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The Ellen DeGeneres Show, often shortened to Ellen, is an Emmy Award winning syndicated television talk show hosted by actress/comedian Ellen DeGeneres and distributed by Warner Brothers Television. The show features interviews with celebrities and members of the public, comedic monologues by the host and music performances. It premiered on September 8, 2003. For the syndicated television talk show, see: The Ellen DeGeneres Show. ...
For the syndicated television talk show, see: The Ellen DeGeneres Show. ...
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Ellen Lee DeGeneres (born January 26, 1958) is an American stand-up comedian, actress, and currently the Emmy Award-winning host of the syndicated talk show The Ellen DeGeneres Show. ...
Ellen Lee DeGeneres (born January 26, 1958) is an American stand-up comedian, actress, and currently the Emmy Award-winning host of the syndicated talk show The Ellen DeGeneres Show. ...
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In the television industry (as in radio), syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast programs to multiple stations, without going through a broadcast network. ...
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In the television industry (as in radio), syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast programs to multiple stations, without going through a broadcast network. ...
A talk show (U.S.) or chat show (Brit. ...
Ellen Lee DeGeneres (born January 26, 1958) is an American stand-up comedian, actress, and currently the Emmy Award-winning host of the syndicated talk show The Ellen DeGeneres Show. ...
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A monologue, pronounced monolog, is a speech made by one person speaking his or her thoughts aloud or directly addressing a reader, audience, or character. ...
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The show was nominated for 11 Daytime Emmy Awards its first season, winning four, including Best Talk Show. It gained 12 nominations in its second season and won 6 Emmys, including Best Talk Show and Talk Show Host. The Daytime Emmy Awards are awards presented by the New York-based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the Los Angeles-based Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in recognition of excellence in American daytime television programming. ...
The Ellen DeGeneres Show has been renewed through the 2009-2010 season.[1] Since its first season, the show has been taped at NBC Studios in Burbank, California. NBC Studios are the two studio facilities belonging to the National Broadcasting Company, with one of them being located at Rockefeller Center in New York City, and the other located in Burbank, California, just outside of Los Angeles. ...
Burbank is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. ...
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Ellen DeGeneres on her talk show. The premise of Ellen is similar to other daytime television talk shows, such as its supposed predecessors The Rosie O'Donnell Show and The Caroline Rhea Show. The program combines comedy, celebrity and musical guests and human-interest stories. The program is not characterized as a tabloid talk show, nor does it give advice.[2] Ellen DeGeneres, from her talk show. ...
Ellen DeGeneres, from her talk show. ...
Daytime television is the general term for television shows produced that are intended to air during the daytime hours. ...
The Rosie ODonnell Show was a popular American daytime television talk show hosted and produced by actress and comedian Rosie ODonnell. ...
Caroline Rhea The Caroline Rhea Show, a talk show, ran as a replacement to The Rosie ODonnell Show. ...
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Early popularity of the show resulted from DeGeneres making viewers feel as though they were a part of the family of crew and employees on the show itself. A popular staff member, aspiring stunt man Houston Rose (pronounced "How-Ston"), frequently featured during the first broadcast year. In a segment called "Have Houston Do It For You," he was sent to people's homes to help with tasks like putting up Christmas decorations or remodeling a bathroom. Other staff members included Jeff Cosgrave, who was set up on a variety of blind dates, and Nate Larson, who did the worm and played different characters. As in The Rosie O'Donnell Show, DeGeneres often has audience participation games where prizes are awarded. During her Twelve Days of Giveaways promotion, she gives about $1,000 worth of prizes to each member of the studio audience (and a handful of home viewers as well) for 12 days in a row leading up to Christmas. Because the show has become so popular, not all who arrive hoping to see a taping can fit into the studio, so an off-shoot space referred to as "The Riff Raff Room" was created. Persons seated here are often referenced and shown briefly on camera but watch the taping from off-stage. Ellen has also helped many non-famous people attain their 15 minutes of fame by having them as guests on the show. Guests in this role have included intelligent children, the owner of a small shop called "Mostly Moose and More", a flea market owner who raps in his commercials, and a male audience member who refused to dance, named Carl by Ellen based on the way he looks, while his real name is Jim. Most recently there has been Lisa Barnum, who attempted to step on Ellen's coffee table aggravating her back injury; in several later episodes Ellen jokingly blames Lisa for her back injury. 15 minutes of fame (or famous for 15 minutes) is an expression coined by the American artist Andy Warhol. ...
In the show's third season, Ellen began surprising fans by introducing them to their favorite celebrities. On May 18, 2006, the show celebrated its 500th episode. is the 138th day of the year (139th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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In October 2007, Ellen tearfully pleaded on-air with a private pet adopotion agency. The agency took Ellen's dog back from her when it learned Ellen had violated a written agreement not to give ownership of the dog to a third party. A distraught Ellen cancelled two days of taping her show to compose herself.
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. During the early 2006 season, Ellen shortened her dance routine and did not go through the audience, making more time for segments. Upset fans sent thousands of e-mails to Ellen as a result of this, and the dancing resumed as ususal a few days later. In music, segue is a direction to the performer. ...
DJ Unlike most talk shows, the show uses a disc jockey to supply music rather than a band. The current DJ is Ted Stryker of KROQ. In season 5, the DJ is having a more pivotal role in the show, talking to Ellen at the beginning of the show and helping her interview audience members. For other meanings of DJ, see DJ (disambiguation). ...
Theodore Ted Ramón Stryker, born Gary Sandorf, and known on-air as simply Stryker (b. ...
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Stryker replaced actor/DJ Jon Abrahams on September 4, 2007 at the beginning of her Season 5 premiere. Jon Avery Abrahams (born 29 October 1977 in New York) is an American actor, most notably playing Bobby Prinze in the horror spoof Scary Movie. ...
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Jon Abrahams replaced Tony Okungbowa after Okungbowa left on May 22, 2006 to advance his acting career in Hollywood [2]. Abrahams' first day as DJ was September 4, 2006, the first day of the show's fourth season. Tony did return for a few days in the spring of 2007 while Johnny was in New York. Jon Avery Abrahams (born 29 October 1977 in New York) is an American actor, most notably playing Bobby Prinze in the horror spoof Scary Movie. ...
Tony Okungbowa was the DJ of The Ellen Degeneres Show from 2003 to 2006. ...
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Crew Executive Producers: Ellen DeGeneres, Mary Connelly, Ed Glavin, Andy Lassner, Jim Paratore This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...
Ellen Lee DeGeneres (born January 26, 1958) is an American stand-up comedian, actress, and currently the Emmy Award-winning host of the syndicated talk show The Ellen DeGeneres Show. ...
Writers: Karen Kilgariff (Head Writer), Karen Anderson, Margaret Smith, Ellen DeGeneres Karen Kilgariff (born April 18, 1976 in Victorville, California) is an actress best known for appearing on the late 1990s sketch comedy television program, Mr. ...
A head writer is a person who is in charge of a television/radio series writing team. ...
Ellen Lee DeGeneres (born January 26, 1958) is an American stand-up comedian, actress, and currently the Emmy Award-winning host of the syndicated talk show The Ellen DeGeneres Show. ...
Recurring Elements Ellen is known for its use of recurring elements, sarcastic jokes and gags, some of which have eventually petered out. - "KAAA!" - Ellen frequently uses this made-up word as an enthusiastic response to the audience's applause. Often she will say the word in a high-pitched voice and drag it out for several seconds, or add unique hand gestures. This is often accompanied by the appreciative phrase, "Back at ya!"
- "I appreciate it" - Ellen often uses the phrase "I appreciate it" in response to the audience's applause. Also, Ellen frequently thanks the audience by telling them to "take it (the applause) and..."; filling in the end with a phrase such as "mix it up in a Margarita."
- Mama chair - DeGeneres's mother Betty DeGeneres regularly attended the show and was frequently featured on camera, but she stopped appearing regularly early in 2006 because she moved. Her chair was designated the Mama chair and special privileges are given to the audience member who sits in it.
- Shaking of the head - During the opening monologue, Ellen will frequently make sarcastic comments about her or other people but then shake her head and smile at the audience, making it clear she meant it as a joke.
- Breaking news - Sometimes Ellen will be interrupted by "breaking news," which is always reported from in front of one of the rear projection screens. The gag is, however, that the reporter and Ellen seem to be in different locations at the beginning, but are then shown to be only feet from each other in the studio. The reporter also always holds her ear piece and experiences a delay in hearing Ellen. Usually Ellen will end up walking over to the reporter and attempt to talk to her face-to-face, while the reporter ignores her and carries on the charade of a satellite interview. The role of the reporter is played by Karen Kilgariff, the show's head writer.
- Fireplace - For a period of time, Ellen featured a small electric fireplace on the table between her and the guest.
- Telephone - Ellen uses an old-fashioned, beige telephone to conduct interviews. Sometimes the phone seems to be dialed without Ellen pressing numbers or Ellen will put the phone down and walk around the studio while still talking to the person on the line.
- Gladys Hardy - Ellen has called Gladys Hardy, a grandmother from Texas, who originally left Ellen a voicemail message. Gladys offers amusing advice and observations that often send Ellen into a fit of laughter. Gladys became so popular that the show now offers a Gladys T-shirt and Gladys has replaced the show's professional announcers who introduce Ellen at the start of each episode. However, some have begun to question the authenticity of Gladys, leading some to believe she is a prank [3].
- "Keep On Keepin' On!" - Gladys says this when speaking to Ellen.
- Drawings - Despite her lack of drawing skills, Ellen will sometimes draw a person or other image on the set using a large easel. At the end of the show, each audience member received a large copy of the drawing.
- Am I right ladies? - Ellen usually says this when talking about men but has also said it on other occasions.
Karen Kilgariff (born April 18, 1976 in Victorville, California) is an actress best known for appearing on the late 1990s sketch comedy television program, Mr. ...
Set Ellen premiered its fourth season on September 4, 2006 with a new set and on-screen graphics. The new set features two large rear projection screens that initially displayed a cityscape of Los Angeles. As the season progressed, producers replaced the screens with seasonal photographs contributed by viewers and DeGeneres. The screens are also designed to display video clips to the studio audience. In addition, the screens are also used during some of the show's gags, such as "breaking news" segments. is the 247th day of the year (248th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Rear projection was devised by Farciot Edouart in 1933 - at the time, he was working for Paramount Studios. ...
In front of the screens is the main area of the set, situated on a raised platform. Normally, this area features two red arm chairs with a plasma screen between them. Ellen typically sits in the chair on the right, while guests take the left side. On occasions when more than one guest is interviewed at one time, an additional chair is added to the left side or a large matching sofa replaces the chair. Throughout the show, the plasma screen is used to display graphics relating to the current segment, guest or other content. A plasma display is an emissive flat panel display where light is created by phosphors excited by a plasma discharge between two flat panels of glass. ...
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To the left of the main area is a large wall with unique lighted segments that slides open for DeGeneres' entrance at the beginning of each show. The entrance is also used for crew members to wheel out audience gifts. The lighted segments often change colors to match the episode's theme and are also sometimes used as a game board for audience games. The area in front of this wall is often used for games as well as demonstration segments such as cooking or exercise features. The area behind the lighted wall is most frequently used for live music performances. Often this area is decorated with special scenery and lighting to match the mood of the singer and the song. Between this area and the rear projection screens is a small set of stairs that serve as an entryway for guests. The stairs are bordered by decorative niches with plants and other objects displayed in them. A similar area is situated on the other side of the rear projection screens, but it is unclear if this is designed to be functional or simply decorative. The far right area of the set features several openings that reveal the Los Angeles skyline, which matches the original rear projection screen images. This area of the set is typically not used for any segments and serves mainly as a background behind DeGeneres during guest interviews. Other features of the set include light blue columns columns that are internally-lit, as well as plasma screens on high stands which are mainly designed to display images and video to the studio audience. The audience area of the set is decorated in similar tones as the main area. Audience members sit on folding chairs set up in rows on risers. One of these rows, near the center of the audience area, is slightly wider, and is almost always the one Ellen dances through at the beginning of the show. Season 5 saw some minor tweaks to the set, including new textured glass covering in the audience area "windows" and a new monologue location in front of the lighted wall. The new season also saw the introduction of new on-screen graphics and a shorter opening clip. In addition, the show has reverted to using a professional announcer.
In popular culture The show was featured in an episode on the NBC sitcom Joey, with the main character (Joey Tribbiani) as a guest. It was also featured on an episode of the series Six Feet Under and The Bernie Mac Show, with Bernie Mac appearing as a guest. Still later, it was featured on an episode of the ABC show Extreme Makeover: Home Edition; while the Holmes family of Altamonte Springs, Florida was receiving a new home, they were in the audience during an episode of the show, and saw the unveiling of a secondary project of Ty Pennington's team, a turtle habitat, while there. Joey is a sitcom starring Matt LeBlanc, reprising his role as Joseph Francis Tribbiani from the popular sitcom Friends. ...
Joseph Joey Francis Tribbiani, Jr. ...
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The Bernie Mac Show was an half-hour American sitcom featuring the comedic antics of comedian Bernie Mac. ...
Bernie Mac (born Bernard Jeffrey McCullough on October 5, 1957 (sometimes incorrectly given as 1958) in Chicago, Illinois) is a two time Emmy Award-nominated American actor and comedian. ...
The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. ...
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition is an ABC reality television series that began broadcasting in 2003 in which a familys house, including all rooms, exterior and landscaping, is made over by a team of builders and designers in seven days. ...
Altamonte Springs is a city in Seminole County, Florida, United States. ...
Tygert Burton Ty Pennington (born October 19, 1965 in Atlanta, Georgia) is a carpenter and TV personality. ...
Ratings The show averages about three million viewers per episode, according to daytime television ratings, which makes it one of the highest-viewed daytime shows.
Starring Ellen Lee DeGeneres (born January 26, 1958) is an American stand-up comedian, actress, and currently the Emmy Award-winning host of the syndicated talk show The Ellen DeGeneres Show. ...
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Tony Okungbowa was the DJ of The Ellen Degeneres Show from 2003 to 2006. ...
Jon Avery Abrahams (born 29 October 1977 in New York) is an American actor, most notably playing Bobby Prinze in the horror spoof Scary Movie. ...
Theodore Ted Ramón Stryker, born Gary Sandorf, and known on-air as simply Stryker (b. ...
Segments Ellen's show features a wide variety of regular segments. Some of these segments appear very frequently, while others are less popular. Most segments have a theme song, usually taken from popular music, that is played along with a full-screen graphic with the segment's title. After the segment is introduced, Ellen will usually clap or dance to the music before abruptly cutting it off. - Audience Dancing - Ellen displays video clips of some of her audience members dancing comedically before the taping of the show, and during commercial breaks.
- Best Photos Ever - Ellen shows the best viewer photos, sometimes with a theme based on the episode or season. Sometimes, Ellen's favorite is used as the set's background.
- Call Me - Ellen plays messages left on her answering machine for her toll-free number (866-ELK-DOUG). The show originally advertised a standard number to the staff offices, but calls overloaded the phone system, forcing the toll free number to be introduced. It is not clear what the status of the number is, however, because in some repeat episodes the number is not displayed on-screen and Ellen reading the number out loud is edited out.
- Celebrity Look-a-Like - Ellen shows photos of viewers who think they look like celebrities. This is also modified to dogs and babies. There is also a different but similar segment where dancing audience members are shown to look like celebrities.
- Clip From The Future - Ellen shows us possible future happenings in this segment.
- Clip From The Past - Ellen shows us the past happenings in this segment.
- Ellen Is That You? - Ellen shows viewer-contributed photos of people they believe resemble her.
- If You New York Like I Know York - Ellen quizzes audience members with "New York" questions. Sometimes the game is turned into different titles, like If You Knew Cinco De Mayo Like I Know Cinco De Mayo
- Look At You! - Ellen invites a few audience members to display their talents.
- Look What I Found at the Drug Store - Ellen shares items found at a drug store. These includes unusual beauty products, household items and toys. During Ellen's "Show on a Plane," the segment became "Look What I Found in the SkyMall," where Ellen shared amusing items from the SkyMall catalog.
- My Crazy Dreams - Ellen makes viewer's requests and dreams come true in this segment. In previous years, this segment was called Oh, Yes You Can.
- Picture Juxtaposition - Used in "Ellen: The Musical!" where random pictures are superimposed atop one another, timed to music.
- Real or No Real - Ellen invites the audience to guess whether an item or a quality of someone is the real deal or fake.
- Spanish with Señora Peña - Ellen learns Spanish with a local school Spanish teacher.
- The Men of Ellen/Telemundo/heroes (the latter Season 5 on)- Ellen introduces a single man on her show's staff during this segment, usually a man who someone has written to her about and Ellen has read during Write On/Express Yourself. The segment has even featured a gay member of the staff with the words "Ladies Need Not Apply" flashing on the screen.
- Viewer Art - Ellen shares artistic work that viewers have sent to the show. Often these include depictions of Ellen in a variety of mediums.
- Wednesday's Wunnerful World of Web Videos - Ellen shows a selection of funny videos from the Internet, usually on Wednesday. However, Ellen frequently runs the segment on other days and uses this fact as a joke.
- What Are You Doing While You're Watching - Throughout the first two seasons, viewers sent in photos on what they were doing while watching the program, such as knitting or exercising.
- Write On/Express Yourself - Ellen reads and responds to viewer e-mail. In Season 5, the name is changed to "Express Yourself".
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Sky Mall is a catalog that is distributed to airline passengers generally in the seat pocket in front of their seat, where customers can order from airplane telephones. ...
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Games The show frequently features audience games. These games can be played with Ellen, guests or between members of the audience. Most games involved a prize for all participants, with a larger one being given to the winner. - Audience Humdinger - Audience members hum a song that Ellen or a guest has to guess; this is done two or three times.
- Audience Charades - the production crew randomly chooses two or three members of the audience to take part in this segment.
- Celebrity - Ellen and/or a guest holds up names of celebrities that he or she has to guess with clues from the other participant.
- If You Had To Choose - After the audience is polled on different questions before the show, Ellen asks an audience member what she thinks the most popular response is.
- Stranded on a Topical Island - a short game show with pop culture questions.
- Musical Chairs - Selected audience members play for a prize. A one-time variation on this substituted bean bag chairs for regular chairs.
- Which Came First* - Throughout the second season, audience members guessed what people, places, objects, etc. were discovered first out of two choices. (Ex. When given Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera, Aguilera (born in 1980) comes before Spears (born in 1981).
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Charades or charade is a word guessing game. ...
Musical chairs is a game played by a group of people (usually children), often in an informal setting purely for entertainment such as a birthday party. ...
Bean bags like these are commonly used as juggling props. ...
Britney Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981) is a Grammy Award-winning[1] American pop singer, dancer, actress, author and songwriter. ...
Christina MarÃa Aguilera (born December 18, 1980) is an American pop singer and songwriter. ...
Special episodes - "Backwards Show" - Events and segments unfold in reverse. The "end" of the show now takes place at the beginning and the "beginning" of the show takes place at the end. DeGeneres performs her opening monologue and dance at the end of the actual hour.
- "Two Shows In One" - DeGeneres gives us "two" shows in one episode. She wears two different outfits, gives two different monologues, and dances twice.
- "Ellen: The Musical" - Similar to a Broadway musical, DeGeneres conducts her usual interviews but the guests eventually break out into song. Guests included Jack Black, teenaged singer-actress Olivia Olson, and Broadway star Kristin Chenoweth. At the end of the hour, Ellen and company sing "Breathe From Your Hoo-Hoo" as their finale.
- "I Like It!" - A show (originated in 2007) where, as the title suggests, Ellen has things she likes on the show. On this episode, Ellen first was shown with her back injury.
- "Ellen's Show on a Plane" - This show was taped in a Los Angeles airport terminal and on a plane from Los Angeles to New York City. According to Ellen, this is the first time a show has been filmed on an airplane.
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Olivia Olson in Love Actually Olivia Olson (born May 21, 1992) is an American singer and actress. ...
For other uses of Broadway, see Broadway. ...
Kristin Chenoweth (born Kristi Dawn Chenoweth on July 24, 1968) is an American singer and Tony Award-winning American musical theatre, film, and television actress. ...
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- ^ Catlin, Roger. "Daytime Hosts Take a Fresh, Gentler Path". The Hartford Courant, September 17, 2003.
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