Ellen 

Ellen Morgan is a neurotic bookstore owner who deals with life through comedy and extensive rambling.

Creators:

Carol Black, Neal Marlens, David S. Rosenthal

Stars:

Ellen DeGeneres, David Anthony Higgins, Joely Fisher

Nominated for 4 Golden Globes. Another 14 wins & 29 nominations.

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
Ellen DeGeneres	...	Ellen Morgan 108 episodes, 1994-1998
David Anthony Higgins	...	Joe Farrell 101 episodes, 1994-1998
Joely Fisher	...	Paige Clark 95 episodes, 1994-1998
Clea Lewis	...	Audrey Penney 79 episodes, 1994-1998
Jeremy Piven	...	Spence Kovak 71 episodes, 1995-1998

Storyline

Ellen Morgan (Ellen DeGeneres) is a neurotic, thirty-something, bookstore employee who tries to get by life in dealing with her various friends who include the outgoing redhead Paige Clark (Joely Fisher), insecure photographer Adam Green (Arye Gross), her unsure-of-himself cousin Spence Novak (Jeremy Piven), coffee shop guy Joe Farrell (David Anthony Higgins), the critical and obnoxious Audrey Penney (Clea Lewis), and most challenging of all, Ellen also has to contend being around her annoying and overbearing parents Lois (Alice Hirson) and Harold (Steve Gilborn).

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Plot Keywords:

stand up comedian | based on standup comedy | character name as series title | forename as series title | actress name as series title | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 March 1994 (USA)

Also Known As:

These Friends of Mine

Filming Locations:

Burbank, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Black-Marlens Company, Touchstone Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min (109 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Season four, episode twenty-two, "The Puppy Episode", made television history and became one of the most controversial television episodes ever. Ellen Morgan (Ellen DeGeneres) came out of the closet, which resulted in a loss of a ton of its sponsors, ABC received a bomb threat, and a year later, this show was cancelled.

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Quotes

Margaret: Ellen, Ellen, where are you?
Ellen: [walks out of a coat closet] Here, I was in the closet.
Margaret: It's big isn't it?
Ellen: Yeah, but I wouldn't want to spend a lot of time in there, entertaining or anything.

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Connections

Featured in WatchMojo: Top 10 TV Shows That Were Cancelled For Ridiculous Reasons (2018)

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Soundtracks

The Promise
Written by Johnny McElhone and Sharleen Spiteri
Performed by Joan Jett & The Blackhearts

User Reviews

I like it more and more

In my opinion, the show was a bit boring at the beginning. Just another comedy that tries to be funny. (this time with a book shop as setting)But after Ellen´s outing quite much has changed, the stories have become really intresting, and in general the show has turned to something special and unique now. The difficult (???) topic has been presented in a very sensitive way and besides the´ve tried to fight against all the silly prejudices which are in the heads of too many people.Furthermore I like that we can laugh with Ellen, not about her. (that´s quite unusual for gay characters on TV). I´m impressed of her honesty and strength to share a part of her private life with the public. ELLEN- YOU`RE GREAT!!! Of course,I love the rest of the cast as well (JOELY,CLEA,JEREMY,DAVID)They´re like everyone´s friends. They get on your nerves, tease you, know everything better - but nevertheless you can´t live without them. In the meantime, I must confess that I hardly can´t live without Ellen and fortunately, it´s back on German TV!