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{{short description|American syndicated talk show (2003–2022)}}
{{About|the talk show that aired from 2003 to 2022|the 1994–1998 ABC sitcom|Ellen (TV series){{!}}''Ellen'' (TV series)|the 2001–02 CBS sitcom|The Ellen Show{{!}}''The Ellen Show''}}
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| channel = [[Broadcast syndication|Syndication]]
| first_aired = {{Start date|2003|9|8}}
| last_aired = {{End date|2022|65|326}}{{efn|Special new guest host and clip episodes until June 17, 2022.}}
| related = ''[[The Ellen Show]]''<br />''[[Ellen's Design Challenge]]''<br />''[[Ellen's Game of Games]]''<br/>''[[Family Game Fight!]]''
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'''''The Ellen DeGeneres Show'''''{{efn|The (stylizedshow's astitle '''''ellen''''';is oftencommonly shortened to '''''Ellen'''''.<ref>{{cite orweb '''''The|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/ellen-final-season-b1846493.html |title=When is the final season of Ellen? Show''''')|last=Brodsky |first=Rachel |work=[[The Independent]] |date=May 12, 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707080140/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/ellen-final-season-b1846493.html |archive-date=July 7, 2022}}</ref>}} is <!-- see [[MOS:TVNOW]] --> an American daytime[[Broadcast televisionsyndication|first-run variety comedysyndicated]] [[talk show]]. Createdthat andwas hosted by its namesake [[Ellen DeGeneres]],. itThe show airedran for 19nineteen seasons from September 8, 2003, to JuneMay 326, 2022, in [[Broadcastwhich syndication|syndication]]it andbroadcast 3,339 episodes. It was produced by [[Telepictures|Telepictures Productions]]. The majority of stations owned by [[NBC Owned Television Stations]], along with [[Hearst Television]] and [[Tegna Inc.|Tegna]], served as the program's largest affiliate base.<ref>{{cite web|title=When It's On–The Ellen DeGeneres Show|url=http://www.ellentv.com/page/2009/08/21/when-its-on/|date=August 21, 2009|access-date=November 3, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120919141706/http://www.ellentv.com/page/2009/08/21/when-its-on/|archive-date=September 19, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> For its first five seasons, the show was taped in Studio 11 at [[The Burbank Studios|NBC Studios]] in [[Burbank, California]]. From season 6 onwards, the show moved to being taped at Stage 1 on the nearby [[Warner Bros.]] lot.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ellen's Movin' on Up!|url=http://www.ellentv.com/2008/07/09/ellens-movin-on-up/|work=The Ellen DeGeneres Show|date=July 9, 2008|access-date=November 3, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017140828/http://www.ellentv.com/2008/07/09/ellens-movin-on-up/|archive-date=October 17, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> Since the beginning of the sixth season, ''The Ellen DeGeneres Show'' was broadcast in [[high-definition television|high definition]].
The show received 171 [[Daytime Emmy Award]] nominations and won 63 Daytime Emmy Awards as of 2022, including four for [[Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show|Outstanding Talk Show]] and seven for [[Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Entertainment|Outstanding Talk Show Entertainment]], making 11 total awards and surpassing the record held by ''[[The Oprah Winfrey Show]]'', which won nine as Outstanding Talk Show before it was divided into two categories (Informative and Entertainment) in 2008. The show also won 17 [[People's Choice Awards]]. On May 21, 2019, DeGeneres announced she had signed for three more years, renewing the show through 2022.<ref>{{cite web|author=TheEllenShow|title=Ellen's Huge Renewal Announcement|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohze1CI0pPY |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/ohze1CI0pPY| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|work=[[YouTube]]|date=May 21, 2019|access-date=June 27, 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Otterson|first=Joe|title=Ellen DeGeneres Extends Daytime Talk Show Run Through 2022|url=https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/ellen-degeneres-show-deal-2022-1203223116/|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=May 21, 2019|access-date=June 27, 2019|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Petski|first=Denise|title=Ellen DeGeneres Inks Three-Year Deal For 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show'|url=https://deadline.com/2019/05/ellen-degeneres-three-year-deal-the-ellen-degeneres-show-1202620307/|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=May 21, 2019|access-date=June 27, 2019|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Piester|first=Lauren|title=Ellen Degeneres Announces 3 More Years of The Ellen Show|url=https://www.eonline.com/ap/news/1043390/ellen-degeneres-announces-3-more-years-of-the-ellen-show|work=[[E! Online]]|date=May 21, 2019|access-date=September 16, 2019|language=en}}</ref> The eighteenth season premiered on September 21, 2020.<ref>{{cite web|title="The Ellen DeGeneres Show" Returns for Season 18 Monday, September 21st|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2020/09/08/the-ellen-degeneres-show-returns-for-season-18-monday-september-21st-999201/20200908wbt01/|work=[[The Futon Critic]]|date=September 8, 2020}}</ref> On May 12, 2021, DeGeneres announced that the nineteenth season would be her last,<ref name="thr-final">{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/ellen-degeneres-show-end-1234951571/|title=Ellen DeGeneres to End Talk Show: "I Need Something New to Challenge Me" (Exclusive)|date=May 12, 2021|first=Lacey|last=Rose|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|access-date=May 12, 2021}}</ref> which premiered on September 13, 2021.<ref>{{cite web|last=Petski|first=Denise|title='Ellen DeGeneres Show' Unveils Farewell Season Promo|url=https://deadline.com/2021/08/ellen-degeneres-show-farewell-season-promo-1234811362/|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=August 9, 2021|accessdate=August 9, 2021}}</ref>
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==Concept==
The program combines comedy, celebrity, musical guests, and human-interest stories. The program often features audience participation games where prizes are awarded. During her Twelve Days of Giveaways promotion, audience members receive roughly $3,000 worth of prizes on each of the twelve episodes. Because the show has become so popular, not all who arrive hoping to see a taping can fit into the studio, so an offshoot space, dubbed by [[Tom Hanks]] "The Riff Raff Room", was created. People seated here are often referenced and shown briefly on camera but watch the taping from off-stage. Other non-celebrities have been featured in an attempt by DeGeneres to give them [[15 minutes of fame]]. Guests in this role have included intelligent children and small business owners. In the show's third season, DeGeneres began surprising fans by introducing them to their favorite celebrities.
===Recurring elements===
[[File:Ellen DeGeneres (2004).jpg|thumb|Ellen DeGeneres in 2004]]
Several recurring sounds, gags, and catchphrases are used by DeGeneres depending on the topic of discussion or theme for a specific episode. For example, after DeGeneres says the phrase, "Aww Snap!", athe sound effect of a whip cracking often is played. In her monologue, DeGeneres frequently thanks the audience's applause by saying "I feel the same way about you!" Other video segments include DeGeneres scaring people, playing pranks, taking part in faux-breaking news segments and interacting with crew members. Other recurring segments include those where DeGeneres comments on Internet videos, tabloid-style photographs of celebrities, advertisements on [[Craigslist]], or voicemails left for her on an answering machine. Some segments feature audience members more prominently, including having audience members show hidden talents, pictures of others that resemble DeGeneres, and interviewing children.
DeGeneres frequently plays games with audience members and awards prizes based uponon their performance. Games have included ''[[Pictionary]]''-style drawing games, finding hidden objects within the studio, category, current event or pop-culture-based trivia, and various other stunt and charade-based games. DeGeneres also joked several times on the show about when a sequel to ''[[Finding Nemo]]'', in which she famously had a lead role, would eventually release, as well as make references to the film. Eventually, the sequel, ''[[Finding Dory]]'', was officially announced by DeGeneres.
====Segments (including former and recurring)====
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* '''Ellen's Dance Dare''' is a segment in which viewers send videos of themselves secretly dancing behind oblivious people. Irish jigs were featured on the 2012 St. Patrick's Day episode. Many celebrities have participated such as [[Emma Stone]], [[Zac Efron]], [[Lilly Singh]], [[The Janoskians]] and [[Taylor Swift]].
* '''Bad Paid-for Tattoos''' Odd, usually misspelled body art is displayed.
* '''A Little Yelp Fromfrom My Friends''' DeGeneres reads reviews from the website [[Yelp]].
* '''"What's Wrong with These Photos?" Photos''' Silly photos sent in by viewers are featured.
* '''"What Were They Thinking?" Audience Dancing''' Audience members are shown dancing with voices acting out the dancers' thoughts.
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* '''"What Have YOU Been Up to on Facebook?"''' is a recurring segment in which DeGeneres reveals some personal and private information of the public to the audience.
* '''"Starbucks Prank!'''" is a recurring segment in which DeGeneres sends popular celebrities out to [[Starbucks]] to prank the cashiers.
* '''"What The Heck Are These Kids Talking About?"''' is a former segment in which DeGeneres reviews rap lyrics and tries to figure out what they mean.
* '''"Celebrity Pranks!"''' is a segment in which DeGeneres often pulls a prank or scares celebrity guests, although she once pranked a pair of best friends she brought on the show (one posted a video of scaring the other every day for a year). Although any celebrity can fall victim to it at any time, some have fallen for it often including [[Taylor Swift]], [[Eric Stonestreet]], [[Sarah Paulson]], and [[Selena Gomez]], who have each fallen for it at least five times over multiple appearances. On several occasions, the celebrity is pranked more than once during the same show ([[Octavia Spencer]] and [[Sam Smith]] as well as the previously mentioned ones). Some pranks include (but are not limited to) scaring guests in the dressing room (usually the bathroom), having a staff member or another celebrity scare them onstage during the interview (using various methods ranging from simple to inventive), or backstage shenanigans where her own staff, particularly [[Andy Lassner]], are frequent victims as well. On occasion the prank fails to scare the intended target, usually prompting a wisecrack from DeGeneres (e.g. [[Russell Crowe]], [[Colin Farrell]], [[Daniel Radcliffe]], and [[Garth Brooks]]). DeGeneres herself is an occasional target but has proven to be very difficult to pull a prank on with two celebrities ([[Steve Carell]] and [[Matt Lauer]]) being the only ones to successfully prank her as of April 2021.
* '''"Chat Time With Ellen!"''' is a talk-show segment in which DeGeneres talks about—or to—people who have made viral videos.
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* '''Average Andy''' is a segment in which DeGeneres sends her executive producer [[Andy Lassner]] to learn new skills from the world's most talented people.
* '''Throwback Thursday''' is a segment in which every [[Thursday]] DeGeneres revisits funny moments from previous seasons.
* '''"Who's Inin My Bushes?"''' is a segment in which a celebrity is hidden in decorative bushes in which DeGeneres will ask questions to that celebrity and eventually comes out when figured. However, during this segment, DeGeneres already knows who the celebrity is and the audience will just play along.
* '''Take That, China!''' is a segment in which DeGeneres makes jokes about impractical and often unwise American inventions.
* '''Breaking News''' is a segment in which news anchor [[Devin Scillian]] interrupts the show and delivers unusually mundane, humorous breaking news.
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* '''Hot Hands''' is a game in which some audience member or celebrities get on a special seat and name the celebrities which are shown on the screen as much as possible in 30 seconds.
* '''5 Second Rule''' is a game in which DeGeneres and celebrity contestants have to think on their feet and list three answers that fall into a given category in only five seconds.
* '''Ellen Inin Your Ear''' is a segment in which celebrities interact with unsuspecting people, with DeGeneres instructing the celebrities through remote ear pieceearpiece.
* '''Ask Dr. Dax''' is a segment in which [[Dax Shepard]] gives relationship advice to audience members, while often telling stories about his own experiences.
* '''What's Inin Thethe Box?''' is a segment in which DeGeneres gives out gifts through boxes, curtains and small games such as three-card monte. Gifts can include iPads, watches and even holidays
* '''Hubba Hubba Quiz Quiz''' is a segment in which DeGeneres questions men.
* '''Don't Leave Me Hanging''' is a game in which DeGeneres questions people. If they get a strike, they get lifted into the air. If they get three strikes, they get lifted all the way to the top.
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==Episodes==
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* [[Mario Lopez]] hosted two bonus episodes (that aired after the [[Lea Michele]] episode), on August 30, 2018, and August 31, 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://onwithmario.iheart.com/featured/on-with-mario/content/2018-08-29-dont-miss-mario-guest-hosting-the-ellen-show-this-week/|title=Don't Miss Mario Guest Hosting 'The Ellen Show' This Week! {{!}} On With Mario {{!}} On With Mario Lopez|website=On With Mario|access-date=2019-04-23}}</ref> He hosted for a third time on January 29, 2021. He hosted for a fourth time on March 29, 2021. He hosted for a fifth time on October 14, 2021. He hosted for a sixth time on October 15, 2021. He hosted for a seventh time on February 4, 2022. He hosted for an eighth time on February 25, 2022. He hosted for a ninth time on April 15, 2022. He hosted for a tenth time on April 21, 2022.
* [[Goldie Hawn]] and [[Kate Hudson]] hosted on January 17, 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hellogiggles.com/news/kate-hudson-mom-goldie-hawn-delivery-room/|title=Kate Hudson says Goldie Hawn was "right in there" at her daughter's delivery, and LOL|website=HelloGiggles|date=January 17, 2019 |language=en|access-date=2019-04-23}}</ref>
* [[Jason Sudeikis]] hosted on March 15, 2019.<ref>{{Citation|title=Ellen Superfan Jason Sudeikis Takes Over the Show| date=March 15, 2019 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=To4K28ZCYKk |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/To4K28ZCYKk| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|language=en|access-date=2019-09-16}}{{cbignore}}</ref> He hosted for a second time on June 12, 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://etcanada.com/news/463149/ellen-guest-host-jason-sudeikis-puts-wife-olivia-wilde-on-the-hot-seat/|title='Ellen' Guest Host Jason Sudeikis Puts Wife Olivia Wilde On The Hot Seat|last=Atad|first=Corey|date=2019-06-12|website=ET Canada|access-date=2019-06-27|archive-date=June 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190612145344/https://etcanada.com/news/463149/ellen-guest-host-jason-sudeikis-puts-wife-olivia-wilde-on-the-hot-seat/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Mila Kunis]] hosted on April 11, 2019.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://etcanada.com/news/440384/mila-kunis-downs-a-shot-fangirls-over-colton-underwood-and-cassie-randolph-as-she-hosts-ellen/|title=Mila Kunis Downs A Shot, Fangirls Over Colton Underwood And Cassie Randolph As She Hosts 'Ellen'|last=Longmire|first=Becca|date=2019-04-11|website=ET Canada|access-date=2019-04-23|archive-date=April 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411131709/https://etcanada.com/news/440384/mila-kunis-downs-a-shot-fangirls-over-colton-underwood-and-cassie-randolph-as-she-hosts-ellen/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[John Cena]] hosted on April 19, 2019.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://etcanada.com/news/443251/john-cena-turns-the-ellen-degeneres-show-into-ellenmania-35/|title=John Cena Turns 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show' Into 'EllenMania 35'|last=Holmes|first=Martin|date=2019-04-19|website=ET Canada|access-date=2019-04-23|archive-date=April 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190419161755/https://etcanada.com/news/443251/john-cena-turns-the-ellen-degeneres-show-into-ellenmania-35/|url-status=dead}}</ref>