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 is a neurotic, 30-something, bookstore employee who tries to get by life in dealing with her various friends who include the outgoing redhead Paige, insecure photographer Adam, her unsure-of-himself cousin Spence, coffee shop guy Joe Farrell, the critical and obnoxious Audrey, and most challenging of all, Ellen also has to contend being around her annoying and overbearing parents Lois and Harold.

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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

After Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997), season four, episode nineteen, "New Moon Rising", in which regular character Willow comes out as a lesbian, and chooses to stay with her girlfriend Tara, aired, a group of internet board posters sent "Buffy" Creator Joss Whedon an engraved toaster to thank him for the storyline. This was a reference to season four, episode twenty-two, "The Puppy Episode", (the "coming-out" episode) of this show (a show on which longtime Buffy writer Jane Espenson had also worked) in which there had been a running joke about the LGBT movement awarding every newly outed person a toaster for "joining".

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Quotes

Ellen: Stray dogs, hungry people. Come on people, the solution is obvious.

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Connections

Referenced in The Larry Sanders Show: Ellen, or Isn't She? (1996)

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Soundtracks

Theme Song
Written by Sharleen Spiteri and Johnny McElhone
Performed by Texas

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!