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The unscripted primetime series is not being renewed for a fifth season, making season 4, which ended in May 2021, its last, PEOPLE confirms.
The series premiered in December 2017 with a first season comprised of eight episodes. The program’s final season featured 20.
The cancellation comes asTheEllen DeGeneresShowis also set to end its run later this spring after 19 seasons.
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The ending of the comedian’s successful daytime talk show came after a turbulent year for the star, as she facedallegations of creating a toxic workplace environmentfor her staffers.
“I really didn’t understand it; I still don’t understand it,” DeGeneres said in May 2021 on an episode ofTodayabout the allegations. “It was too orchestrated; it was too coordinated.”
“People get picked on but for four months straight for me, and then for me to read in the press about a toxic work environment when all I’ve ever heard from every guest that comes on the show is what a happy atmosphere this is, and what a happy place it is,” she continued.
As for whether she was leaving due to the controversy,DeGeneres said, “If that was why I was quitting, I would’ve not come back this year. I really did think about not coming back because it was devastating.”
Also that month, upon sharing her plans to wrap up the award-winning talk show in 2022, DeGeneres toldThe Hollywood Reporter, “As great as this show is, and as fun as it is, it’s just not a challenge anymore.”
“It’s sad that the show ends like this, but Ellen seems confident that she made the right decision,” ashow source told PEOPLEat the time.
source: people.com
