"Ellen" (1994) TV series 1994-1998

Creators:

Carol Black
Neal Marlens
David S. Rosenthal
(more)

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

Release Date:

30 March 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Ellen Morgan a lesbian former book store owner deals with life through comedy and extensive rambling.

Plot Keywords:

Lesbian | Photographer | Bookstore | Sitcom | Coming Out

Awards:

Nominated for 4 Golden Globes. Another 10 wins & 24 nominations

Cast

Ellen DeGeneres	...	Ellen Morgan (109 episodes, 1994-1998)
David Anthony Higgins	...	Joe Farrell (102 episodes, 1994-1998)
Joely Fisher	...	Paige Clark (96 episodes, 1994-1998)
Clea Lewis	...	Audrey Penney (80 episodes, 1994-1998)
Jeremy Piven	...	Spence Kovak (72 episodes, 1995-1998)

Series Directed by
Gil Junger		(30 episodes, 1996-1998)
Robby Benson		(25 episodes, 1995-1996)
Tom Cherones		(23 episodes, 1994-1995)
Gail Mancuso		(7 episodes, 1997-1998)
Rob Schiller		(5 episodes, 1994-1996)
Andrew D. Weyman		(5 episodes, 1994)
Lorraine Sevre-Richmond		(3 episodes, 1996-1998)
Alan Myerson		(3 episodes, 1996-1997)
D. Owen Trainor		(2 episodes, 1995-1997)
Iris Dugow		(unknown episodes)

Series Writing credits
David S. Rosenthal		(16 episodes, 1994-1997)
Carol Black		(15 episodes, 1994-1997)
Neal Marlens		(15 episodes, 1994-1997)
Tracy Newman		(11 episodes, 1995-1997)
Jonathan Stark		(11 episodes, 1995-1997)
Mark Driscoll		(10 episodes, 1994-1997)
Dava Savel		(8 episodes, 1995-1997)
Richard Day		(7 episodes, 1994-1995)
David Flebotte		(7 episodes, 1995-1997)
Alex Herschlag		(7 episodes, 1995-1997)
Suzanne Martin		(5 episodes, 1994-1995)
David Walpert		(5 episodes, 1996-1998)
Lisa DeBenedictis		(4 episodes, 1995-1996)
Daryl Rowland		(4 episodes, 1995-1996)
Mark Wilding		(3 episodes, 1994-1997)
Maria Semple		(3 episodes, 1994-1995)
Tom Leopold		(3 episodes, 1995-1996)
Matt Berry		(3 episodes, 1997-1998)
Mike Larsen		(3 episodes, 1997-1998)
Ric Swartzlander		(3 episodes, 1997-1998)
Holly Hester		(2 episodes, 1994-1995)
Warren Bell		(2 episodes, 1994)
Eileen Heisler		(2 episodes, 1995-1996)
DeAnn Heline		(2 episodes, 1995-1996)
Vance DeGeneres		(2 episodes, 1996-1997)
Jennifer Fisher		(2 episodes, 1996-1997)
Matt Goldman		(2 episodes, 1996-1997)
Ellen Idelson		(2 episodes, 1996-1997)
Rob Lotterstein		(2 episodes, 1996-1997)
Dan Cohen		(2 episodes, 1997-1998)
Jane Espenson		(2 episodes, 1997-1998)
Todd Himmell		(2 episodes, 1997-1998)
Lisa K. Nelson		(2 episodes, 1997-1998)
F.J. Pratt		(2 episodes, 1997-1998)
Ellen DeGeneres		(2 episodes, 1997)
Tim Doyle		(2 episodes, 1998)

Series Produced by
Mark Driscoll	....	co-producer / executive producer (41 episodes, 1994-1997)
Frank Merwald	....	associate producer (36 episodes, 1994-1996)
David S. Rosenthal	....	executive producer / co-executive producer / ... (33 episodes, 1994-1996)
Vic Kaplan	....	executive producer (32 episodes, 1995-1998)
Ellen DeGeneres	....	producer / co-executive producer (32 episodes, 1996-1998)
Tracy Newman	....	producer / co-executive producer / ... (31 episodes, 1994-1997)
Jonathan Stark	....	producer / co-executive producer / ... (31 episodes, 1994-1997)
Warren Bell	....	executive producer / co-executive producer (30 episodes, 1994-1995)
Tom Leopold	....	co-executive producer (27 episodes, 1995-1996)
Mark Grossan	....	producer (22 episodes, 1994-1996)
Richard Day	....	producer / supervising producer (21 episodes, 1994-1996)
Dava Savel	....	executive producer / co-executive producer (21 episodes, 1995-1997)
Jan Nash	....	supervising producer (18 episodes, 1996-1997)
Matt Goldman	....	consulting producer / co-executive producer (12 episodes, 1996-1997)
Christie Stentz	....	associate producer (12 episodes, 1996-1997)
Tim Doyle	....	executive producer (11 episodes, 1997-1998)
Maxine Lapiduss	....	consulting producer (10 episodes, 1997-1998)
David Flebotte	....	co-producer (9 episodes, 1996-1997)
Holly Hester	....	co-producer (8 episodes, 1995)
Matt Berry	....	supervising producer (8 episodes, 1997-1998)
Gil Junger	....	producer (8 episodes, 1997-1998)
F.J. Pratt	....	producer (8 episodes, 1997-1998)
Carol Black	....	executive producer (7 episodes, 1994-1996)
Neal Marlens	....	executive producer (7 episodes, 1994-1996)
Dan Cohen	....	producer (7 episodes, 1997-1998)
Vicki S. Horwitz	....	producer (6 episodes, 1995)
Alex Herschlag	....	co-producer (6 episodes, 1996)
Lawrence Broch	....	co-executive producer (6 episodes, 1997-1998)
Ric Swartzlander	....	supervising producer (6 episodes, 1997-1998)
Lisa DeBenedictis	....	producer (4 episodes, 1995-1996)
Daryl Rowland	....	producer (4 episodes, 1995-1996)
Ken Ornstein	....	coordinating producer / consulting producer (3 episodes, 1995-1997)
Pamela Eells	....	co-executive producer / executive producer (3 episodes, 1995)
Sally Lapiduss	....	co-executive producer / executive producer (3 episodes, 1995)
Matt Goldman	....	co-executive producer (unknown episodes)
Mark Wilding	....	co-producer (unknown episodes)

Series Original Music by
W.G. Snuffy Walden		(15 episodes, 1994-1997)

Series Cinematography by
Thomas Marshall		(12 episodes, 1994-1996)
Richard Brown		(2 episodes, 1995-1997)

Series Film Editing by
Dennis C. Vejar		(10 episodes, 1994-1996)
Tony Hayman		(2 episodes, 1994)
Kris Trexler		(2 episodes, 1995-1997)

Series Casting by
Lisa London		(13 episodes, 1994-1996)
Brian Chavanne		(6 episodes, 1994)
Tammara Billik		(2 episodes, 1995-1997)

Series Production Design by
Bill Brzeski		(13 episodes, 1994-1996)

Series Art Direction by
Jay Pelissier		(1 episode, 1997)
Bill Brzeski		(unknown episodes)

Series Set Decoration by
Archie D'Amico		(74 episodes, 1995-1998)
Lynda Burbank		(12 episodes, 1994-1996)

Series Costume Design by
Bambi Breakstone		(2 episodes, 1995-1997)

Series Makeup Department
Robin LaVigne	....	makeup artist / make-up (13 episodes, 1994-1997)
Robert Hallowell II	....	hair stylist (13 episodes, 1994-1996)
Kent Nelson	....	hair stylist (2 episodes, 1995-1997)

Series Production Management
Neil Rapp	....	production manager (62 episodes, 1994-1996)
Ken Ornstein	....	unit production manager (2 episodes, 1995-1997)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Joanne Keene Hall	....	second assistant director (109 episodes, 1994-1998)
Michael Looney	....	first assistant director (12 episodes, 1994-1996)
Daniel Orozco	....	dga trainee (12 episodes, 1995)
Jana Spotts	....	assistant director (7 episodes, 1997-1998)
José Clemente Hernandez	....	dga trainee (unknown episodes)
Lincoln Myers	....	dga trainee (unknown episodes)

Series Art Department
Conny Boettger	....	set designer (62 episodes, 1996-1998)
Tom Craig	....	on-set dresser (46 episodes, 1996-1998)
Scott L. London	....	property master (38 episodes, 1994-1998)
Kelly H'Doubler	....	property master (2 episodes, 1995-1997)
Billy Campbell	....	on-set dresser (unknown episodes)
Paul Arthur Hartman	....	set dresser: 1996-1998 (unknown episodes)

Series Sound Department
Richard Partlow	....	foley artist (108 episodes, 1994-1998)
Charles Bruce	....	supervising sound editor (22 episodes, 1997-1998)
Marti D. Humphrey	....	sound re-recording mixer (12 episodes, 1994-1996)
Michael Ballin	....	production sound mixer (7 episodes, 1994)
Bill Stephens	....	production sound mixer (5 episodes, 1994-1996)
Larry Stephens	....	production sound mixer (3 episodes, 1994-1997)
Jeff Johnson	....	sound (unknown episodes)
Ken Kobett	....	sound re-recording mixer (unknown episodes)
Todd Niesen	....	supervising sound editor (unknown episodes)
Mike Olman	....	sound re-recording mixer (unknown episodes)
Valerie Stulman	....	sound recordist (unknown episodes)

Series Stunts
Thomas M. Ficke	....	stunt coordinator (unknown episodes)
Hubie Kerns Jr.	....	stunt coordinator (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Kevin McGill	....	assistant camera (109 episodes, 1994-1998)
Albert Cicolello	....	key grip (12 episodes, 1994-1996)
Drain M. Marshall	....	chief lighting technician (12 episodes, 1994-1996)
Gene A. Talvin	....	camera operator (12 episodes, 1994-1996)
Jeff Miller	....	camera operator (11 episodes, 1994-1996)
Ed Nielson	....	camera operator (11 episodes, 1994-1996)
Charles Young	....	camera operator (11 episodes, 1994-1996)
Victor Galvis	....	electrician (unknown episodes, 1997-1998)
Doug Byers	....	electrician (unknown episodes)
Michael R. Marquette	....	first assistant camera (unknown episodes)
Robert Schoenhut	....	camera operator (unknown episodes)

Series Casting Department
John Leamer	....	casting assistant (33 episodes, 1994-1996)
Lesli Gelles	....	casting assistant (unknown episodes)
Justine Hempe	....	casting assistant (unknown episodes)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Wendy Range	....	costume supervisor (13 episodes, 1994-1996)
Brian Cotton	....	costumer (11 episodes, 1994-1996)
Melissa Merwin	....	costumer (7 episodes, 1994-1996)
Janis Mekaelian	....	key costumer (5 episodes, 1994-1996)
Wendy J. Greiner	....	costumer (4 episodes, 1994)
Kathleen Brodbeck	....	key costumer (3 episodes, 1994)

Series Editorial Department
Marshall Boone	....	post-production coordinator (73 episodes, 1995-1998)
Jennifer Vejar	....	assistant editor (12 episodes, 1994-1996)
Andy Lichtstein	....	colorist (unknown episodes)

Series Music Department
John McElhone	....	composer: theme (1 episode, 1997)
Sharleen Spiteri	....	composer: theme (1 episode, 1997)
Texas	....	performer: theme (1 episode, 1997)

Series Other crew
Dailey Pike	....	audience warm-up (76 episodes, 1994-1997)
Nellie Stevens	....	production assistant (25 episodes, 1996-1997)
Bud Robertson	....	assistant production coordinator (24 episodes, 1994-1995)
Maria Semple	....	story editor (24 episodes, 1994-1995)
Jenny Siff	....	assistant to executive producer (24 episodes, 1994-1995)
Robert Boles	....	production assistant / assistant to producers (22 episodes, 1997-1998)
Scott Sites	....	production coordinator (14 episodes, 1994-1996)
Ellen DeGeneres	....	executive consultant (13 episodes, 1994-1996)
Kathy Karlin	....	assistant to producers (13 episodes, 1994-1996)
Jennifer Melchior	....	assistant to producers (13 episodes, 1994-1996)
D. Owen Trainor	....	technical coordinator (13 episodes, 1994-1996)
Amy Jo Weinstein	....	assistant to producers (13 episodes, 1994-1996)
Jeanne Andrews	....	production accountant (12 episodes, 1994-1996)
Keiann Collins	....	production assistant (12 episodes, 1994-1996)
Dianne Sullens Hoehing	....	script supervisor (12 episodes, 1994-1996)
Cindy Linnick	....	production assistant (12 episodes, 1994-1996)
Adam Rosen	....	production assistant (12 episodes, 1994-1996)
Sam Froelich	....	assistant to producers (11 episodes, 1994-1996)
Keith Wheeler	....	production assistant (11 episodes, 1994-1996)
Susan Kong	....	first assistant accountant / assistant production coordinator (10 episodes, 1994)
David Driver	....	production assistant (7 episodes, 1994-1996)
Anji Sawant	....	assistant to producers (7 episodes, 1994-1996)
Susan Kydd	....	assistant accountant / assistant production coordinator (6 episodes, 1994-1996)
Ani Sawant	....	assistant to producers (6 episodes, 1994-1996)
Layne Kovach	....	assistant to producers (5 episodes, 1994)
Taylor Bryon	....	assistant to producers (4 episodes, 1994)
Teddy Tenenbaum	....	script coordinator (4 episodes, 1994)
Peggy Lane	....	stand-in (4 episodes, 1996-1997)
David 'Cajun' Guilbeau	....	craft service / crafts services (2 episodes, 1994-1998)
Lorraine Sevre-Richmond	....	script supervisor (2 episodes, 1995-1997)
John D. Beck	....	production assistant (unknown episodes)
Angela Giannoni	....	production assistant (unknown episodes)
Mandie Green	....	assistant: Ellen Degeneres (unknown episodes)
Jennifer S. Hayes	....	production assistant (unknown episodes)
Leslie Shevick	....	assistant to writers / set production assistant (unknown episodes)
Tim Tortora	....	accountant (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• Black-Marlens Company
• Touchstone Television

Distributors

• ABC1 (2004-) (UK) (TV)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1994-1998) (USA) (TV)
• Buena Vista Television
• TV1 (1998) (Estonia) (TV)

Other Companies

• Complete Post  post-production facilities
• Consortium Studios  set design (2006)
• Larson Sound Center  audio post-production
• Transition Music  music provided by

Also Known As:

These Friends of Mine (USA) (first season title)

Runtime:

USA:30 min (109 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Filming Locations:

Burbank, California, USA

Company:

Black-Marlens Company

Trivia:

The character of Audrey was dramatically re-written when she became a major cast member. In the first season she was in only one episode, as a character Ellen was long-time friends with but didn't like because she was always pessimistic and complaining. By the second season she was portrayed as chipper, upbeat and constantly optimistic.

Quotes:

Margaret: Ellen, Ellen, where are you?
Ellen: [walks out of a coat closet] Here, I was in the closet.
Margaret: It's big isn't it?
Ellen: Yeah, but I wouldn't want to spend a lot of time in there, entertaining or anything.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "NewsRadio: Halloween (#3.5)" (1996)

Soundtrack:

The Promise

Pretty Good

This was a pretty good show. Kind of like an updated I Love Lucy. It wasn't one of the best, but I can say that it's four year run, and was funny in a Just Shoot Me kind of way. The show started mediocre in it's first season. The second season was probably it's best, and the third was almost as good. The last season wasn't very good only because they sacrificed humor for the sake of sending their message, but I think ABC should've let Ellen on for another season to see if it shaped back up into a funny show, although, if it had stayed on and continued to not be funny, it may have lost a lot of it's supporters. It's amazing what this show was able what this show was able to do, and Will & Grace, which is one of the best shows on the air now, would obviously never even exist if it wasn't for it.