Ellen DeGeneres Is Ending Her Talk Show. Here’s What We Know
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By Paige McBride/May 12, 2021 11:24 am EST
The show’s rigorous production schedule and family pressures likely played into the move; with 180 tapings per year, The Ellen DeGeneres Show reached over 3,000 episodes this past year, the outlet reports. Since getting her start over twenty years ago, the host has racked up an $84 million yearly paycheck along with the Presidential Medal of Freedom and The Kennedy Center’s Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.
The Ellen DeGeneres Show recently declined in viewership
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Nonetheless, two decades on the air is no simple feat. “Ellen was and is an indelible piece of the television landscape, and it will be sorely missed,” Unscripted TV President Mike Darnell told the Hollwood Reporter of the news.
As for what’s next, DeGeneres looks to return to acting alongside her production pursuits; the outlet notes that she works behind the scenes on natural history programs and documentaries for the Discovery channel. While she didn’t explicitly share her plans, many assume that the 62-year-old will return to the big screen to act and share her environmental passions.
The talk show’s wife, Portia DeRossi, helped her come to the decision. “[Portia] wants me to do things that I’m challenged by and she’s watched me come home every day saying, ‘I just feel like there’s something more I could be doing.’ I care about the environment. I care about animals. I care about design and furniture,” she told the outlet.
A staple that millions of people around the world grew up watching, The Ellen DeGeneres Show has certainly made its mark on popular culture.
