"The Ellen Show" coming to DVD in July!!

[NOVARick]

Originally Posted by GoldenGirlsFan92

I've watched 5eps.,and i don't see why this show was cancled.

My theory of why it was cancelled is that I think people thought it was simply going to pick up where she ended her previous series. If you remember the last season of "Ellen," every episode was about her character dealing with her homosexuality. The coming out episode and the next couple episodes that followed were very funny, but it continued to be the same theme every week, it got to be a bit much. When she returned a few years later in "The Ellen Show," in the first episode, which got pretty good ratings, it was established that her character on this new show was also gay. I think a lot of people watching that night probably figured, here we go again, this was going to be a repeat of the final season of her previous series. So after they first episode they tuned out. But in fact, after that first episode, there was hardly any mention of her character being gay. Rather than being a regular theme on this series, like in the first series, it was no more than the basis for an occasional joke.

This show was very clever and so well cast and well written. I just got my DVD in the mail a couple weeks ago and I'm finding it's every bit as hilarious as I remember it. In fact, I can't really think of any show that is as consistently funny as this one. The fact that it was so abruptly canceled is really a shame. If programmers had given it a fair chance to find an audience like they used to do in the old days, I think this show would have had a long run. Unfortunately, that's not the way things work these days. If a show doesn't deliver immediate high ratings, it's axed. Imagine if television executives in the past had had that attitude, classic shows like "The Dick Van Dyke Show" and "All in the Family" and "Cheers" would have been buried after only a few months, which would have been our loss. Such is the case of "The Ellen Show." Thanks to the impatience of those network programmers, we all missed out on something really wonderful. Oh well, at least we have these 18 episodes to enjoy (several of which were never aired).

[SoapFan71]

I can't believe Sony is still advertising the "Ladies Night" dvd's showing "Maude" & "One Day at a Time" when these r still not out!!! It's on the "Ellen Show" DVD set.

[GoldenGirlsFan92]

Originally Posted by SoapFan71

I can't believe Sony is still advertising the "Ladies Night" dvd's showing "Maude" & "One Day at a Time" when these r still not out!!! It's on the "Ellen Show" DVD set.

I agree. Plus where is "maude". I've heard rumors & rumors, and it is still not out on DVD.