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Ellen DeGeneres Will End Her Daytime Talk Show In 2022

The groundbreaking TV host announced her show would end after 19 seasons, citing a desire for new challenges. Ratings had dropped after allegations of a toxic work place surfaced in 2020.
Ellen Degeneres, seen in the press room during the 2017 People's Choice Awards, announced she will end her show in 2022.

TV host Ellen DeGeneres is pulling the plug on her successful daytime TV variety/comedy/talk show at the end of this season. For more than 18 years, she has famously danced with her guests and the audience, played games and pranks with them and given away prizes. She has interviewed everyone from Hollywood A-listers to precocious children. But now, she and Warner Brothers Television have said The Ellen DeGeneres Show will end in 2022.

"When you're a creativein an exclusive interview, "and as great as this show is, and as fun as it is, it's just not a challenge anymore."

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