Nine returns Ellen

After yanking The Ellen DeGeneres Show from the schedule -and copping a bit of negative feedback for it- Nine has relented.

A new episode is airing at 6am today and another at 4am Tuesday (no I can’t explain it) before it settles at 12:30 weekdays from Tuesday (Adelaide 12pm).

Meanwhile Variety reports Ellen‘s crew are upset over no written communication about the status of their working hours, pay, or inquiries about their mental and physical health from producers for over a month.

The crew was further incensed by the show’s recent hire of an outside, non-union tech company to help DeGeneres tape remotely from her home in California.