Ellen: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Ellen, which was titled These Friends of Mine during its first season, is comedy about the life of a young woman by the name of Ellen Morgan-a neurotic, 30-something, bookstore employee who tries to get by life in dealing with her many random foils and follies (and not to mention her annoying and overbearing parents, Lois and Harold). Thanks to her friends, however, among them including the bubbly redhead Paige, insecure photographer Adam, her unsure-of-himself cousin Spence, coffee shop guy Joe Farrell, and the critical and obnoxious Audrey, Ellen is able to find the security, and the sanity, to get through her less than normal every day life. The show can be described as a combination between popular sitcoms Seinfeld and Friends, blending a perfect mix of comedy and situational humor with the drama and excitement of every day issues and life in the "real world".

Series details

• Title: Ellen
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 1994-03-29
• Final broadcast date listed: 1998-07-22
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ABC
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 6.2/10
• TVMaze ID: 8175
• IMDb ID: tt0108761
• TVDB ID: 76813

Cast and credited roles

• Ellen DeGeneres — Ellen Morgan
• David Anthony Higgins — Joe Farrell
• Joely Fisher — Paige Clark
• Arye Gross — Adam Green
• Clea Lewis — Audrey Penney
• Jeremy Piven — Spence Kovak
• Holly Fulger — Holly Jamison
• Maggie Wheeler — Anita Warwell

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1994-03-29; final listed air date 1994-08-30; episode order: 11.
• Season 2: premiered 1994-09-21; final listed air date 1995-05-17; episode order: 24.
• Season 3: premiered 1995-09-13; final listed air date 1996-05-21; episode order: 27.
• Season 4: premiered 1996-09-18; final listed air date 1997-05-14; episode order: 25.
• Season 5: premiered 1997-09-24; final listed air date 1998-07-22; episode order: 22.

Source and licence

Adapted from Ellen on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.