Ellen
Ellen Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | E9 | E10 | E11 | E12 | E13 | E14 | E15 | E16 | E17 | E18 | E19 | E20 | E21 | E22 | E23 | E24 | E25 | E26 | E27 | ||
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| S1 | 6.8 | 6.9 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 6.6 | 6.8 | 7.3 | 6.7 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.8 | 6.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| S2 | 6.8 | 6.9 | 7.0 | 6.5 | 6.9 | 6.7 | 6.9 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 7.0 | 6.6 | 6.8 | 6.6 | 7.0 | 6.6 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 6.7 | 6.6 | 7.2 | 7.1 | 6.7 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 6.5 | ||||
| S3 | 6.9 | 6.6 | 6.5 | 6.9 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 6.7 | 7.0 | 7.2 | 7.4 | 6.4 | 6.6 | 7.1 | 6.9 | 7.4 | 6.8 | 7.5 | 6.9 | 7.0 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 6.5 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 7.0 | 7.2 | |
| S4 | 7.3 | 6.8 | 6.3 | 6.6 | 6.9 | 7.3 | 6.3 | 6.7 | 7.4 | 6.8 | 7.2 | 6.6 | 6.8 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 6.5 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 5.4 | 8.9 | 8.0 | 7.8 | ||||
| S5 | 6.8 | 7.1 | 6.6 | 8.0 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 6.3 | 7.5 | 8.1 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 6.9 | 7.5 | 7.1 | 6.6 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.6 | 5.7 |
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"A cozy sitcom that became a cultural milestone"
Ellen follows a bookstore owner in Los Angeles navigating dating, friendships, and everyday neuroses with a tight-knit circle of quirky pals. For its first few seasons it plays like a standard mid-90s hangout sitcom: gentle observational jokes, a laugh track, low stakes. It becomes historically significant midway through when its lead character, and Ellen DeGeneres herself, came out, turning a fairly conventional show into a cultural flashpoint. The comedy is comfortable rather than sharp, carried mostly by DeGeneres's likable, self-deprecating persona and the show's easy, low-key charm.
the historic coming-out episode and DeGeneres's charmingly awkward comic persona.
you want sharp, fast-paced writing rather than a mellow, low-stakes 90s hangout sitcom.
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