Talk show host Ellen DeGeneres has been bleeding from viewers since her program was shaken by explosive allegations of misconduct in the workplace last year, the New York Times reported on Monday.
DeGeneres apologized on the air last September, at the opening of his 18th season. Viewers watched the episode and then hung up, the Times reported, citing data from Nielsen. Since then, The Ellen DeGeneres Show has lost more than 1 million viewers, dropping to an average of 1.5 million in the last six months, compared with 2.6 million in the same period last year.
This is a 43% decline, taking her out of the league of giants of daytime conversation as “Dr. Phil ”and“ Live: With Kelly and Ryan ”, both with an average of over 2.5 million views. “Ellen’s” ratings now approximate those of the shows presented by Kelly Clarkson, Maury Povich and former Jerry Springer security guard Steve Wilkos, the Times noted.
David McGuire, executive vice president of programming for Telepictures, a subsidiary of the show’s producer, Warner Bros., rejected the Times’ findings.
“‘The Ellen DeGeneres Show’ remains one of the top three syndicated talk shows this season,” he said in a statement.
“While the broadcast is slowing down and Covid is challenging production, we are looking forward to bringing back our live audience and a 19th season filled with all the hilarious and exciting moments that made ‘Ellen’ one of the oldest and most successful shows. most successful interviews in history. “
“Ellen”, centered around DeGeneres’ “be kind” brand, suffered a major blow to her reputation due to the accusations, first reported by BuzzFeed last July. Several current members and former program officials said they faced racism, intimidation and a toxic work environment on the set, and several also claimed that they were sexually harassed by producers.
Warner Bros. conducted an investigation and three major producers – Ed Glavin, Kevin Leman and Jonathan Norman – were fired in August.
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