- For the syndicated television talk show, see: The Ellen DeGeneres Show. For DeGeneres's second sitcom, see The Ellen Show.
Ellen (originally titled These Friends of Mine for the first season) is a U.S. television sitcom which ran on the ABC network as a midseason replacement from March 29, 1994 to July 22, 1998, and 109 episodes were produced. The theme song, "So-Called Friend" is by Scottish band Texas. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ...
Ellen Lee DeGeneres (born January 26, 1958) is an American actress, stand-up comedian, and currently the Emmy Award-winning host of the syndicated talk show The Ellen DeGeneres Show. ...
Joely Fisher (born October 29, 1967) is an American actress. ...
Jeremy Samuel Piven (born July 26, 1965) is an Emmy Award-winning and Golden Globe nominated American actor. ...
David Anthony Higgins (born December 9, 1961) is a comedic actor from Des Moines, Iowa. ...
Clea Lewis (born July 19, 1965) is a television actress, perhaps best known as Ellens annoying friend Audrey Penny in Ellen DeGeneres sitcom Ellen. ...
Arye Gross (b. ...
Maggie Wheeler (born August 7, 1961 in New York City as Maggie Jakobson) is an American actress. ...
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This is a list of all episode titles from the 1990s sitcom, Ellen. ...
Pioneered by Desi Arnaz with three cameras, commonly now four, the multicamera setup is used to shoot most studio-produced television programs such as situation comedies, soap operas, news programs, game shows, and talk shows. ...
The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. ...
March 29 is the 88th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (89th in leap years). ...
1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ...
July 22 is the 203rd day (204th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 162 days remaining. ...
1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean [1]. // Coated in ice, power and telephone lines sag and often break, resulting in power outages. ...
The Ellen DeGeneres Show, often shortened to Ellen, is a syndicated television talk show hosted by actress/comedienne Ellen DeGeneres and distributed by Warner Brothers Television. ...
The Ellen Show was a television sitcom starring Ellen DeGeneres that aired during the 2001-2002 season on CBS. It was DeGeneres second attempt at a sitcom, after her more successful These Friends of Mine/Ellen on ABC (1994-1998), but it was unable to garner strong ratings and was...
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The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. ...
A television network is a distribution network for television content whereby a central operation provides programming for many television stations. ...
A midseason replacement is a television show that premieres in the second half of a television season usually between January and April. ...
March 29 is the 88th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (89th in leap years). ...
1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ...
July 22 is the 203rd day (204th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 162 days remaining. ...
1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean [1]. // Coated in ice, power and telephone lines sag and often break, resulting in power outages. ...
Texas is a pop music band from Glasgow, Scotland. ...
The title role of Ellen Morgan, played by stand-up comedian Ellen DeGeneres, was a neurotic bookstore owner in her thirties. The series centered around Ellen dealing with her quirky friends, her family and the problems of daily life. This article does not cite its references or sources. ...
Ellen Lee DeGeneres (born January 26, 1958) is an American actress, stand-up comedian, and currently the Emmy Award-winning host of the syndicated talk show The Ellen DeGeneres Show. ...
In modern psychology, the term neurosis, also known as psychoneurosis or neurotic disorder, is a general term that refers to any mental imbalance that causes distress, but (unlike a psychosis or personality disorder) does not prevent rational thought or an individuals ability to function in daily life. ...
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Friendship is a term used to denote co-operative and supportive behaviour between two or more humans. ...
In 1997, Ellen made television history when Ellen, the character, came out as a lesbian in the famous "Puppy Episode." (DeGeneres herself had come out earlier that year on The Oprah Winfrey Show and in TIME.) To ensure a memorable moment, the coming out scene was made into a gag where, at an airport, Ellen turns and tells Laura Dern "I'm gay!" - only to realize that she had turned right into the intercom microphone, announcing her sexuality to the entire terminal. 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Coming out of the closet (very often shortened to coming out in winking reference to the public introduction of debutantes) describes the voluntary public announcement of ones (often homosexual or bisexual) sexual orientation or gender identity. ...
A lesbian is a woman who is romantically and sexually attracted only to other women. ...
The Oprah Winfrey Show (also known as Oprah) is an American nationally syndicated talk show, hosted and produced by Oprah Winfrey and is the highest-rated talk show in American television history. ...
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Laura Elizabeth Dern (born February 10, 1967 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actress. ...
The revelation ignited a storm of controversy, prompting ABC to place a parental advisory at the beginning of each episode. For the Wikipedia policy regarding controversial issues in articles, see Wikipedia:Guidelines for controversial articles. ...
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Ellen was successful enough in its early seasons to warrant annual renewal, due largely to DeGeneres' perceived appeal and comic ability, but it was never a huge critical or ratings success. Only with Ellen's coming out did the show make its way into the wide public conciousness and hit a critical plateau. However after the initial coming out frenzy the show's ratings declined somewhat and ABC began feeling the pain of an organized backlash from religious conservative groups regarding the "gay content" being exhibited. While the final episodes of "Ellen" continued breaking new ground and winning awards, they were also widely criticized for focusing primarily on gay issues -- a criticism begun in anti-gay circles but which spread very quickly to the mainstream media. The brass at ABC found the justification they needed to finally pull the show from the air in May of 1998 after five seasons.[citation needed] When TV viewers or entertainment professionals in the United States mention ratings they are often referring to Nielsen Ratings, a system developed by Nielsen Media Research to determine the audience size and composition of television programming. ...
Starting October 4, 2003, during DeGeneres's surge in popularity through her role in Finding Nemo and her new daytime talk show, Lifetime began airing reruns 1:00-2:00 on Sunday mornings, starting with the second season. Before long, it went into the 1:30-2:00 time slot Monday-Friday. The reruns stopped two episodes into the controversial final season. Oxygen then picked up the entire series to air starting October 4, 2004, daily at midnight and noon. As of February 2, 2006, the show continues to air 9:00-10:00 Tuesday-Thursday mornings. Reruns of the show in the UK are currently on ABC1. These are shown only on weekend mornings, along with other Touchstone Pictures productions. 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Finding Nemo is an Academy Award-winning computer-animated film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released to theaters by Walt Disney Pictures and Buena Vista Distribution. ...
The Ellen DeGeneres Show, often shortened to Ellen, is a syndicated television talk show hosted by actress/comedienne Ellen DeGeneres and distributed by Warner Brothers Television. ...
Lifetime Television is an American television network devoted to movies, sitcoms and dramas, all of which are either geared towards women or feature women in lead roles. ...
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2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
ABC1 is a United Kingdom based television channel from Disney utilizing the branding of the Disney owned American network, ABC. Despite the name, ABC1 does not have any sister channels; ABC2 is the name of the sister channel of ABC TV in Australia. ...
The current logo for Touchstone Pictures films since 2002 Touchstone Pictures (also known as Touchstone Films in its early years) is one of several alternate film labels of The Walt Disney Company, established in 1984. ...
Episodes
This is a list of all episode titles from the 1990s sitcom, Ellen. ...
This is a list of the episodes with notable guest stars from the TV series Ellen. ...
Characters Note - The initial season of the show featured several characters that disappeared without explanation.
Ellen Morgan (Ellen DeGeneres) Ellen Morgan is the main character of the sitcom. In season one, Ellen works in a 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. Near the end of the season in "The Puppy Episode", Ellen announced she was a lesbian.
Paige Clark (Joely Fisher) Appearing only in seasons two through five, Paige is Ellen's somewhat neurotic and promiscuous lifelong best friend. She works in the film industry. Paige planned to tie the knot with her boyfriend Matt, however decided not to, in favour of Spence. When Ellen comes out of the closet, Paige has the hardest time dealing with it, even harder than Ellen's parents. In the fifth season, Paige finally comes to terms with it.
Holly (Holly Fulger) Appearing only in the first eleven episodes and in two in season five, Holly is Ellen's friend. She's somewhat bashful.
Adam Green (Arye Gross) Adam is Ellen's roommate and later neighbor. He and Ellen were roommates in college and are best friends. Adam is a constantly between jobs photographer. In season three Adam moves to England to work as a photographer for The Sun Times. He appears in episodes one through 40 and two in season five.
Joe Farrell (David Anthony Higgins) Joe is a Canadian hired in season one to run the coffee counter in the bookstore. He's somewhat sarcastic and mischievous. Joe appears in several episodes in season one and then as a main character from season two onwards.
Audrey Penney (Clea Lewis) Audrey is Ellen's annoying friend with whom she has a love-hate relationship. Initially, Audrey was known for being negative about everything in an irritatingly nice and positive way. In the latter seasons of the show, she was portrayed as excessively perky and positive, much to Ellen's annoyance. She comes from a well-off family, though she rejected her inheritance so that she could continue being an assistant at Buy The Book. In season one, Ellen refers to Audrey's husband, but he never appears and Audrey later dates several people, including Adam. In one episode (in Season 3), Ellen, Audrey and Paige took a pregnancy test, to make Paige feel better about her thinking to be expecting. For a few moments it was thought that Audrey was the one pregnant, but eventually it was disclosed that none of the characters were pregnant and that the test had produced a false-positive result.
Spence Kovak (Jeremy Piven) Ellen's cousin. He appears from 1995 to 1998. His arrival into Ellen's life coincides with the aftermath of a Los Angeles earthquake. Spence was training as a Doctor, but was sacked from his job. During the series he trains as a lawyer. He and Paige fall in love, even though it borders on a love/hate relationship.
Anita (Maggie Wheeler) One of Ellens friends who works in a department store. In season two, Anita becomes engaged and disappears from the show.
Harold Morgan (Steven Gilborn) Ellen's father. He is often somewhat clueless about what is going on around him. In the latest seasons, he and his relationship with Lois changes. They were to divorce, but they kept putting it off, until Ellen made them. Harold and Lois then fell back in love and didn't divorce at all.
Lois Morgan (Alice Hirson) Ellen's mother. She and Ellen have a relationship similar to that of Ellen and Audrey. Ellen goes out of her way to avoid her mother but tries to avoid hurting her feelings at the same time.
Peter Barnes (Patrick Bristow) Ellen's red-haired gay friend. Peter first appears in season two, when Ellen volunteers at the "Helping Hand" Charity. Always hyper-enthusiastic and with a never-flagging positive outlook, Peter often inadvertantly functions as Ellen's moral compass, and accidentally "outs' her to her friends on the famous Coming Out episode: "Ellen, just tell them you're gay!"
Laurie Manning (Lisa Darr) 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.
DVD releases A&E Home Video has released the entire series on DVD in Region 1 for the very first time. A&E Television Networks is a media company that owns several TV networks on cable and satellite. ...
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September 28 is the 271st day of the year (272nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
This is a list of all episode titles from the 1990s sitcom, Ellen. ...
February 22 is the 53rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
This is a list of all episode titles from the 1990s sitcom, Ellen. ...
February 28 is the 59th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...
This is a list of all episode titles from the 1990s sitcom, Ellen. ...
September 26 is the 269th day of the year (270th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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This is a list of all episode titles from the 1990s sitcom, Ellen. ...
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