Not because it was a different kind of show, but because I was different,” DeGeneres said of the pushback from TV stations. “Twenty years ago, when we were trying to sell the show, no one thought that this would work.
LOS ANGELES - Ellen DeGeneres brought her nearly two-decade daytime talk show to an end Thursday with a celebrity lovefest and a forceful assertion of her achievement as a gay woman daring to be herself.ĭeGeneres and guests Jennifer Aniston, Billie Eilish and Pink shared memories and affection as “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” concluded its Emmy-winning, 3,200-plus episode run that began in September 2003.
