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The Ellen DeGeneres Showwill be seeing a lot of famous faces in its farewell season.
On Sept. 13, hostEllen DeGenereswill kick off the 19th and final season of her namesake talk show withJennifer Aniston, who was the series' very first guest when it first premiered in 2003, andJimmy Kimmelin his 20th appearance.
In the upcoming season,Kim Kardashianis also slated to chat with DeGeneres, 63, in her first sit-down interview since wrappingKeeping Up with the Kardashians.
Tiffany Haddishand Imagine Dragons are scheduled to make appearances during the show’s premiere week, while future guests includeMelissa McCarthy,Sean “Diddy” Combs,Julianne MooreandMelissa Etheridge.
In addition to a star-studded roster of guests,TheEllen DeGeneresShowis expecting to welcome a fully vaccinated live studio audience in its last season. The talk show will follow safety protocols and COVID-19 guidelines, according to a news release.
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DeGeneres announced in May that she will beending her long-running talk showin 2022. She toldThe Hollywood Reporterat the time that the shakeup, which comes afterallegations of a toxic work environmenton the series' set, is due to her needing “something new to challenge” her.
“I was going to stop after season 16. That was going to be my last season, and they wanted to sign for four more years and I said I’d sign maybe for one,” she continued. “They were saying there was no way to sign for one. ‘We can’t do that with the affiliates and the stations need more of a commitment.'”
“So, we [settled] on three more years, and I knew that would be my last. That’s been the plan all along,” DeGeneres added.
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During a conversation withOprah Winfreylater that month, DeGeneres said that walking away from the series was “the right thing to do, but I’m charged.”
“There’s just different things as a creative person that I feel like I need to do,” she explained. “We still have the digital Ellen Tube, Ellen Tube is huge. We have original shows, that’s going to continue. Our social media’s going to continue. I still am going to be very much involved with digital.”
TheEllen DeGeneresShowreturns for its final season on Sept. 13.
source: people.com
