Posted on 05/12/2021 9:47:13 AM PDT by EdnaMode
At the end of a rocky 2020-21 season, following a toxic workplace environment controversy and amid declining ratings, Ellen DeGeneres is ending her daytime talk show. DeGeneres’ current contract takes The Ellen DeGeneres Show through the upcoming 2021-2022 season, the show’s 19th, and it will now be the program’s final chapter.
Like this past year for the show, the announcement of its end was messy, with the news leaking to a tabloid, The Daily Mail, which broke it early Wednesday morning, thwarting DeGeneres’ and the show’s producer Warner Bros.’ plans of announcing the news on their own terms. DeGeneres will speak about the pending end of her daytime talker in the Ellen opening monologue she will be taping later today.
After a long reign as daytime’s top entertainment talk show and a slew of Daytime Emmys, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, produced by Warner Bros.’ Telepictures, has struggled during the pandemic-impacted 2020-21 season, with its ratings falling 40% year-to-year, pushing the program down the daytime rankings. The Ellen DeGeneres Show‘s ratings dive was examined in a March story of the New York Times, which got a lot of attention and raised questions about the talker’s future.
Following a string of reports about a toxic workplace on the show last spring and summer and an internal investigation by Warner Bros., The Ellen DeGeneres Show made a number of behind-the-scene changes last fall, including ousting long-time executive producers, and DeGeneres apologized to her staff.
DeGeneres previously had indicated that she was seriously considering ending her show, most recently in 2019 when she ended up signing a new three-year deal to extend the program through 2022.
“Although all good things must come to an end, you still have hope that the truly great things never will,” Mike Darnell, President, Warner Bros. Unscripted Television, said in a statement provided to Deadline. “The Ellen Show started as the little program that could and became an absolute phenomenon. Over the years, it established itself as the premiere destination for both superstars and incredible heartfelt human interest stories. The show and Ellen brought comedy, joy, happiness, comfort (and dancing!) to countless millions every day for 18 years. It was and is an indelible piece of the television landscape, and it will be sorely missed.”
Was she really mean? I saw her show only once while at my mother in laws house in NJ. I really saw nothing mean at all then. What did she do that was mean?
Her staffers say that. But they kept working for her. Lol.
I wonder how introspective she is. Probably not very. Just imagine the competing thoughts in her head:
“I can’t believe the media prints such lies about me1 Such hearsay! I’m a good person. I didn’t hurt anyone! Maybe I yelled a little, but I was trying to make my show great again! I’m not bad — I’ve been treated unfairly!
And another thing, that Trump is just awful! I saw on CNN that someone who cuts the hair of someone who knew someone in the White House and they said he was worse than Hitler! CNN wouldn’t report that stuff if it was true! It’s probably even worse than they say! That guy got what he deserved!”
She’s not funny, she can’t act or dance, and she’s obnoxious. Perfect candidate for another show of the same type.
Trying to recall ever watching. Might have once or twice or maybe some clips. I did watch her sitcom before she came out. She was funny back then.
I never understood her appeal. About as funny as a garden gnome and sporting the same look.
Never watched it once. Not even a rerun (assuming there even are reruns).
She and Will & Grace shows started the ‘gay acceptance’ thru comedy!
I never thought either were that funny.
Dang, I haven’t seen a single episode yet. If I wait much longer, it’ll be too late.
Going thru the ‘change’ can make one hard to get along with.
Does she or doesn’t he?
That’s hardy har har funny!
18-1/2 seasons too late.
Perfect candidate for public office in California or New York.
Her game show sucked too.
Google “mean Ellen DeGeneres.” You will get many hits. Here is one.
https://www.vulture.com/2020/07/the-ellen-degeneres-show-described-as-toxic-by-employees.html
She and Oprah have been losing audience over the last couple of years. That is partly the reason why.
So it turns out that Ellen DeGenerate was a degenerate.
What took so long?
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