Theory: they’re banking time for later in the season (spring/summer) when movies will be opening wide again and celebs will have projects to promote. I wouldn’t be shocked to find out that Ellen has an episode cap in her contract.
On Friday, September 25, 2020 at 4:35:00 PM UTC-4 Kevin M. (RPCV) wrote: > The fact Darnell still holds a job in Hollywood justifies me leaving the > business and joining the Peace Corps > > I caught a bit of Drew Barrymore’s show. She’s an accomplished actress and > producer. Put mildly, hosting is not her strongest suit. > > On Fri, Sep 25, 2020 at 1:30 PM Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> wrote: > >> It's only been Monday since Ellen DeGeneres returned to the air and >> confessed the sins of her and the scumbags who were her bosses at >> Telepictures and she's not on her show today--sidekick Stephen "tWitch" >> Boss was filling in for her today with seemingly no indication why: >> >> >> https://ew.com/tv/twitch-takes-over-host-ellen-degeneres-show/?utm_medium=browser&utm_source=ew.com&utm_content=20200925&utm_campaign=673562 >> >> It had been already announced that Boss would become an executive >> producer of the show and fill in for DeGeneres as part of the many changes >> that went down after several reports and social media posts detailed how >> badly DeGeneres and her bosses treated the staff and the crew of her >> show--changes that included Telepictures losing its autonomy at WarnerMedia >> and becoming part of the unscripted division of Warners under former Dark >> Prince of Fox Reality Mike Darnell. The surprising part is that Boss is >> filling in on the first week of her season with CBS Distribution's Drew >> Barrymore and NBCU's Kelly Clarkson taking dead aim at her audience >> (Clarkson's less of a problem because her show and "Ellen" are on the same >> station in many markets). Perhaps she feels that if her late-night >> counterparts take Friday off, she should, but still... >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> >> >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> >> >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/6be11bb4-9ef3-4aea-a41c-a0bbd2aba4f6n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/6be11bb4-9ef3-4aea-a41c-a0bbd2aba4f6n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> >> >> -- > Kevin M. (RPCV) > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/f5741b3c-37ee-4fef-9f68-ff6f65fa09f3n%40googlegroups.com.
