Nine & Foxtel drop Ellen’s final season
"We wish Ellen all the best for her last season," say Aussie broadcasters.
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Ellen will just have to “be kind” somewhere else it seems…
The final season of The Ellen DeGeneres Show will be homeless in Australia when it begins in the USA in September, with neither Nine nor Foxtel acquiring rights.
A Nine spokesperson said, “The Ellen DeGeneres Show won’t be returning to Channel 9 for its nineteenth and final season. It’s been a tremendous run and we wish Ellen all the best for her last season.”
Foxtel has also confirmed to TV Tonight it will not screen on FOX Arena.
This follows negative press coverage and sliding ratings for the series, which will begin stateside on September 13 and conclude in 2022.
“When you’re a creative person, you constantly need to be challenged – and as great as this show is, and as fun as it is, it’s just not a challenge anymore,” DeGeneres recently told The Hollywood Reporter.
Source: 3BA.com.au, TV Blackbox
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Oh what? Is this still true so how can I watch the final season? I was just looking for it cos I have reloads it has started already
PS ch9 you still have Karl on the air
That’s really disappointing. I really liked the Ellen DeGeneres Show. I hope the final season gets shown on Free To Air soon.
Dude, Ellen is not showing because of ‘controversy’, but Eddie McGuire is still there?!
I know right, Nine’s not known for being woke, there have to be other factors at play here.
With so many of us working from home – can 9 please offer something fun? Something live and interesting that can make us all laugh.
So true..also they have such big archives..
They could crank out some classic stuff also
If they want a similar replacement, 9 should look at obtaining rights to The Kelly Clarkson Show.
What about the Steve Wilkos show. I have been watching him online.
Funny how 9 have moved swiftly on Celebrity IOU & it’s not on next week. I’m not always a fan or hugely familiar with the celebrities (including last season), but I learn about them and it’s feel good TV with actual Reno & I enjoy it!
It’s funny this isn’t rating, when the Block still does abd there is less Reno on it!
I hope Celebrity IOU airs on 94 (9Life) soon, where all the other US lifestyle airs
If you check the guide posted on Sunday it was already out of schedule. But they did announce further episodes at the top, which are absent.
Maybe Channel 9 really does have plans for a ‘Midday’ revival perhaps. Or they’re gonna stick with repeats of the previous night’s programming before airing their British-game-show-sandwich from 2-4pm. Probably going to turn out to be the latter I suppose.
Channel 7 should consider it. Every thing they take from Nine rates through the roof. LOL
Kind of like the story of Neighbours but in reverse….flops on one station and bump it to another and works well.
I remember when Nine butchered the West Wing with poor timeslots and moving days..it took the ABC (wow) to pickup the final seasons and they owned it and rated really well
Wow that’s surprising..esp as both networks air dreck nearly every day..for them to pass on Ellen is an interesting and probably “woke” view