Ellen DeGeneres To End Long-Running Talk Show Amid Ratings Plunge
Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres will be ending her long-running show in 2022 as her show’s ratings tanked this season. She informed her staff of her decision on Tuesday and will discuss the news Thursday with Oprah…
Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres will be ending her long-running show in 2022 as her show’s ratings tanked this season.
She informed her staff of her decision on Tuesday and will discuss the news Thursday with Oprah Winfrey on “Ellen,” The Hollywood Reporter reported.
“When you’re a creative person, you constantly need to be challenged,” DeGeneres told the outlet.
“And as great as this show it, and as fun as it is, it’s just not a challenge anymore.”
DeGeneres has thought about leaving the show in the past; her actress wife, Portia de Rossi, encouraged her to move on from the show in 2018, according to a profile in The New York Times.
While she ultimately signed on for three more seasons, she told her team that this contract was her last.
DeGeneres makes at least $50 million a year through the contract, USA Today reported.
“Although all good things must come to an end, you still have hope that truly great things never will,” Mike Darnell, president of unscripted TV for Warner Bros., told The Hollywood Reporter.