The Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Ellen DeGeneres Show (stylized as ellen; often shortened to Ellen or The Ellen Show) is an American daytime television variety comedy talk show created and hosted by its namesake Ellen DeGeneres that aired for 19 seasons from September 8, 2003, to May 26, 2022, in syndication and was produced by Telepictures. The majority of stations owned by NBC Owned Television Stations, along with Hearst Television and Tegna, served as the program's largest affiliate base.[2] For its first five seasons, the show was taped in Studio 11 at NBC Studios in Burbank, California. From season 6 onwards, the show moved to being taped at Stage 1 on the nearby Warner Bros. lot.[3] Since the beginning of the sixth season, The Ellen DeGeneres Show was broadcast in high definition.
This article is about the talk show that aired from 2003 to 2022. For the 1994–1998 ABC sitcom, see Ellen (TV series). For the 2001–02 CBS sitcom, see The Ellen Show.The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Ellen
Ellen DeGeneres
- "Ellen" by Sharlotte Gibson (season 1)
- "Ellen" (Remix) by Sharlotte Gibson (seasons 2–3)
- "Have a Little Fun Today" by Sharlotte Gibson (seasons 4–12)
- "Today's the Day" by Pink (seasons 13–19)[1]
United States
English
19
3,294 (list of episodes)
- Ellen DeGeneres
- Stephen "tWitch" Boss (2020–2022)
- Andy Lassner (2003–2022)
- Mary Connelly (2006–2022)
- Derek Westervelt (2006–2022)
- Kevin A. Leman II (2003–2020)
- Ed Glavin (2006–2020)
- Jim Paratore (2003–2012)
30–60 minutes
- A Very Good Production
- Telepictures Productions
- Warner Bros. Television
- WAD Productions, Inc. (2004–2022)
September 8, 2003 –
May 26, 2022 (special new guest host and clip episodes until June 17, 2022)
The show received 171 Daytime Emmy Award nominations and won 63 Daytime Emmy Awards as of 2022, 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.[4][5][6][7] The eighteenth season premiered on September 21, 2020.[8] On May 12, 2021, DeGeneres announced that the nineteenth season would be her last,[9] which premiered on September 13, 2021.[10]
The final episode aired on May 26, 2022, as previously announced on March 17, 2022.[11][12][13] 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 such as The Kelly Clarkson Show.
Production information[edit]
Taping location[edit]
From 2003 to early 2008, the program was originally taped in Studio 11 at NBC Studios 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[edit]
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 (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.
Social media[edit]
The show is active on a number of social media platforms, including Twitter, where DeGeneres has over 70 million followers, Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, TikTok, and more. The talk show's YouTube channel is in the top 50 most-subscribed YouTube channels.
As of December 31, 2022, the talk show's YouTube channel has 38.3 million subscribers and about 23 billion total views.[82]
On January 1, 2023, all of DeGeneres' social media platform handles were changed from @TheEllenShow to @EllenDeGeneres. The YouTube channel still remains as "TheEllenShow".[83]
