On the final episode of “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” which has run for 19 seasons, the longtime talk-show host took the time Thursday to speak directly to her viewers with a special goodbye message.
“To all of you who have watched this show and supported me, thank you so much for this platform,” she said. “And I hope what I’ve been able to do in the last 19 years has made you happy, and that I was able to take a little bit of pain away from a bad day or anything you were going through. I hope I was able to inspire you to make other people happy and to do good in the world. To feel like you have a purpose.”
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“To all of you who have watched this show and supported me, thank you so much for this platform,” she said. “And I hope what I’ve been able to do in the last 19 years has made you happy, and that I was able to take a little bit of pain away from a bad day or anything you were going through. I hope I was able to inspire you to make other people happy and to do good in the world. To feel like you have a purpose.”
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- 5/26/2022
- by Brandon Katz
- The Wrap
Ellen Degeneres once had a successful talk show.
Nowadays, however, many are former staffers are speaking out about what went on behind the scenes.
The latest turmoil for the show comes in the form of a new report from The Wrap, in which former producer, Hedda Muskat, is opening up about her time on the show.
Muskat landed the producer role in 2003 when the show was still in development.
She alleges that, within a year, her role was diminished, and she gradually received less responsibility.
"One day I get called into the office," Muskat tells the outlet.
"[Producer] Ed [Glavin] says to me, ‘You know, Hedda, we're really loving your segments. I don't know how you do it. We're going to need all your sources.'"
"I've worked 18 years to build those sources. Those sources are why you hired me."
Muskat did not hand over her sources, and admits that she "felt a turn,...
Nowadays, however, many are former staffers are speaking out about what went on behind the scenes.
The latest turmoil for the show comes in the form of a new report from The Wrap, in which former producer, Hedda Muskat, is opening up about her time on the show.
Muskat landed the producer role in 2003 when the show was still in development.
She alleges that, within a year, her role was diminished, and she gradually received less responsibility.
"One day I get called into the office," Muskat tells the outlet.
"[Producer] Ed [Glavin] says to me, ‘You know, Hedda, we're really loving your segments. I don't know how you do it. We're going to need all your sources.'"
"I've worked 18 years to build those sources. Those sources are why you hired me."
Muskat did not hand over her sources, and admits that she "felt a turn,...
- 8/4/2020
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
Ellen DeGeneres is keeping her head held high as controversy continues to swirl around her talk show. The Ellen DeGeneres Show host stepped out on Friday, July 31 to take a walk in her neighborhood by herself. She wore a low-key outfit consisting of khaki shorts, a dark tee and a white hat. An eyewitness told E! News of the sighting, "She was on a call and held the phone in front of her. It appeared to be a serious call, she looked stressed." Photographers spotted the 62-year-old on another walk the next morning, and noted she was with a friend. On Monday another former producer Hedda Muskat from The Ellen Show spoke out about her experience in which she felt preferential...
- 8/3/2020
- E! Online
A former Ellen DeGeneres Show producer is speaking out and sharing her experience working on the daytime series. In a new piece for The Wrap, Hedda Muskat recalled behind hired in 2003 when the show was still in development. But within a year and a half of joining, Muskat says she was sidelined in favor of a younger male producer. According to Muskat, she slowly received less responsibility like writing her own segments and appearing on set to greet and prepare the guests she had booked. "One day I get called into the office," Muskat recalled. "[Producer] Ed [Glavin] says to me, 'You know, Hedda, we're really loving your segments. I don't know how you do it. We're going...
- 8/3/2020
- E! Online
Following weeks of reporting and a third-party investigation into the toxic work culture at “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” one former producer has chosen to speak publicly about her experience with what she described as a “culture of fear” in the show’s earliest days. Hedda Muskat was an early hire on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” back in 2003 when the show was still in development. A veteran of “The Howie Mandel Show” and “The Martin Short Show,” she was among a handful of writers and producers recruited by executive producer Andy Lassner to flesh out what “Ellen” would later become. But within a year and a half of joining, Muskat said she was sidelined in favor of a younger, less experienced producer before being pushed out entirely. Also Read: 3 'Ellen DeGeneres Show' Executive Producers Accused of Sexual Misconduct by Former Employees Muskat was among the dozens of current and former employees...
- 8/3/2020
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
One year ago, Ashton Kutcher's Katalyst Media settled a lawsuit against California's Department of Motor Vehicles for backing out of a deal on a reality television show. The government agency paid $450,000 to make the lawsuit disappear. But that didn't end the legal fussing over the unproduced Dmv reality show. A producer named Hedda Muskat soon sued Kutcher's production company and Creative Artists Agency, and on Wednesday, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge indicated that he was inclined to allow claims to survive. The judge read a tentative ruling from the bench, before taking the matter under submission. Story: The
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- 6/5/2014
- by Eriq Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Think your dealings with the Dmv are a headache? Ask Ashton Kutcher how he feels about them. “Two and a Half Men” star Kutcher’s company, Katalyst Media, is being sued by producer Big Cheese Media over a reality show that would have revolved around the Department of Motor Vehicles. Also read: Why Ashton Kutcher’s ‘Jobs’ Couldn’t Boot Up at the Box Office According to the suit, Big Cheese’s Hedda Muskat came up with the idea for the series based on her daughter’s experience with the Dmv. Muskat claims she brought the idea to Creative Artists...
- 9/21/2013
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
Reality TV producer Hedda Muskat says she can no longer get work in the industry after Ashton Kutcher's production company pushed her out of a show she pitched about the Department of Motor Vehicles. Muskat is suing former agency CAA and Kutcher's Katalyst for breach of contract and breach of fiduciary duty. She says she has suffered damages in excess of $2 million in a complaint filed Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court. Read the complaint here. Muskat says she was inspired to create a reality series centered on the "interesting personalities and situational dynamics" at the California Department of
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- 9/21/2013
- by Aaron Couch
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Producer Hedda Muskat claims that CAA and Ashton Kutcher’s production company deceived her and pushed her out as Co-Executive Producer on a reality series about the Dmv. Claiming breach of fiduciary duty, negligence, and promissory fraud in the complaint filed today in L.A. Superior Court (read it here), the Emmy-winning producer is seeking more than $2 million in damages plus other costs from the agency, Kutcher’s Katalyst Media and company co-owner Jason Goldberg. And she’s very clear about what the fallout from the now scrapped series cost her. “Katalyst’s reckless conduct and CAA’s failure to properly represent or protect Plaintiff has had the ultimate consequence of obliterating Plaintiff’s career in the entertainment industry and her reputation as a producer,” says the 16-page lawsuit. Katalyst sued the state agency for $1.4 million in August 2012 after the Dmv pulled out of the proposed TRuTV series. After counterclaims and other legal actions,...
- 9/21/2013
- by DOMINIC PATTEN
- Deadline TV
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