wide media coverage. Bo ...
,
Eric Stonestreet, Sarah Paulson, and DeGeneres's wife
Portia de Rossi (as well as others) have also been sent to a haunted house. In one instance, DeGeneres herself joined Andy and went through a haunted house based on the
2017 film It. On other occasions some of DeGeneres' staff (Integrations Assistant Mackenzie, producer Matt Wright and Kalen Allen) went through without Andy. DeGeneres has occasionally sent celebrities on their own as well (
Katie Lowes and
Guillermo Diaz for example).
* ''Average Andy'' is a segment in which DeGeneres sends her executive producer
Andy Lassner to learn new skills from the world's most talented people.
* ''Throwback Thursday'' is a segment in which every Thursday DeGeneres revisits funny moments from previous seasons.
* ''"Who's In My Bushes?"'' is a segment in which a celebrity is hidden in decorative bushes in which DeGeneres will ask questions to that celebrity and eventually comes out when figured. However, during this segment, DeGeneres already knows who the celebrity is and the audience will just play along.
* ''Take That, China!'' is a segment in which DeGeneres makes jokes about impractical and often unwise American inventions.
* ''Breaking News'' is a segment in which news anchor
Devin Scillian
Devin Scillian ( ; born January 11, 1963) is an American television journalist, musician and children's author.
Broadcast career
While still a student at the University of Kansas, Scillian began his television career at WIBW-TV in Topeka, Kansa ...
interrupts the show and delivers unusually mundane, humorous breaking news.
* ''Why I Don't Have Kids'' is a segment in which DeGeneres shows pictures or videos sent in by viewers of crazy situations they have encountered with their kids.
* ''Epic or Fail'' is a segment considered to be DeGeneres' favorite game, in which DeGeneres shows several stunts or tricks caught on tape, and when the videos are paused, DeGeneres, the audience, guest celebrities and Twitch have to guess the ending's outcome.
* ''Hot Hands'' is a game in which some audience member or celebrities get on a special seat and name the celebrities which are shown on the screen as much as possible in 30 seconds.
* ''5 Second Rule'' is a game in which DeGeneres and celebrity contestants have to think on their feet and list three answers that fall into a given category in only five seconds.
* ''Ellen In Your Ear'' is a segment in which celebrities interact with unsuspecting people, with DeGeneres instructing the celebrities through remote ear piece.
* ''Ask Dr. Dax'' is a segment in which
Dax Shepard gives relationship advice to audience members, while often telling stories about his own experiences.
* ''What's In The Box?'' is a segment in which DeGeneres gives out gifts through boxes, curtains and small games such as three-card monte. Gifts can include iPads, watches and even holidays
* ''Hubba Hubba Quiz Quiz'' is a segment in which DeGeneres questions men.
* ''Don't Leave Me Hanging'' is a game in which DeGeneres questions people. If they get a strike, they get lifted into the air. If they get three strikes, they get lifted all the way to the top.
* ''Ellen, Rate My Baby'' is a segment in which DeGeneres rates pictures of babies sent in by her viewers from a scale of 1-10 (She goes over 10, e.g. 17/10)
* ''Make it Rain'' is a game in which two (usually male) celebrities have to answer questions. If they answer correctly they get a chance to stand under one of several umbrellas and pull a string. One of the umbrellas releases money, which goes to a charity of the winner's choice. The other umbrellas release water, which ends up making the celebrity wet.
* ''Me Me Monday'' is a segment in which DeGeneres shows a collection of funny memes and comments on them.
* ''Danger Word'' is a word association game reminiscent of ''
Password'', where audience members must guess a word from clues without saying the titular "danger word" (such as "cereal" being the danger word for "Cheerios"). If the player guesses the winning word, the opponent gets a strike and gets sprayed by one of the cannons. If a person guesses the danger word, that person gets a strike and gets sprayed.
* ''Thank GIF It's Friday'' is a segment in which DeGeneres shows GIF's that people post on the Internet. She shows these on Fridays.
* ''One-Eyed Monster'' is a game in which two player took turns entering the monster's mouth where they will be questioned by DeGeneres. The answer itself ranged from 0 to 5. For each number the contestant is off, he or she must pull one of the monster's teeth. However, one of the monster's teeth will cause the monster jaws to snap shut.
* ''The Masked Dancer'' is a segment spoofing the series ''
The Masked Singer'' (to which DeGeneres notes that
Fox
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Twelv ...
had not sued her yet), where DeGeneres and tWitch attempt to guess the identity of a mystery guest concealed with a costume mask. Actual ''Masked Singer'' panelist
Ken Jeong made an appearance as a guest judge on one episode. In January 2020, it was announced that Fox and Warner Bros. would produce ''
The Masked Dancer'' as an actual spin-off of ''The Masked Singer'', with DeGeneres as executive producer.
* ''Burning Questions'' is a game where a celebrity guest sits in a chair in front of a buzzer while DeGeneres asks them a slew of personal (sometimes embarrassing) questions. The celebrity hits the buzzer when they answer the question.
''Heads Up!''
''Heads Up!'' is a game that DeGeneres plays with other celebrities. Originally, the game had players guess words or phrases on physical cards held to their foreheads by watching the other players act it out or give hints as time counted down. Later, DeGeneres and Warner Bros. Entertainment developed an app version of the game. The app became a huge success after its May 2013 launch, rising to the top of the App Store with over 650,000 downloads during its first month. By July 2016, it had been downloaded more than 25 million times and remained one of Apple's top-paid apps.
Dancing
Since the show's debut, DeGeneres has segued from her opening monologue by doing a dance. The dancing proved to be extremely popular with viewers, and has since progressed to a segment where DeGeneres dances into the audience, sometimes borrowing a coat or purse from someone's chair, and taking it with her. She has also featured a segment in which people teach her new dance moves.
One of her most famous dance moves is dancing over the table, where she straddles the coffee table and dances from one end to the other. Although she does not do it every day, dancing over the table is a recurring theme. As an
April Fools' Day
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prank in 2009, the show's staff placed a wider table top over her normal table. During the show, when DeGeneres attempted to dance over it, she barely made it across, being forced on her tip-toes and using the table as leverage. On the seventh-season premiere, DeGeneres performed a dance segment with the cast of ''
So You Think You Can Dance''.
In September 2009, four major record labels sued the producers of the show for unspecified damages over the dance routine, for allegedly using songs without permission.
In 2018 ''
The New York Times
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'' profiled DeGeneres as she faced decisions of renewing her talkshow contract, and exploring other outlets for her creativity including her
Netflix
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comedy special ''Relatable'' (2018), which spoofs her kind image.
They noted she felt boxed in with a reputation of always being nice, and the host who danced all time.
DeGeneres—who acknowledges she has always been over-sensitive—fretted how her audience would react when she no longer wanted to dance.
Her
Christian Scientist upbringing included her father's
psyche, “He was a very fearful man, he couldn't hear or engage with anything unpleasant.”
Sophia Grace and Rosie
Sophia Grace Brownlee (born April 18, 2003
) and her cousin Rosie McClelland (born September 7, 2006
) were first invited to the show after DeGeneres saw their
YouTube
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video cover of "
Super Bass
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" by
Nicki Minaj, which Sophia Grace and Rosie posted on YouTube on September 19, 2011. The then eight- and five-year-old
Essex
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, England natives became recurring cast members on the show, where they hosted their own segment called "Tea Time with Sophia Grace and Rosie". In the segment, the duo invites and interviews guest celebrities such as
Taylor Swift
Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter. Her discography spans multiple genres, and her vivid songwriting—often inspired by her personal life—has received critical praise and wide media coverage. Bo ...
,
Katy Perry,
Hugh Grant,
Julie Bowen,
Harry Connick Jr.
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,
LL Cool J,
Justin Bieber, and
Reese Witherspoon over to tea. Sophia Grace and Rosie won the "Choice Webstar" at the
2012 Teen Choice Awards
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for this segment. They have also been correspondents during the red carpet events such as the
Grammy Award
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s, the
American Music Awards, the
Billboard Music Award
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s, and the
MTV Video Music Awards. They appeared in the third episode (June 2013) and the eleventh episode (September 2013) of ''
Sam & Cat''. According to her representative, Sophia Grace had been cast as Little Red Riding Hood in
Walt Disney Pictures' film adaptation of
Stephen Sondheim's ''
Into the Woods,'' but she withdrew before production. Sophia Grace and Rosie starred in their own movie called ''
Sophia Grace and Rosie's Royal Adventure
Sophia Grace Brownlee (born 18 April 2003) and her cousin Rosie McClelland (born 7 September 2006), both from Harlow, Essex, England, make up a duo of singers, child actresses and internet personalities. They quickly gained popularity, by m ...
''.
Production information
Taping location
From 2003 to early 2008, the program was originally taped in Studio 11 at
NBC Studios NBC Studios may refer to:
* NBC Studios (New York City), 30 Rockefeller Plaza in Manhattan, home of NBC TV, NBCUniversal, MSNBC, WNBC
* 10 Universal City Plaza in Los Angeles, home of NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment
* NBC Tower, office building ...
in Burbank, California. It was then filmed in Studio 1 (named "The Ellen Stage" since her 2,000th show, which took place in November 2015) on the
Warner Bros. lot in Burbank.
Personnel
The executive producers were DeGeneres, Mary Connelly, Ed Glavin, Andy Lassner, and (until his death in 2012)
Jim Paratore. The writing staff has included
Karen Kilgariff
Karen Kilgariff (born May 11, 1970 in Petaluma, California) is an American writer, comedian, singer, author, actress, television producer, and podcast host. She began her career as a stand up comedian in the early 1990s and later became a televi ...
(former
head writer), Karen Anderson,
Margaret Smith, and DeGeneres. Margaret Smith left the show to work on her own projects, including her first book, ''What Was I Thinking? How Being a Stand Up Did Nothing to Prepare Me to Become a Single Mother'' (Crossroad Publishing, 2008). Amy Rhodes, a former writer for the program, regularly appeared on camera during various segments.
DJ
Unlike most talk shows, the show used a
disc jockey
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to supply music rather than a band. Originally, the role was filled by Los Angeles-based DJ Scott K, who lasted only a few weeks. He was later replaced by
Tony Okungbowa, who DJed through season 3. Due to his growing acting career, Okungbowa left the show, and a few guest DJs were brought in to try out for the position. Tony was replaced by actor/DJ
Jon Abrahams
Jon Avery Abrahams (born October 29, 1977) is an American actor. His most notable film roles include Bobby in '' Scary Movie'' (2000), Denny Byrnes in ''Meet the Parents'' (2000), and Dalton Chapman in the '' House of Wax'' (2005).
Early lif ...
for the fourth-season premiere. Abrahams stayed on the show for one season, and also left as his acting career grew.
Ted Stryker of
KROQ, was the DJ for the fifth season. Stryker stayed for one season until Okungbowa returned. In a 2012 episode, DJ
Pauly D from ''
Jersey Shore'' deejayed when Okungbowa was promoting his CD.
Starting in season 11, several episodes include celebrity "guest DJs" filling the DJ position in Okungbowa's absence.
Stephen "tWitch" Boss of ''
So You Think You Can Dance'' fame has been Ellen's permanent DJ for several years.
Okungbowa made a return appearance on the show in the April 28, 2014 episode, while Loni made a return in the June 5, 2015 episode.
2007 Writers Guild strike
DeGeneres, a member of the
Writers Guild of America
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* The Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE), headquartered in New York City and affiliated with the AFL–CIO
* The Writers G ...
, supported the
2007 writers' strike.
However, on November 9, 2007, DeGeneres crossed the picket line to tape more episodes of her TV show stating:
DeGeneres decided to abstain from doing a monologue on her show (which is typically written by WGA writers) during the strike. Her show continued production as normal with the exception of her monologue being omitted. The WGAE issued a statement condemning DeGeneres, stating she was "not welcome in NY." DeGeneres's representatives asserted that she did not violate the WGA's agreement, arguing that she is competing with other first-run syndicated shows like ''
Dr. Phil
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'' and ''
Live with Regis and Kelly'' during the competitive November
sweeps period
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, and that DeGeneres must fulfill her duties as host and producer, lest her show lose its time slot or be held in breach of contract. In addition, a statement defending DeGeneres was subsequently issued by
AFTRA, pointing out that DeGeneres also works under the AFTRA TV Code, which bars her from striking. The
WGAE
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The Writers Guild of America, East is affiliated with the Writers Guild of America West. Together the guilds admin ...
then issued a response pointing out that DeGeneres is also a Writers Guild member, and that any writing work she did on her show during the strike constituted
struck work.
COVID-19 pandemic
On March 11, 2020, DeGeneres announced via
Twitter
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that for now she would be shooting her show without a studio audience to protect the health and safety of the fans, staff, and crew. In a tweet dated March 13, 2020, DeGeneres announced that production of the show had been suspended until March 30, 2020, to protect the health of her audience and staff during the
COVID-19 pandemic
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. Starting on April 6, 2020, the show was produced from her own home.
On April 16, 2020, ''Variety'' reported that crew members had accused the show of not communicating about their pay during the pandemic-induced shutdown.
Controversy over work culture
In 2018, ''
The New York Times
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'' profiled DeGeneres as she faced decisions of renewing her talk show contract, and exploring other outlets for her creativity including her
Netflix
Netflix, Inc. is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service and production company based in Los Gatos, California. Founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph in Scotts Valley, California, it offers a ...
comedy special ''Relatable'' (2018), which spoofed her public image.
When asked about anonymous
tabloid
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* Tabloid (newspaper format), a newspaper with compact page size
** Chinese tabloid
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* Sopwith Tabloid, a biplane aircraft
* ''Ta ...
reports that she is not always nice to her workers, she said the accusations were false, saying "The one thing I want is for everyone to be happy and proud of where they work, and if not, don't work here."
In July 2020, ''
BuzzFeed News'' ran articles in which anonymous former employees accused the show of being a
toxic workplace, accused the executive producers of
harassment
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, as well as alleging an atmosphere with racist comments and
microaggressions.
WarnerMedia began an investigation. DeGeneres apologized to her staff, writing that "she intended for her show to be a place where 'no one would ever raise their voice, and everyone would be treated with respect' and that she was 'disappointed to learn that this has not been the case. Following the investigation, three executives were fired, executive producers Ed Glavin and Kevin Leman, and co-executive producer Jonathan Norman. The show vowed to take steps to change the culture; DeGeneres apologized again during the eighteenth season's September 2020 opening. Her DJ,
Stephen "tWitch" Boss, was promoted to co-executive producer and has served as host of the show filling in for her.
Ending
On May 19, 2021, shortly after the controversy, DeGeneres confirmed that the show would conclude at the end of the 2021–22 season, the show's nineteenth, coinciding with the end of her then-current contract.
Warner Bros. was not initially expected to offer a direct replacement program, and lead carrier
NBC Owned Television Stations
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announced it would move ''
The Kelly Clarkson Show'', which is produced by sister company
NBCUniversal Syndication Studios, into the ''Ellen'' timeslot on its stations. Other stations will make individual decisions about replacement programming, which may include additional
local newscasts; a few stations indicated interest in the possibility of a show hosted by frequent ''Ellen'' fill-in host
Tiffany Haddish, but no such program was ever announced.
On March 17, 2022, Warner Bros. announced that the final original episode hosted by DeGeneres would air on May 26; the final episode was recorded on April 28.
The studio added that new episodes with guest hosts would air, alongside repeats and compilations, through September 9.
In November 2021, ''
Deadline'' reported that Warner Bros. was in discussions with local station groups about a potential new daytime talk show hosted by
Jennifer Hudson
Jennifer Kate Hudson (born September 12, 1981), also known by her nickname J.Hud, is an American singer, actress, and talk show host. Throughout her career, she has received various accolades for her works in recorded music, film, televisi ...
that could debut as soon as fall 2022, which the studio foresees as a "successor" to ''Ellen'', notwithstanding the prior announcement by the NBC-owned stations. WB subsequently announced ''
The Jennifer Hudson Show'' would debut in fall 2022, with
Fox Television Stations and
Hearst Television as its lead carriers.
The show's final episode, which featured appearances by
Jennifer Aniston,
Billie Eilish and
Pink
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, aired as scheduled on May 26, 2022.
Episodes
Special episodes
Several episodes have aired with a special theme or format, including a "Backwards Show", entire episodes themed around Broadway productions, a Thanksgiving special taped in the
Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City, an entire episode which included
Deltalina filmed on a
Delta airplane, her 12 Days of Giveaways shows and Ellen's Birthday Show. Other recurring themes feature products from sponsors DeGeneres likes (similar to
Oprah's Favorite Things from the now ended ''
The Oprah Winfrey Show''), specials following awards show telecasts (such as the
Academy Awards
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), and numerous milestone episodes (e.g., DeGeneres's 1,000th, 1,300th, 1,500th, etc. broadcasts). In 2017, an episode aired commemorating the 20th anniversary of "
The Puppy Episode," the episode of her sitcom ''
Ellen'', in which her character Ellen Morgan came out as a
lesbian.
The episode titled "Sirdeaner Walker Interview" was nominated for a
GLAAD Media Award
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for "Outstanding Talk Show Episode" during the
21st GLAAD Media Awards.
On January 11, 2013, DeGeneres announced that she was going to Australia in March with her wife, Australian actress
Portia de Rossi, after having wanted to go for many years, being unable to visit in summer (which she preferred) due to taping conflicts of her show. Toward the end of the episode, which featured
Nicole Kidman
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as a guest, she announced to the audience that they will also be going on a holiday to Australia in a giveaway special.
On March 3, 2014, DeGeneres hosted the show live, one day after her being the host of the
86th Academy Awards. This episode features that year's Oscar winners
Cate Blanchett,
Jared Leto
Jared Joseph Leto ( ; born December 26, 1971) is an American actor and musician. Known for his method acting in a variety of roles, he has received numerous accolades over a career spanning three decades, including an Academy Award and a Gol ...
, and
Lupita Nyong'o as guests.
Guest hosts
From time to time a guest host filled in for DeGeneres. This was previously quite rare, but gradually became more common, especially in the final seasons, and was considered a regular part of the show.
*
Ellie Kemper filled in to be the first guest host on the show on March 3 2011 November 3 2011, February 17 2012, and March 4 2012. Lady gaga was doing the show some Ellen friends host January 23,2013
January 24, 2014, as DeGeneres was unable to host the show due to having the flu. Kemper hosted for a second time on December 24, 2018. She hosted for a third time on December 23, 2019.
*
Miley Cyrus hosted on September 29, 2016, which was also day four of the 7th Annual Cat Week, as DeGeneres was sick.
*
Sean Hayes hosted on May 30, 2018 while DeGeneres was in Africa visiting the gorillas in
Rwanda to help with the Ellen DeGeneres Wildlife Camp. He hosted for a second time on October 4, 2019. He hosted for a third time on October 18, 2019. He hosted for a fourth time on January 31, 2020. He hosted for a fifth time on February 28, 2020. He hosted for a sixth time on March 13, 2020. He hosted for a seventh time on March 30, 2020.
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Kristen Bell hosted on May 31, 2018 while DeGeneres was in Africa.
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Lea Michele hosted the last episode of Season 15 on August 29, 2018. This was DeGeneres' gift to Michele, whose birthday was on the day of the taping.
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Mario Lopez hosted two bonus episodes (that aired after the
Lea Michele episode), on August 30, 2018, and August 31, 2018. He hosted for a third time on January 29, 2021. He hosted for a fourth time on March 29, 2021. He hosted for a fifth time on October 14, 2021. He hosted for a sixth time on October 15, 2021. He hosted for a seventh time on February 4, 2022. He hosted for an eighth time on February 25, 2022. He hosted for a ninth time on April 15, 2022. He hosted for a tenth time on April 21, 2022.
*
Goldie Hawn and
Kate Hudson hosted on January 17, 2019.
*
Jason Sudeikis hosted on March 15, 2019. He hosted for a second time on June 12, 2019.
*
Mila Kunis
Milena Markovna "Mila" Kunis (born August 14, 1983) is an American actress. Born in Chernivtsi and raised in Los Angeles, she began playing Jackie Burkhart on the Fox television series '' That '70s Show'' (1998–2006) at the age of 14. Sinc ...
hosted on April 11, 2019.
*
John Cena hosted on April 19, 2019.
*
Melissa McCarthy hosted on May 16, 2019.
* DeGeneres' DJ
tWitch hosted the episode that aired May 23, 2019. (It was likely filmed at an earlier date as a clip was posted online three weeks earlier, on May 3, 2019, showing a segment where he interviewed
Kunal Nayyar.) tWitch hosted for a second time on September 6, 2019. He then hosted the show on September 25, 2020, October 2, 2020, October 11, 2019, October 24, 2019, October 26, 2020, January 15, 2021, February 12, 2021, March 5, 2021, March 19, 2021, March 26, 2021, March 31, 2021, April 1, 2021, April 9, 2021, June 8, 2021, June 14, 2021, June 17, 2021, June 18, 2021, June 25, 2021, July 2, 2021, July 5, 2021, July 8, 2021, July 9, 2021, October 8, 2021, November 12, 2021, December 10, 2021, December 23, 2021, December 28, 2021, January 7, 2022, February 18, 2022, March 10, 2022, March 18, 2022, April 14, 2022 with
Tiffany Haddish, April 22, 2022, and April 29, 2022. In total, he has hosted the show thirty-six times.
*
Wanda Sykes hosted on May 29, 2019. She hosted for a second time on June 30, 2021.
*
Dax Shepard hosted on September 19, 2019.
*
Beth Behrs hosted on September 26, 2019 with
Whitney Cummings. She hosted for a second time on July 6, 2021.
*
Justin Hartley hosted on October 25, 2019.
*
Howie Mandel hosted on October 29, 2019. He hosted for a second time on March 1, 2021. He hosted for a third time on April 2, 2021. He hosted for a fourth time on December 17, 2021. He hosted for a fifth time on December 20, 2021.
*
Ken Jeong hosted on November 8, 2019.
*
John Legend
John Roger Stephens (born December 28, 1978), known professionally as John Legend, is an American singer, songwriter, pianist, and record producer. He began his musical career by working behind the scenes, playing piano on Lauryn Hill's " Eve ...
hosted on November 15, 2019. He hosted for a second time on February 14, 2020.
*
Josh Gad hosted on November 22, 2019.
*
Eugene Levy and
Dan Levy hosted on January 10, 2020.
*
Robert Downey Jr. hosted on January 14, 2020.
*
Jane Fonda and
Lily Tomlin hosted on January 17, 2020.
*
Jennifer Aniston hosted on January 24, 2020. Aniston was the first guest ever on the show; she had previously co-hosted with DeGeneres several years ago, but this was her first time solo hosting.
*
Martha Stewart
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and
Snoop Dogg
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hosted on February 7, 2020.
*
Demi Lovato hosted on March 6, 2020.
*
Alec Baldwin hosted on March 23, 2020.
*
Tiffany Haddish hosted on October 9, 2020. She hosted for a second time on October 19, 2020. She hosted for a third time on November 20, 2020. She hosted for a fourth time on February 19, 2021. She hosted for a fifth time on February 26, 2021. She hosted for a sixth time on April 16, 2021. She hosted for a seventh time on June 28, 2021. She hosted for an eighth time on October 22, 2021. She hosted for a ninth time on November 5, 2021. She hosted for a tenth time on April 14, 2022 alongside
tWitch. She hosted for an eleventh time on May 6, 2022.
*
Sarah Silverman hosted on November 9, 2020.
*
Garth Brooks hosted on November 13, 2020, He hosted for a second time with wife Trisha Yearwood on May 28, 2021.
*
Brooke Baldwin hosted on March 12, 2021.
*
Kalen Allen
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hosted on March 31, 2021.
*
Ashley Graham hosted on April 23, 2021.
*
Anthony Anderson hosted on April 30, 2021.
*
Rob Lowe
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hosted on May 21, 2021.
*
Trisha Yearwood hosted on May 28, 2021, alongside her husband
Garth Brooks.
*
Chelsea Handler hosted on June 29, 2021. She hosted for a second time on July 1, 2021.
*
Loni Love hosted on July 7, 2021.
*
Arsenio Hall hosted on September 24, 2021. He hosted for a second time on October 1, 2021.
*
Katy Perry hosted on October 25, 2021.
*
Yvonne Orji hosted on November 19, 2021.
*
Leslie Jordan hosted on December 21, 2021.
*
JoJo Siwa hosted on December 22, 2021. She hosted for a second time on December 27, 2021.
*
Brad Paisley hosted on December 29, 2021.
*
Ciara hosted on December 30, 2021. She hosted for a second time on March 4, 2022.
*
Adam Devine hosted on January 14, 2022. He hosted for a second time on January 21, 2022.
*
Mickey Guyton hosted on March 3, 2022.
*
Julie Bowen hosted on March 11, 2022.
*
Leslie Jones hosted on March 25, 2022.
*
Brandi Carlile hosted on April 1, 2022.
*
Kandi Burruss hosted on April 8, 2022.
*
Tig Notaro hosted on June 1, 2022.
Guest co-hosts
DeGeneres has also occasionally co-hosted the show with guest co-hosts, which have included:
*
Dr Phil
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(On December 14 2011)
*
Manny Delgado
''Modern Family'' is an American TV comedy series revolving around three families interrelated through Jay Pritchett, his son Mitchell Pritchett, and his daughter Claire Dunphy. The families meet for family functions (usually around their three ...
(On January 13, 2012)
*
Dr Oz ( On February 17,2012)
*
Matthew Perry (on April 19, 2013)
*
Jennifer Aniston (on May 22, 2013; also partially co-hosted on June 5, 2019, and discussed guest hosting in the future)
*
Julia Roberts (on December 18, 2013)
*
Jason Bateman (on March 24, 2014)
*
Rob Lowe
Robert Hepler Lowe (born March 17, 1964) is an American actor, filmmaker, and podcast host. He made his acting debut at the age of 15 with ABC's short-lived sitcom '' A New Kind of Family'' (1979–1980). Following numerous television roles i ...
(on April 9, 2014)
*
Dallas Austin (on May 7, 2014)
*
Michelle Obama (on September 13, 2016)
*
Kristen Bell (on September 20, 2016)
*
Kevin Hart (on October 11, 2016)
*
Ciara (on October 5, 2018)
*
Chrissy Teigen (on November 20, 2018)
*
Ashton Kutcher (on December 11, 2018)
*
Mila Kunis
Milena Markovna "Mila" Kunis (born August 14, 1983) is an American actress. Born in Chernivtsi and raised in Los Angeles, she began playing Jackie Burkhart on the Fox television series '' That '70s Show'' (1998–2006) at the age of 14. Sinc ...
(on September 28, 2021)
* Katherine Blaze (on March 23, 2022)
International broadcast
At its peak, the show was internationally syndicated to more than 18 channels across 15 countries. The show currently still airs on
ITV2 in Great Britain,
RTÉ
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in Ireland,
SIC Caras in Portugal, and on
OSN Comedy in the Middle East.
Home media
A best-of DVD titled ''The Ellen DeGeneres Show: DVD-Licious'' was released in 2006, featuring early footage from the first few seasons.
Social media
The show is active on a number of social media platforms, including
Twitter
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, where DeGeneres has over 70 million followers,
Instagram
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,
Facebook
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,
Snapchat,
TikTok, and more. The talk show's YouTube channel is in the top 50 most-subscribed YouTube channels.
As of May 26, 2022, the talk show's YouTube channel has 38.5 million subscribers and 23 billion total views.
Reception
The show has been met with considerable success, and has won 61
Daytime Emmy Awards by 2019. Additionally, as the show's popularity has increased, the program has appeared as a plot element in the storylines of several scripted television programs, including ''
Joey'', ''
Six Feet Under'', and ''
The Bernie Mac Show''.
Ratings
The show averages around 4.2+ million viewers per episode, according to syndicated daytime television ratings, making it a highly viewed daytime show. It usually only trails behind ''
Live with Kelly and Ryan'', and ''
Dr. Phil
Phillip Calvin McGraw (born September 1, 1950), better known as Dr. Phil, is an American television personality and author best known for hosting the talk show '' Dr. Phil''. He holds a doctorate in clinical psychology, though he ceased rene ...
'' in total viewers. In 2017, the show passed ''Live with Kelly and Ryan'' for the first time and trailed behind ''Dr. Phil''. Following the toxic workplace allegations, the show has lost up to a million viewers.
Awards
The show has won a total of 63 Daytime Emmy Awards by 2022, including four for
Outstanding Talk Show (
2004
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Events January
* January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...
,
2005,
2006,
2007
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) and seven for
Outstanding Talk Show Entertainment (
2010,
2011,
2013
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,
2014
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,
2015,
2017
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,
2019
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and
2020). The show's first fourteen seasons surpassed the record held by ''
The Oprah Winfrey Show'', which received 47
Daytime Emmy Awards before Winfrey chose to stop submitting it for consideration in 2000. DeGeneres herself has won the
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host four times (
2005,
2006,
2007
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,
2008). The show has also won 48 Daytime Emmys in Writing (10 total), Directing (6 total), and Technical Categories (32 total). It won the
Genesis Award for "Best Talk Show" in 2010 and 2012. DeGeneres has won the
People's Choice Award for "Favorite Daytime TV Host" 15 times, making her the most awarded person in the People's Choice Awards's history.
At the
2018 Webby Awards The 23rd annual Webby Awards were held at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City on May 14, 2018, which was hosted by comedian and writer Amber Ruffin. The Webby Awards have been dubbed the "internet's highest honor" and, in 2018, received over 13,00 ...
, ''Heads Up! A Party Game from Ellen!'', a
video game
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for
iOS and
Android
Android may refer to:
Science and technology
* Android (robot), a humanoid robot or synthetic organism designed to imitate a human
* Android (operating system), Google's mobile operating system
** Bugdroid, a Google mascot sometimes referred to ...
, won the People's Voice Award for "Word & Trivia".
Spin-offs
''Ellen's Game of Games''
In 2017,
NBC premiered ''Ellen's Game of Games'', a primetime
game show
A game show is a genre of broadcast viewing entertainment (radio, television, internet, stage or other) where contestants compete for a reward. These programs can either be participatory or demonstrative and are typically directed by a host, ...
built around the audience game segments from the show.
''Ellen's Greatest Night of Giveaways''
In December 2019, NBC aired a three-night event series spun off from the "12 Days of Giveaways", ''Ellen's Greatest Night of Giveaways'', which featured DeGeneres collaborating with notable celebrities and public figures to "deliver incredible gifts to unsuspecting people".
''The Masked Dancer''
After it was performed on ''The Ellen DeGeneres Show'' as a spoof of ''
The Masked Singer'', Fox's head of alternative entertainment Rob Wade contacted the show's producers about the possibility of working on ''The Masked Dancer'' as a full spin-off series. DeGeneres would be named executive producer of the series as well; Wade stated that although they did not necessarily need her for the series, he felt that DeGeneres was "passionate about it" and had good "access to celebrities".
''Family Game Fight!''
In March 2021, NBC announced a spin-off game show titled ''Family Game Fight!'', with
Kristen Bell and
Dax Shepard as hosts and a 10-episode run has been ordered. In May 2021, it was announced that the series would premiere on August 11, 2021. In July 2021, it was announced that the series would premiere on August 8, 2021, after its primetime airing of the
2020 Summer Olympics closing ceremony
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replacing ''
Ultimate Slip 'N Slide
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''.
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