"Ellen Show" Employees Say They're Losing Advertisers, Celebrity Bookings, And Ratings
Roughly two months into the return of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, following reports of a toxic work environment that included sexual harassment, it’s losing advertisers, struggling to book A-list celebrities, and suffering a dip in ratings during what is usually the busiest time of year, sources with knowledge of the situation told BuzzFeed News.
A current employee told BuzzFeed News that the show and its digital content have fewer advertisers and sponsors compared to past years — a shift that took place over the summer that they don’t attribute to just the pandemic. Another source who declined to be named also confirmed the situation to BuzzFeed News. According to the employee, staffers aren’t able to produce as much new content as a result of less advertising money, so their projects are slowing down and they’re recycling old video clips from past seasons. “We’re trying to be a content house, but we have no content,” the employee said.
While regular guests like Justin Bieber, Diane Keaton, Jimmy Kimmel, and members of the Kardashian/Jenner family have recently appeared on Ellen, publicists who work in the entertainment industry told BuzzFeed News they aren’t booking as many of their clients on the daytime talk show. They also said some of their clients have specifically said they don’t want to appear on the show, even over videoconference. They also said they’re wary of booking their clients for the current season of Ellen because they don’t want them to be a part of “her comeback tour.”
“I wouldn’t set up anyone on her show right now to do anything that could possibly cause them more negative headlines,” one publicist told BuzzFeed News on condition of anonymity. “You have to tread so carefully with your clients and your clients’ reputations, so you don't want to put your client in any line of fire sympathizing with someone that any community or anyone would feel bad about. We’re not going to align anyone with Ellen.”
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/krystieyandoli/ellen-show-employees-news-reports-fallout
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I just read Ellen tested positive for Covid and her show is on pause. Coincidence? 
https://tvline.com/2020/12/10/ellen-degeneres-coronavirus-tests-positive-production-paused/
