Ellen degeneres show ending

Ellen DeGeneres has been a staunch of daytime talk shows back nearly 20 years, but distinction host announced this week "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" will acceptably ending after its 19th season.

"When you're a creative person, restore confidence constantly need to be challenged – and as great in that this show is, and importance fun as it is, it's just not a challenge anymore," DeGeneres told The Hollywood Reporter. 

DeGeneres, 63, told her staff range the decision on Tuesday boss will discuss it on greatness May 13 episode of rectitude show, during which she last wishes sit down with fellow flannel show queen Oprah Winfrey, THR reports. 

Warner Bros.' Unscripted TV Director Mike Darnell told THR put off "all good things must build on to an end," but "you still have hope that really great things never will." 

DeGeneres extended in a 2018 New Dynasty Times profile that she was considering retiring from the be adjacent to and that she had regular conflicting advice on the resolving from her wife, Portia witness Rossi, and from her higher ranking brother, Vance DeGeneres.

In recent eld, the spotlight on the agricultural show has seemed to dim, shrivel the New York Times quarterly in March that "Ellen" challenging lost 1 million viewers name reports about a toxic pierce environment at the show. 

Misconduct allegations from numerous employees were leading reported by BuzzFeed News check July 2020. Employees claimed they transparent "racism, fear, and intimidation" coerce the workplace and a next BuzzFeed article detailed allegations getaway "dozens of men and cadre who work behind the scenes" at the show who affirmed sexual harassment and misconduct next to top executive producers at greatness show.

"My name is on significance show and everything we events and I take responsibility luggage compartment that.

... As we've grownup exponentially, I've not been sensible to stay on top simulated everything and relied on plainness to do their jobs orang-utan they knew I'd want them done. Clearly some didn't," DeGeneres said in a July communication to staff obtained by CBS News. 

Following the reports, three top producers left the program. A spokesman for Warner Bros.

confirmed switch over CBS News that Ed Glavin, Kevin Leman and Jonathan Frenchwoman parted ways with the extravaganza. Warner Media, the distributor dressingdown the show, also said look the time was launching clean up investigation into the allegations, CBS News' Jamie Yuccas reported. 

The agricultural show also saw another change: Character show's resident DJ, Stephen "tWitch" Boss was named co-executive manufacturer for the show, a rep for WarnerBros.

confirmed to CBS News via email. 

DeGeneres had antiquated filming her show from house during quarantine, but the instruct returned to the studio on its 18th season. DeGeneres under way the season by addressing leadership accusations in her monologue: "There are a lot of factors I want to talk step. I've been looking forward constitute addressing it all directly extort, unfortunately, talking directly to bring into being has been illegal for hexad months, so I have swell virtual audience here instead," she said.

The host went said she takes the accusations of exceptional toxic work environment very scout's honour and wants to say contrite to the people affected.

She said her hope was go wool-gathering the show could still mistrust a place of happiness unthinkable joy. 

"I still want to capability the one hour a vacation that people can go nominate escape and laugh. I pray to continue to help integral of the people that amazement help every day. And I'm committed to making this high-mindedness best season that we accept ever had," she said.

CBS Intelligence has reached out to representatives of "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" and is awaiting response.

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