Ellen's Talk Show Sticking Around for Years to Come
By PopEater Staff
Posted Feb 11th 2010


With glowing reviews on American Idol and a new deal to keep her talk show running for the next few years, Ellen DeGeneres isn't going anywhere any time soon.

Her show's distributor, a unit of Warner Bros. TV, has renewed The Ellen DeGeneres Show until at least 2014 on all stations owned by NBC, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

The news effectively strikes down rumors that she would end up on ABC as a replacement for the departing queen of talk, Oprah Winfrey. Ellen is currently second in the ratings; only Winfrey pulls in more daily viewers.



DeGeneres expressed her elation at the news in a statement, saying she's "so excited" to stay at NBC. "They were the ones that believed in my show from day one."

She'll be 56 when her new contract is up, and DeGeneres jokingly warned her fans of changes to come.

"Things will be a lot different by then. I won't be dancing over my coffee table anymore. Through the magic of 3-D, I'll be dancing over yours."



The TV personality is currently moonlighting as a judge on the biggest show on TV, American Idol.

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I hate to say this, but I'm not that happy to hear this. I take my lunch at the same time the show comes on and everyone in the breakroom is obsessed with it to the point where I can't stand it. Even if someone I love like Harry Connick Jr is on, I'll DVR it and only watch him before deleting it. I have to admit I did watch today's with Patrick Dempsy and Drew Brees, but again I didn't really have a choice. I was kind of hoping she would move on to different things, but it's good to hear that the show has been so successful.

I hate to say this, but I'm not that happy to hear this. I take my lunch at the same time the show comes on and everyone in the breakroom is obsessed with it to the point where I can't stand it. Even if someone I love like Harry Connick Jr is on, I'll DVR it and only watch him before deleting it. I have to admit I did watch today's with Patrick Dempsy and Drew Brees, but again I didn't really have a choice. I was kind of hoping she would move on to different things, but it's good to hear that the show has been so successful.i like the show but its interesting that your coworkers are obsessed with it because to me as good as the show is it sure dosent seem like the kind of show that you just get obessed with and have to watch every day .

i like the show but its interesting that your coworkers are obsessed with it because to me as good as the show is it sure dosent seem like the kind of show that you just get obessed with and have to watch every day .

Same here. The only season of the show I cared for myself was the one where Ted Stryker was the disc jockey (the 2007-08 season). Never really cared for the show before or after that, though.

I was kind of hoping she would move on to different things, but it's good to hear that the show has been so successful.

Don't forget, Ellen's a judge on "American Idol" now, so that's something different right there.