
Ellen(1994)
Ellen works in a Los Angeles bookstore called Buy the Book and hangs around with her friends discussing lovers, work and family.

When her high-profile start-up Internet company goes belly up, Ellen gives up her high-powered career and heads back to her small hometown to put her life together. She gets a counselor at her old high school and moves in with her eccentric mother and unlucky-in-love sister.

Ellen DeGeneres
Ellen Richmond

Jim Gaffigan
Rusty Carnouk

Emily Rutherfurd
Catherine Richmond

Martin Mull
Ed Munn

Cloris Leachman
Dot Richmond

Kerri Kenney
Pam
The Ellen Show is a comedy series that first aired in 2001. it stars Ellen DeGeneres, Jim Gaffigan, Emily Rutherfurd. When her high-profile start-up Internet company goes belly up, Ellen gives up her high-powered career and heads back to her small hometown to put her life together. She gets a counselor at her old high school and moves in with her eccentric mother and unlucky-in-love sister.
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