The Ellen Show

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Television series
German title The Ellen Show
Original title The Ellen Show
Country of production United StatesUnited States United States
original language English
Year (s) 2001-2002
length 23 minutes
Episodes 18 in 1 season ( list )
genre Sitcom
idea Ellen DeGeneres , Mitchell Hurwitz , Carol Leife
First broadcast September 24, 2001 on CBS
German-language
first broadcast
October 24, 2007 on Sat.1
occupation
synchronization

The Ellen Show is a sitcom by and starring Ellen DeGeneres that ran on CBS from 2001 to 2002 . It was discontinued after a season. The series was DeGeneres' second sitcom after Ellen , which ran from 1994 to 1998. After coming out of DeGeneres' character in Ellen as a lesbian , the figure was also a lesbian in this sitcom. In contrast to the first series, however, the focus here was not on her sexual orientation. The working title of the sitcom was Ellen Again .

action

After her Internet company Homelearn.com bankruptcy logs in and goes bankrupt, decides Ellen Richmond to return to their hometown. She lives there with her eccentric mother Dot and her clumsy sister Catherine. Her childhood friend Rusty Carnouk wants to revive their old relationship, but it fails because of the fact that Ellen is a lesbian. She also meets her former high school teacher, Ed Munn. Arriving in her old home, Ellen begins to change her way of life and takes a job as a counselor at her former high school.

occupation

Ellen DeGeneres plays Ellen Richmond
Cloris Leachman plays Dot Richmond

main actor

Role name Actress Voice actor
Ellen Richmond Ellen DeGeneres Claudia Lehmann
Catherine Richmond Emily Rutherfurd Cathlen Gawlich
Dot Richmond Cloris Leachman Karin Buchholz
Rusty Carnouk Jim Gaffigan Olaf Reichmann
Ed Munn Martin Mull Bodo Wolf
Pam Kerri Kenney Gundi Eberhard
Bunny Hoppstetter Diane Delano Almut Zydra

Guest and supporting actors

Role name Actress Voice actor Episode (s)
Officer B Arthur Regan Burns 2, 7
Erik John Francis Daley 2
Waitress Susan Yeagley 3
Tina Marissa Jaret Winokur 4th
Randy Larry Joe Campbell Hans Hohlbein 6th
Joe Tom Poston 7th
Connie Gibson Betty White Christel Merian 9
Young Ellen Dakota Fanning 9
Del John Farley Peter Flechtner 10
Aunt mary Mary Tyler Moore 11
Lou Grant (Santa Claus) Edward Asner Helmut Krauss 11
Rita Carter Maureen McCormick 14th
Vanessa Carter Kaley Cuoco Dascha Lehmann 14th
Percy Moss John Knight Stefan Gossler 14th

Charisma

The German-language first broadcast took place from October 24th to November 16th, 2008 on Sat.1 . In 2011 the series was shown again on Sat1, sixx and 9Live .

Episode list

The Ellen Show consists of 18 episodes. Since the US broadcast was canceled in the middle of the first season, the last five episodes were not aired. However, they are included on the DVD that was released in the US.

DVD release

The series has so far only been released in English on DVD under the title The Ellen Show - The Complete Series .

Individual evidence

  1. Ellen's Return . In: The Advocate , June 5, 2001, p. 24. 
  2. a b The Ellen Show. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous index , accessed on January 15, 2017 .

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