The Scandal On The Ellen DeGeneres Program That Reduced The Number Of Viewers To 2.6 Million

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JAKARTA - The name of the presenter Ellen DeGeneres became the topic of conversation throughout 2020. How about this year?

According to a New York Times report, The Ellen DeGeneres Show has experienced a significant decline since an unpleasant incident occurred at the show's production site.

It is known that in mid-2020, a Twitter user shared a story while working as an employee of The Ellen DeGeneres Show. He wrote about how he was treated while on the production team and how his salary didn't match.

In addition, he also received a lot of racist treatment and comments about sexual harassment by the production team.

At its peak, when he participated in the production of The Ellen DeGeneres Show from her home, Ellen DeGeneres did not pay employees as agreed. WarnerMedia parties investigated and temporarily suspended the Ellen DeGeneres Show.

The loss of more than a million viewers since September translates to a 43% decline for "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," representing a steeper drop than any of its competitors. https://t.co/E8V7MDxS5C pic.twitter.com/xAttEAvp6j

- The New York Times (@nytimes) March 22, 2021

After being discontinued for a few months, Ellen returned with season 18 on September 18, 2020. Before hosting the show, she again apologized to those who felt hurt.

"We have to rethink how we speak and behave can affect other people", she said at the time.

This apology was not greeted positively by the employees. They feel Ellen is trying to cover up to avoid netizens' blasphemy. Since then, the figure of Ellen DeGeneres has become a public concern. They watched Ellen's every move on the show and criticized her every time she did something.

One of them, when Justin Bieber was a guest at the end of 2020. Ellen kept asking about when he and Hailey Baldwin are going to have children. This incident made Ellen again ridiculed by netizens.

Low Show Ratings

Several months passed, in fact, Ellen DeGeneres felt a big influence. Although the first episode of season 18 Ellen DeGeneres Show got the highest ratings in the premiere category. This doesn't necessarily save the ratings.

This talk show has lost 1.5 million viewers in six months and decreased by 2.6 million last year.

Apart from that, another Ellen program, Ellen's Game of Games also experienced a 32 percent decrease in the number of viewers this season.

The low number of viewers makes this program far behind compared to similar talk shows. Regardless, Ellen was awarded the Daytime Talk Show of 2020 at the People's Choice Awards in November last year.

Pandemic

Telepictures as the production house under Warner Bros said the decrease in the number of viewers was due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

"Amid declining broadcasts and COVID-19 posing challenges for production, we look forward to the studio audience and its 19th season filled with hilarious and heartwarming moments that make Ellen the most successful show in history", said Telepictures president David McGuire. The Independent.

On the other hand, Ellen DeGeneres has a number of new projects, one of which is a documentary with Discovery. She is the producer of a content related to nature entitled Endangered.

Not only being an executive producer, but Ellen will also appear as a narrator in the documentary which can be watched starting April 22nd.