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rdf:type	Television
rdfs:label	Ellen (TV series)
rdfs:comment	Ellen (originally titled These Friends of Mine during its first season) is an American television sitcom that aired on the ABC network from March 29, 1994, to July 22, 1998, consisting of 109 episodes. The title role is Ellen Morgan, played by stand-up comedian Ellen DeGeneres, a neurotic bookstore owner in her thirties.
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executive consultant	Ellen DeGeneres
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Starring	Ellen DeGeneres Joely Fisher Jeremy Piven Maggie Wheeler Arye Gross Clea Lewis David Anthony Higgins Holly Fulger
Runtime	1320.0
Status	Ended
opentheme	"So Called Friend" by Texas
Country	United States
Language	English
show name	Ellen These Friends of Mine
Title	Ellen
Company	Touchstone Television Black-Marlens Company
Num episodes	109
Camera	Multi-camera
First Aired	1994-03-29
Distributor	Buena Vista Television
num seasons	5
ID	108761
Last Aired	1998-07-22
Network	ABC
Creator	Carol Black Neal Marlens David S. Rosenthal
abstract	Ellen (originally titled These Friends of Mine during its first season) is an American television sitcom that aired on the ABC network from March 29, 1994, to July 22, 1998, consisting of 109 episodes. The title role is Ellen Morgan, played by stand-up comedian Ellen DeGeneres, a neurotic bookstore owner in her thirties. The series centered on Ellen's dealing with her quirky friends, her family and the problems of daily life. The series is notable for being one of the first with a main character to come out as gay, which DeGeneres' character did in the 1997 episode "The Puppy Episode". This event received a great deal of media exposure, ignited controversy, and prompted ABC to place a parental advisory at the beginning of each episode. The series' theme song (used in Season 3 onwards), "So Called Friend", is by Scottish band Texas. A running gag during the third and fourth seasons was that each episode had a distinct/different opening credits sequence (often with singing and dancing), resulting from Ellen's ongoing search for the perfect opening credits.