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.hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This article is about the 1994 ABC sitcom. For the 2001 CBS sitcom, see <a href="/wiki/The_Ellen_Show" title="The Ellen Show"><i>The Ellen Show</i></a>. For the talk show that aired from 2003 to 2022, see <a href="/wiki/The_Ellen_DeGeneres_Show" title="The Ellen DeGeneres Show"><i>The Ellen DeGeneres Show</i></a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1230561210">.mw-parser-output .ib-tv{border-collapse:separate;border-spacing:0 3px;padding:3px 5px}.mw-parser-output .ib-tv .infobox-above{background-color:#CCCCFF;color:inherit;font-size:125%;padding:0.25em 1em}.mw-parser-output .ib-tv .infobox-header{background-color:#CCCCFF;color:inherit;padding:0.25em 1em}.mw-parser-output .ib-tv img{background-color:white}.mw-parser-output .ib-tv-aka{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output .ib-tv-network-release td,.mw-parser-output .ib-tv-network-release th{border-top:1px solid #a2a9b1}</style><table class="infobox ib-tv vevent"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary"><i>Ellen</i></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:EllenTVlogo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/EllenTVlogo.svg/220px-EllenTVlogo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="108" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/EllenTVlogo.svg/330px-EllenTVlogo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/EllenTVlogo.svg/440px-EllenTVlogo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="276" data-file-height="136" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Also known as</th><td class="infobox-data ib-tv-aka"><i>These Friends of Mine</i> (season 1)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Created by</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Neal_Marlens" title="Neal Marlens">Neal Marlens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carol_L._Black" class="mw-redirect" title="Carol L. Black">Carol Black</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_S._Rosenthal" title="David S. Rosenthal">David S. Rosenthal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Starring</th><td class="infobox-data attendee"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ellen_DeGeneres" title="Ellen DeGeneres">Ellen DeGeneres</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Anthony_Higgins" title="David Anthony Higgins">David Anthony Higgins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clea_Lewis" title="Clea Lewis">Clea Lewis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joely_Fisher" title="Joely Fisher">Joely Fisher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Piven" title="Jeremy Piven">Jeremy Piven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arye_Gross" title="Arye Gross">Arye Gross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holly_Fulger" title="Holly Fulger">Holly Fulger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maggie_Wheeler" title="Maggie Wheeler">Maggie Wheeler</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Theme music composer</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_McElhone" title="Johnny McElhone">Johnny McElhone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sharleen_Spiteri" title="Sharleen Spiteri">Sharleen Spiteri</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Opening theme</th><td class="infobox-data">"<a href="/wiki/So_Called_Friend" title="So Called Friend">So Called Friend</a>", performed by <a href="/wiki/Texas_(band)" title="Texas (band)">Texas</a> (seasons 3–5)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Composer</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/W._G._Snuffy_Walden" title="W. G. Snuffy Walden">W. G. Snuffy Walden</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country of origin</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Original language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> of seasons</th><td class="infobox-data">5</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> of episodes</th><td class="infobox-data">109 <span class="nowrap">(<a href="/wiki/List_of_Ellen_episodes" title="List of Ellen episodes">list of episodes</a>)</span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header summary">Production</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Executive producers</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Driscoll_(screenwriter)" title="Mark Driscoll (screenwriter)">Mark Driscoll</a></li> <li>David S. Rosenthal</li> <li>Carol Black</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Doyle" title="Tim Doyle">Tim Doyle</a></li> <li>Warren Bell</li> <li>Eileen Heisler</li> <li>DeAnn Heline</li> <li>Dava Savel</li> <li>Carol Black</li> <li>Neal Marlens</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pamela_Eells_O%27Connell" title="Pamela Eells O'Connell">Pamela Eells O'Connell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sally_Lapiduss" title="Sally Lapiduss">Sally Lapiduss</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Producers</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>Ellen DeGeneres</li> <li>Tracy Newman</li> <li>Jonathan Stark</li> <li>David S. Rosenthal</li> <li>Mark Grossan</li> <li>Richard Day</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Camera setup</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Multiple-camera_setup" title="Multiple-camera setup">Multi-camera</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Running time</th><td class="infobox-data">30 minutes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Production companies</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>The Black/Marlens Company</li> <li><a href="/wiki/ABC_Signature" title="ABC Signature">Touchstone Television</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header summary">Original release</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Network</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Release</th><td class="infobox-data">March 29, 1994<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1994-03-29</span>)</span> –<br />July 22, 1998<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1998-07-22</span>)</span><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header summary">Related</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Ellen_Show" title="The Ellen Show">The Ellen Show</a></i> (2001–2002)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Ellen</b></i> is an American television <a href="/wiki/Sitcom" title="Sitcom">sitcom</a> that aired on <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a> from March 29, 1994, to July 22, 1998, consisting of 109 episodes. <a href="/wiki/Ellen_DeGeneres" title="Ellen DeGeneres">Ellen DeGeneres</a> stars as the title character of Ellen Morgan, a <a href="/wiki/Neuroticism" title="Neuroticism">neurotic</a> <a href="/wiki/Bookstore" class="mw-redirect" title="Bookstore">bookstore</a> owner in her thirties. The title of the series was <i><b>These Friends of Mine</b></i> for the first season, but it was subsequently changed to avoid confusion with the <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a> series <i><a href="/wiki/Friends" title="Friends">Friends</a></i>, which premiered in September 1994. </p><p>The series centered on Ellen's dealing with her quirky friends, her family, and the problems of daily life, set in <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>. The series was one of the first in the US with a main character to come out as gay, which DeGeneres' character did in the 1997 episode "<a href="/wiki/The_Puppy_Episode" title="The Puppy Episode">The Puppy Episode</a>", which aired shortly after DeGeneres publicly revealed that she was gay in real life. This event received a great deal of media exposure, ignited controversy, and prompted ABC to place a <a href="/wiki/Parental_advisory" class="mw-redirect" title="Parental advisory">parental advisory</a> at the beginning of each episode. </p><p>The series' theme song (used in season 3 onwards) is a version of "<a href="/wiki/So_Called_Friend" title="So Called Friend">So Called Friend</a>" by Scottish band <a href="/wiki/Texas_(band)" title="Texas (band)">Texas</a> with altered lyrics. A running gag during the third and fourth seasons was that each episode had a distinct/different <a href="/wiki/Opening_credits" title="Opening credits">opening credits</a> sequence (often with singing and dancing and featuring popular celebrities as guest stars), resulting from Ellen's ongoing search for the perfect opening credits. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cast_and_characters">Cast and characters</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ellen_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Cast and characters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Overview">Overview</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ellen_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:auto"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2" scope="col">Character </th> <th rowspan="2" scope="col">Portrayed by </th> <th colspan="5" scope="col">Appearances </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/Ellen_season_1" title="Ellen season 1">1</a> </th> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/Ellen_season_2" title="Ellen season 2">2</a> </th> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/Ellen_season_3" title="Ellen season 3">3</a> </th> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/Ellen_season_4" title="Ellen season 4">4</a> </th> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/Ellen_season_5" title="Ellen season 5">5</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Ellen Morgan </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Ellen_DeGeneres" title="Ellen DeGeneres">Ellen DeGeneres</a> </td> <td colspan="5" style="background: #DFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast"><a href="/wiki/Casting_(performing_arts)#Cast_types_or_roles" title="Casting (performing arts)">Main</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Joe Farrell </th> <td><a href="/wiki/David_Anthony_Higgins" title="David Anthony Higgins">David Anthony Higgins</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast"><a href="/wiki/Recurring_character" title="Recurring character">Recurring</a> </td> <td colspan="3" style="background: #DFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Main </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Main<b>†</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Paige Clarke </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Joely_Fisher" title="Joely Fisher">Joely Fisher</a> </td> <td style="background: #EEE; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast"><span style="display: none">Does not appear</span> </td> <td colspan="4" style="background: #DFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Main </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Audrey Penney </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Clea_Lewis" title="Clea Lewis">Clea Lewis</a> </td> <td style="background: #DEF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast"><a href="/wiki/Guest_appearance" title="Guest appearance">Guest</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Recurring </td> <td colspan="2" style="background: #DFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Main </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Main<b>†</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Spence Kovak </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Piven" title="Jeremy Piven">Jeremy Piven</a> </td> <td colspan="2" style="background: #EEE; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast"><span style="display: none">Does not appear</span> </td> <td colspan="2" style="background: #DFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Main </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Main<b>†</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Adam Green </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Arye_Gross" title="Arye Gross">Arye Gross</a> </td> <td colspan="3" style="background: #DFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast"><a href="/wiki/Casting_(performing_arts)#Cast_types_or_roles" title="Casting (performing arts)">Main</a> </td> <td colspan="2" style="background: #EEE; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast"><span style="display: none">Does not appear</span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Holly Jamison </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Holly_Fulger" title="Holly Fulger">Holly Fulger</a> </td> <td style="background: #DFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Main </td> <td colspan="4" style="background: #EEE; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast"><span style="display: none">Does not appear</span> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Anita Warwell </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Maggie_Wheeler" title="Maggie Wheeler">Maggie Wheeler</a> </td> <td style="background: #FFE3E3; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast">Main<b>†</b> </td> <td colspan="4" style="background: #EEE; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-cast"><span style="display: none">Does not appear</span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>†</b> Though listed in many sources as a main character for the season indicated, this character actually only appeared in approximately half the season's episodes. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Main">Main</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ellen_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Main"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Note: Between seasons one and two, there was not only a title change from <i>These Friends of Mine</i> to <i>Ellen</i>, but two main characters disappeared without explanation. </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ellen_DeGeneres" title="Ellen DeGeneres">Ellen DeGeneres</a> as Ellen Inez Morgan: Ellen is the main character of the sitcom. In season one, Ellen works in a Los Angeles bookstore called "Buy the Book". In the second season, she purchases the bookstore from her boss and becomes its owner. Throughout season four, hints were made to her sexuality and near the end of season 4 in "The Puppy Episode," Ellen announced she was a lesbian. For the first one and a half seasons, Ellen lived in an apartment with roommate Adam. She lived alone after Adam moved out and then with her cousin Spence. Towards the end of season four, she bought her own house. Ellen's personality was likable and cheerful, but also somewhat clumsy and awkward, and with a persistent need to be liked. Her trademark behavior (and the main object of her comedy) was that she would <a href="/wiki/Digression" title="Digression">digress</a>, rambling and babbling, especially when nervous or embarrassed. An example of both her clumsiness and her need to please is found in the episode where she had <a href="/wiki/Martha_Stewart" title="Martha Stewart">Martha Stewart</a> over for a dinner party and Ellen became highly stressed trying to organize the perfect dinner.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joely_Fisher" title="Joely Fisher">Joely Fisher</a> as Paige Clarke: Appearing in seasons two through five, Paige is Ellen's somewhat vain and promiscuous best friend who works for a <a href="/wiki/Movie_studio" class="mw-redirect" title="Movie studio">movie studio</a>. Paige planned to tie the knot with her boyfriend Matt Liston, but dumped him at the altar after resuming an affair she had with Ellen's cousin Spence. When Ellen comes out of the closet, Paige has the hardest time dealing with it (even harder than Ellen's parents). In the fourth-season finale, Paige finally comes to terms with it. Paige also likes to try on clothes and work on her singing voice. Her singing voice is powerful enough to blow things off tables, as seen in season 2 episode 13. (s. 2-5)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Anthony_Higgins" title="David Anthony Higgins">David Anthony Higgins</a> as Joe Farrell: Appearing in all five seasons, Joe is a dour, sarcastic Canadian who works as the <a href="/wiki/Barista" title="Barista">barista</a> at the coffee shop inside Ellen's bookstore. His personal life is only touched upon, usually for comic relief in constant reference to misadventures he had in <a href="/wiki/Moose_Jaw" title="Moose Jaw">Moose Jaw</a>. In the third season he becomes a member of the core group which aside from him consists of Ellen, Spence, Paige, and Audrey. (Recurring Season 1, Main cast Seasons 2-5)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clea_Lewis" title="Clea Lewis">Clea Lewis</a> as Audrey Penney: Audrey is Ellen's squeaky-voiced and exceedingly perky neighbor and later co-worker, seen usually in the color <a href="/wiki/Pink" title="Pink">pink</a> and whose catchphrase was the enthusiastic greeting "Hi, Ellen!" Ellen has something of a <a href="/wiki/Love%E2%80%93hate_relationship" title="Love–hate relationship">love–hate relationship</a> with Audrey, often annoyed at her overly upbeat demeanor. But after Ellen comes out, Audrey is extremely supportive (and excited, saying that she thinks "it's SUPER!"), and she throws herself into the <a href="/wiki/LGBT" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT">LGBT</a> culture, ironically with more reverence than Ellen did. In her initial appearance in the first season, her personality and appearance were quite different, and Ellen complained about Audrey's dour and negative personality, but upon her reappearance later in season two she has developed her upbeat and perky demeanor. In season one, Ellen also refers to Audrey's husband, but he never appears, their off-screen divorce between seasons one and two possibly explaining Audrey's change of personality, and Audrey later dates several people, including Adam and <a href="/wiki/Ron_Palillo" title="Ron Palillo">Ron Palillo</a>. It is revealed that she comes from a very well-off family, though she rejected her inheritance so that she could continue being an assistant at the bookstore. (Guest Season 1, Recurring Season 2, Main cast Seasons 3-5)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Piven" title="Jeremy Piven">Jeremy Piven</a> as Spencer "Spence" Kovak: Ellen's volatile but well-intentioned cousin from New York, who joined the cast in the third season. His arrival in Ellen's life coincides with the aftermath of a large <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a> earthquake that leads to the destruction and subsequent remodeling of the bookstore. Spence was training as a doctor, but was fired from his job for punching a patient and as a result spent the beginning of the third season bored and depressed. He begins training as a lawyer but after saving someone's life decides to resume his career in medicine. He and Paige had a <a href="/wiki/Love-hate_relationship" class="mw-redirect" title="Love-hate relationship">love-hate relationship</a> that began as constant fighting but later they became lovers and stayed such until a few episodes before the end of the series when the relationship ended amicably. (S. 3-5)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arye_Gross" title="Arye Gross">Arye Gross</a> as Adam Green: Appearing in seasons one through three, Adam is Ellen's roommate and they have been friends since college. A photographer, he is completely unsuccessful with women and is frequently dumped. In the middle of the third season, Adam moves to England to work as a photographer for <i>The Sun Times</i>, but upon his departure, he reveals that he was harboring a crush on Ellen. She in turn lies that she has one on him too, but he finds out the truth and that creates tension between the two of them until shortly before he leaves. (Seasons 1-3)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holly_Fulger" title="Holly Fulger">Holly Fulger</a> as Holly Jamison: Appearing only in the first season, Holly is Ellen's friend. Shy and self-conscious, she tries to avoid any trouble and is desperate to get along with the people around her. She actually would love to be the center of attention, though she doesn't dare to overcome her shyness. Her surname was never spoken or seen in the show. (S. 1 - 13 episodes)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maggie_Wheeler" title="Maggie Wheeler">Maggie Wheeler</a> as Anita Warrell: Ellen's friend and a main character in the show's first season. Like Holly, she does not appear in subsequent seasons and is not mentioned again. She was mentioned by Holly to be much more attractive than her but, unlike Holly, most of her romantic relationships were never shown on screen. (s. 1 - 7 episodes)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Recurring">Recurring</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ellen_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Recurring"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Steven_Gilborn" title="Steven Gilborn">Steven Gilborn</a> as Harold Cornelius Morgan (seasons 1-5): Ellen's father. He is often somewhat clueless about what is going on around him. At one point, he and Ellen's mother Lois announce that they want to divorce, much to Ellen's dismay. They later reconcile.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alice_Hirson" title="Alice Hirson">Alice Hirson</a> as Lois Ellington Morgan (seasons 1-5): Ellen's mother, Lois spends much of her time nosing and interfering in Ellen's life. Before Ellen comes out of the closet, Lois is obsessed with finding Ellen a husband. At one point, she wants to divorce her husband, but they later reconcile.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Bristow" title="Patrick Bristow">Patrick Bristow</a> as Peter Barnes (seasons 2–5): Ellen's friend. He was a charity worker in the second season and a recurring role until the end of the series.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Campbell" title="Bruce Campbell">Bruce Campbell</a> as Ed Billik (season 4): Ed appeared in season four only as the new manager of Ellen's bookstore. He was a strict business type who frequently butted heads with Ellen over their management styles.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Plotnick" title="Jack Plotnick">Jack Plotnick</a> as Barrett (seasons 3-5): Paige's assistant in season three. It is implied that he also goes on to marry Peter Barnes.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lisa_Darr" title="Lisa Darr">Lisa Darr</a> as Laurie Manning (season 5): Ellen's girlfriend. Laurie appears in eight episodes in the fifth and final season of Ellen. She and her daughter Holly (Kayla Murphy) become an increasingly important part of Ellen's life.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notable_guest_stars">Notable guest stars</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ellen_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Notable guest stars"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output 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href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ellen_(TV_series)&action=edit">adding missing items</a>. <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">May 2023</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Tyler_Moore" title="Mary Tyler Moore">Mary Tyler Moore</a> appeared in two episodes, one of which was an opening sequence (episodes "Lobster Diary" and "Two Ring Circus")</li> <li>The band <a href="/wiki/Texas_(band)" title="Texas (band)">Texas</a>, who sang the show's opening theme song, appeared in an opening sequence</li> <li>The band <a href="/wiki/Captain_%26_Tennille" title="Captain & Tennille">Captain & Tennille</a> also appeared in two opening sequences (the same one used twice) (episodes "Splitsville, Man" and "Reversal of Misfortune")</li> <li>Ellen's real-life mother <a href="/wiki/Betty_DeGeneres" title="Betty DeGeneres">Betty DeGeneres</a> appeared in two episodes, one of which was in an opening sequence (episodes "The Puppy Episode" and "Makin' Whoopie")</li> <li>Ellen's brother <a href="/wiki/Vance_DeGeneres" title="Vance DeGeneres">Vance DeGeneres</a> also appeared in two episodes ("Ellen's Choice" and "Ellen Unplugged")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wayne_Newton" title="Wayne Newton">Wayne Newton</a> (the episode "Secrets & Ellen" is part of a Viva Las Vegas crossover with <i><a href="/wiki/Grace_Under_Fire" title="Grace Under Fire">Grace Under Fire</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Coach_(TV_series)" title="Coach (TV series)">Coach</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Drew_Carey_Show" title="The Drew Carey Show">The Drew Carey Show</a></i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drew_Carey" title="Drew Carey">Drew Carey</a> (the episode "Secrets & Ellen" is part of a Viva Las Vegas crossover with <i><a href="/wiki/Grace_Under_Fire" title="Grace Under Fire">Grace Under Fire</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Coach_(TV_series)" title="Coach (TV series)">Coach</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Drew_Carey_Show" title="The Drew Carey Show">The Drew Carey Show</a></i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brett_Butler_(actress)" title="Brett Butler (actress)">Brett Butler</a> (the episode "Secrets & Ellen" is part of a Viva Las Vegas crossover with <i><a href="/wiki/Grace_Under_Fire" title="Grace Under Fire">Grace Under Fire</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Coach_(TV_series)" title="Coach (TV series)">Coach</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Drew_Carey_Show" title="The Drew Carey Show">The Drew Carey Show</a></i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janeane_Garofalo" title="Janeane Garofalo">Janeane Garofalo</a> (episode "Two Mammograms and a Wedding")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaley_Cuoco" title="Kaley Cuoco">Kaley Cuoco</a> as Young Ellen (episode "The Bubble-Gum Incident")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steven_Eckholdt" title="Steven Eckholdt">Steven Eckholdt</a> (episode "The Puppy Episode")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laura_Dern" title="Laura Dern">Laura Dern</a> (episode "The Puppy Episode")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oprah_Winfrey" title="Oprah Winfrey">Oprah Winfrey</a> (episode "The Puppy Episode")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billy_Bob_Thornton" title="Billy Bob Thornton">Billy Bob Thornton</a> (episode "The Puppy Episode")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jenny_Shimizu" title="Jenny Shimizu">Jenny Shimizu</a> (episode "The Puppy Episode")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demi_Moore" title="Demi Moore">Demi Moore</a> (episode "The Puppy Episode")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/K.d._lang" title="K.d. lang">k.d. lang</a> (episode "The Puppy Episode")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gina_Gershon" title="Gina Gershon">Gina Gershon</a> (episode "The Puppy Episode")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jorja_Fox" title="Jorja Fox">Jorja Fox</a> (episode "The Puppy Episode")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dwight_Yoakam" title="Dwight Yoakam">Dwight Yoakam</a> (episode "The Puppy Episode")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melissa_Etheridge" title="Melissa Etheridge">Melissa Etheridge</a> (episode "The Puppy Episode")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sully_Diaz" class="mw-redirect" title="Sully Diaz">Sully Diaz</a> (episode "The Promotion")</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lyle_Waggoner" title="Lyle Waggoner">Lyle Waggoner</a> as a date for Ellen's mom Lois (while separated) and <a href="/wiki/Trisha_Yearwood" title="Trisha Yearwood">Trisha Yearwood</a> as herself in a country western dance club (episode "Not So Great Expectations")</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Episodes">Episodes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ellen_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Episodes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Ellen_episodes" title="List of Ellen episodes">List of Ellen episodes</a></div> <div style="display:block;overflow-x:auto"><table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;height:1px;display:table"><tbody><tr style="text-align:center"><th scope="col" rowspan="2" style="min-width:50px;padding:0 8px">Season</th><th scope="col" rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="padding:0 8px">Episodes</th><th scope="colgroup" colspan="2">Originally aired</th></tr><tr><th scope="col">First aired</th><th scope="col">Last aired</th></tr><tr style="height:100%"><th scope="row" colspan="1" style="height:inherit;padding:0"><span style="text-align:center;float:left;width:100%;height:100%"><span style="width:14px;background:#481969;color:#202122;height:100%;float:left;box-shadow:inset -1px 0 #A2A9B1"></span><span style="height:100%;width:calc(100% - 14px - 8px);display:flex;vertical-align:middle;align-items:center;justify-content:center;padding:0 4px"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Ellen_episodes#Season_1_(1994)" title="List of Ellen episodes">1</a></span></span></span></th><td colspan="2">13</td><td colspan="1" style="padding:0.2em 0.4em">March 29, 1994<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1994-03-29</span>)</span></td><td style="padding:0 8px">August 30, 1994<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1994-08-30</span>)</span></td></tr><tr style="height:100%"><th scope="row" colspan="1" style="height:inherit;padding:0"><span style="text-align:center;float:left;width:100%;height:100%"><span style="width:14px;background:#FF6685;color:#202122;height:100%;float:left;box-shadow:inset -1px 0 #A2A9B1"></span><span style="height:100%;width:calc(100% - 14px - 8px);display:flex;vertical-align:middle;align-items:center;justify-content:center;padding:0 4px"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Ellen_episodes#Season_2_(1994–95)" title="List of Ellen episodes">2</a></span></span></span></th><td colspan="2">24</td><td colspan="1" style="padding:0.2em 0.4em">September 21, 1994<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1994-09-21</span>)</span></td><td style="padding:0 8px">May 17, 1995<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1995-05-17</span>)</span></td></tr><tr style="height:100%"><th scope="row" colspan="1" style="height:inherit;padding:0"><span style="text-align:center;float:left;width:100%;height:100%"><span style="width:14px;background:#000099;color:#202122;height:100%;float:left;box-shadow:inset -1px 0 #A2A9B1"></span><span style="height:100%;width:calc(100% - 14px - 8px);display:flex;vertical-align:middle;align-items:center;justify-content:center;padding:0 4px"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Ellen_episodes#Season_3_(1995–96)" title="List of Ellen episodes">3</a></span></span></span></th><td colspan="2">25</td><td colspan="1" style="padding:0.2em 0.4em">September 12, 1995<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1995-09-12</span>)</span></td><td style="padding:0 8px">May 21, 1996<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1996-05-21</span>)</span></td></tr><tr style="height:100%"><th scope="row" colspan="1" style="height:inherit;padding:0"><span style="text-align:center;float:left;width:100%;height:100%"><span style="width:14px;background:#FFCC00;color:#202122;height:100%;float:left;box-shadow:inset -1px 0 #A2A9B1"></span><span style="height:100%;width:calc(100% - 14px - 8px);display:flex;vertical-align:middle;align-items:center;justify-content:center;padding:0 4px"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Ellen_episodes#Season_4_(1996–97)" title="List of Ellen episodes">4</a></span></span></span></th><td colspan="2">25</td><td colspan="1" style="padding:0.2em 0.4em">September 17, 1996<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1996-09-17</span>)</span></td><td style="padding:0 8px">May 13, 1997<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1997-05-13</span>)</span></td></tr><tr style="height:100%"><th scope="row" colspan="1" style="height:inherit;padding:0"><span style="text-align:center;float:left;width:100%;height:100%"><span style="width:14px;background:#00B176;color:#202122;height:100%;float:left;box-shadow:inset -1px 0 #A2A9B1"></span><span style="height:100%;width:calc(100% - 14px - 8px);display:flex;vertical-align:middle;align-items:center;justify-content:center;padding:0 4px"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Ellen_episodes#Season_5_(1997–98)" title="List of Ellen episodes">5</a></span></span></span></th><td colspan="2">22</td><td colspan="1" style="padding:0.2em 0.4em">September 24, 1997<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1997-09-24</span>)</span></td><td style="padding:0 8px">July 22, 1998<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend itvend">1998-07-22</span>)</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id=""The_Puppy_Episode""><span id=".22The_Puppy_Episode.22"></span>"The Puppy Episode"</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ellen_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: "The Puppy Episode""><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/The_Puppy_Episode" title="The Puppy Episode">The Puppy Episode</a></div> <p>In 1997, <i>Ellen</i> made U.S. television history when the title character <a href="/wiki/Coming_out" title="Coming out">came out</a> as a <a href="/wiki/Lesbian" title="Lesbian">lesbian</a> in the famous "<a href="/wiki/The_Puppy_Episode" title="The Puppy Episode">Puppy Episode</a>" (DeGeneres herself came out concurrent with the episode on <i><a href="/wiki/The_Oprah_Winfrey_Show" title="The Oprah Winfrey Show">The Oprah Winfrey Show</a></i> and in <i><a href="/wiki/Time_(magazine)" title="Time (magazine)">Time</a></i>). To ensure a memorable moment, the coming out scene was made into a gag where, at an airport, Ellen turns and tells <a href="/wiki/Laura_Dern" title="Laura Dern">Laura Dern</a>'s character "I'm gay!" – only to realize that she had turned right into the public address microphone, announcing her sexuality to the entire terminal. Ellen DeGeneres's mother Betty can briefly be seen as one of the people in the terminal with a shocked reaction to the announcement.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The episode was ranked No. 46 on <a href="/wiki/TV_Guide%27s_100_Greatest_Episodes_of_All-Time" title="TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All-Time"><i>TV Guide</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s 100 Greatest Episodes of All-Time</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The revelation ignited a storm of controversy, prompting ABC to place a <a href="/wiki/Parental_advisory" class="mw-redirect" title="Parental advisory">parental advisory</a> at the beginning of each episode. </p><p><i>Ellen</i> was successful enough in its early seasons to warrant annual renewal, due largely to DeGeneres's perceived appeal and comic ability, but only with Ellen's coming out did the show make its way into the wide public consciousness and hit a critical plateau. After the initial coming out frenzy, however, the show's <a href="/wiki/Nielsen_ratings" class="mw-redirect" title="Nielsen ratings">ratings</a> declined, and ABC began feeling the pain of a backlash regarding the "gay content" being exhibited. The final episodes of <i>Ellen</i> were criticized for focusing too much on gay issues.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Eventually, even some members of the LGBT community, including <a href="/wiki/Chaz_Bono" title="Chaz Bono">Chaz Bono</a> (who at the time was the media director for <a href="/wiki/Gay_%26_Lesbian_Alliance_Against_Defamation" class="mw-redirect" title="Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation">GLAAD</a>), began to criticize the show's serious new tone as well.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> ABC cancelled the show in May 1998 after five seasons. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Viva_Las_Vegas">Viva Las Vegas</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ellen_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Viva Las Vegas"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Grace_Under_Fire#Viva_Las_Vegas" title="Grace Under Fire">Grace Under Fire § Viva Las Vegas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Coach_(TV_series)#Viva_Las_Vegas" title="Coach (TV series)">Coach (TV series) § Viva Las Vegas</a>, and <a href="/wiki/The_Drew_Carey_Show#Viva_Las_Vegas" title="The Drew Carey Show">The Drew Carey Show § Viva Las Vegas</a></div> <p>The episode "Secrets & Ellen" is part of a crossover with <i><a href="/wiki/Grace_Under_Fire" title="Grace Under Fire">Grace Under Fire</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Coach_(TV_series)" title="Coach (TV series)">Coach</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Drew_Carey_Show" title="The Drew Carey Show">The Drew Carey Show</a></i> set in Las Vegas. It features <a href="/wiki/Brett_Butler_(actress)" title="Brett Butler (actress)">Brett Butler</a> as Grace Kelly and <a href="/wiki/Drew_Carey" title="Drew Carey">Drew Carey</a> as himself. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Broadcast_history">Broadcast history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ellen_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Broadcast history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ratings">Ratings</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ellen_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Ratings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"> <tbody><tr style="background-color:#E0E0E0"> <th colspan="2">Season </th> <th><a href="/wiki/List_of_Ellen_episodes" title="List of Ellen episodes">Episodes</a> </th> <th>Season Premiere </th> <th>Season Finale </th> <th>Ranking </th> <th>Viewers<br />(in millions) </th></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F9F9F9"> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_Ellen_episodes#Season_one_.281994.29" title="List of Ellen episodes">1</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1993%E2%80%9394_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1993–94 United States network television schedule">1993–94</a> </td> <td>13<sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_ep"><a href="#endnote_ep">[a]</a></sup> </td> <td>March 29, 1994 </td> <td>August 30, 1994 </td> <td>N/A<sup id="cite_ref-9394season_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9394season-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>N/A<sup id="cite_ref-9394season_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9394season-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F9F9F9"> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_Ellen_episodes#Season_two_.281994-1995.29" title="List of Ellen episodes">2</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1994%E2%80%9395_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1994–95 United States network television schedule">1994–95</a> </td> <td>24 </td> <td>September 21, 1994 </td> <td>May 17, 1995 </td> <td>#13<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </td> <td>21.05<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F9F9F9"> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_Ellen_episodes#Season_three_.281995-1996.29" title="List of Ellen episodes">3</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1995%E2%80%9396_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1995–96 United States network television schedule">1995–96</a> </td> <td>25 </td> <td>September 13, 1995 </td> <td>May 21, 1996 </td> <td>#39<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </td> <td>16.59<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F9F9F9"> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_Ellen_episodes#Season_four_.281996-1997.29" title="List of Ellen episodes">4</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1996–97 United States network television schedule">1996–97</a> </td> <td>25<sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_ep"><a href="#endnote_ep">[a]</a></sup> </td> <td>September 18, 1996 </td> <td>May 13, 1997 </td> <td>#30<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </td> <td>16.79<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#F9F9F9"> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_Ellen_episodes#Season_five_.281997-1998.29" title="List of Ellen episodes">5</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398_United_States_network_television_schedule" title="1997–98 United States network television schedule">1997–98</a> </td> <td>22 </td> <td>September 24, 1997 </td> <td>July 22, 1998 </td> <td>#42<sup id="cite_ref-9798season_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9798season-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>12.4<sup id="cite_ref-9798season_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9798season-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dd><sup><sup class="plainlinks nourlexpansion citation" id="ref_ep"><a href="#endnote_ep">[a]</a></sup></sup>Two episodes that aired in Season 3, "The Tape" and "The Mugging", were filmed at the same time as Season 1 and are included in the Season 1 DVD box set as "bonus episodes", and are not included in the Season 3 DVD release.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="The text near this tag may need clarification or removal of jargon. (June 2019)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards">Awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ellen_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_Ellen" title="List of awards and nominations received by Ellen">List of awards and nominations received by Ellen</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Home_media">Home media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ellen_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Home media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/A%26E_Television_Networks" class="mw-redirect" title="A&E Television Networks">A&E Home Video</a> has released the entire series on DVD in Region 1. These DVDs do not have captioning or subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired. </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>DVD Name </th> <th>Ep # </th> <th>Release date </th></tr> <tr> <td>Season One </td> <td style="text-align:center;">13 </td> <td>September 28, 2004 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Season Two </td> <td style="text-align:center;">24 </td> <td>February 22, 2005 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Season Three </td> <td style="text-align:center;">25 </td> <td>February 28, 2006 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Season Four </td> <td style="text-align:center;">25 </td> <td>September 26, 2006 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Season Five </td> <td style="text-align:center;">22 </td> <td>November 28, 2006 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ellen_(TV_series)&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20050108213946/http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/e/ellen_7772475.shtml">"BBC – Comedy Guide – Ellen"</a>. 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