Ellen 2010

August 14, 2006

Multiple Daytime emmys, a huge following and the ability to make people dance in the aisles, Ellen Degeneres’ daytime talk show has just been renewed through 2010.

Connecting with “upscale urban soccer moms,” seniors, and those she loves to ridicule (home-schooled children) Ellen has consistently grown her audience and driven out competitors like Sharon Osbourne and Ryan Seacrest.

This week, she closed the deal that will keep her show on the air at least through the 2009-2010 season.

We don’t know how to label this news. Good? Bad? We’re proud of a lesbian who can make a mainstream success of herself and keep her sense of humor about it. Also, she has Allison Janney on … as often as she can. We’re all for that.

At the same time: how many times can we see her check in with all those mentally ill people who are obsessed with her? Or watch the shilling of goods we would never buy for ourselves? It’s all kind of getting to be a little much.

At any rate, she’ll be around for awhile. And the good news is that she loves to show fatties and very stiff men dancing in the aisles, which, at least for us, is pure comedy gold.