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| − | '''Ellen DeGeneres''' is an American actress, stand-up comedian, and host of the syndicated talk show ''The Ellen DeGeneres Show''. She first reached success with her own sitcom called ''Ellen'' (1994-98). | + | '''Ellen DeGeneres''' is an American actress, stand-up comedian, and host of the syndicated talk show ''The Ellen DeGeneres Show''. She first reached success with her own sitcom called ''These friends of mine'', later renamed ''Ellen'' (1994-98). |
| − | The ABC show | + | The ABC show had difficulty finding a formula to bring in a large audience, having frequent cast changes. While not a ratings hit, it did do well enough to be renewed for 4 seasons. |
| − | Ellen made her [[homosexuality]] public on The Oprah Winfrey Show in February 1997, surprising few people. The resulting media attention highlighting this event caused a stir. Subsequently her character on the sitcom literally came out of the closet in April of that same year; admitting she was gay to her therapist (portrayed by Oprah Winfrey). | + | Ellen made her [[homosexuality]] public on The Oprah Winfrey Show in February 1997, surprising few people. The resulting media attention highlighting this event including being put on the cover of [[Time magazine]] caused a stir. Subsequently her character on the sitcom literally came out of the closet in April of that same year; admitting she was gay to her therapist (portrayed by Oprah Winfrey). After a great deal of media attention highlighting the outing episode, entitled "The Puppy Episode," the showing was the highest-rated episode of the sitcom. But the bounce proved to be short lived. The show became a constant weekly refrain of lesbian themes and viewers stopped watching rather quickly. Even Chastity Bono, the media director of GLAAD, a homosexual group, critisized the show for going over the top on the gay issue.<ref>http://www.planetout.com/entertainment/news/?sernum=544</ref> After diving in the ratings, the show was canceled. |
| + | DeGeneres returned to the stand-up comedy circuit. She had another stab at a sitcom on network television in 2001. By this time DeGeneres diversified away from a constant gay theme, but the show failed to catch on with viewers. She would later re-establish herself as a successful talk show host starting in 2003. Her talk show is still on the air. | ||
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Revision as of 02:34, July 26, 2007
Ellen DeGeneres is an American actress, stand-up comedian, and host of the syndicated talk show The Ellen DeGeneres Show. She first reached success with her own sitcom called These friends of mine, later renamed Ellen (1994-98). The ABC show had difficulty finding a formula to bring in a large audience, having frequent cast changes. While not a ratings hit, it did do well enough to be renewed for 4 seasons.
Ellen made her homosexuality public on The Oprah Winfrey Show in February 1997, surprising few people. The resulting media attention highlighting this event including being put on the cover of Time magazine caused a stir. Subsequently her character on the sitcom literally came out of the closet in April of that same year; admitting she was gay to her therapist (portrayed by Oprah Winfrey). After a great deal of media attention highlighting the outing episode, entitled "The Puppy Episode," the showing was the highest-rated episode of the sitcom. But the bounce proved to be short lived. The show became a constant weekly refrain of lesbian themes and viewers stopped watching rather quickly. Even Chastity Bono, the media director of GLAAD, a homosexual group, critisized the show for going over the top on the gay issue.[1] After diving in the ratings, the show was canceled.
DeGeneres returned to the stand-up comedy circuit. She had another stab at a sitcom on network television in 2001. By this time DeGeneres diversified away from a constant gay theme, but the show failed to catch on with viewers. She would later re-establish herself as a successful talk show host starting in 2003. Her talk show is still on the air.