The Ellen Show [SEP] creator
The Ellen Show
The Ellen Show is a television sitcom created by and starring Ellen DeGeneres that was broadcast during the 2001–02 season on CBS. It was DeGeneres's second attempt at a sitcom, following "Ellen" on ABC (1994–98), but it was unable to attract strong ratings and was quickly cancelled after 13 episodes, leaving 5 episodes unaired. It is on the Roku channel.
DeGeneres came out as a lesbian in "Ellen", and her character on "The Ellen Show", Ellen Richmond,
writer for HBO's Emmy Award winning show "Dream On". It was during his time writing for the show "Dream On" that Lotterstein first began working with Ellen Idelson, who would become his writing partner for nearly the next 10 years until her death in 2003. Some of his notable writing/producing credits include "The Nanny", "Boy Meets World", "Suddenly Susan", "Ellen", "Will & Grace" and Darren Star's "Grosse Pointe". Lotterstein was the creator