Ellen season 4
Appearance
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Season 4 | |
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No. of episodes | 25 |
Release | |
Original network | ABC |
Original release | September 17, 1996 May 13, 1997 | –
Season chronology | |
The fourth season of Ellen, an American television series, began September 17, 1996 and ended on May 13, 1997. It aired on ABC. The region 1 DVD was released on September 26, 2006. This season is most famous for "The Puppy Episode" outing the fictional Ellen Morgan, which aired on the same day Ellen DeGeneres came out on Oprah.[1] Almost every episode beforehand contained several hints.
Cast
Main Cast
- Ellen DeGeneres as Ellen Morgan
- Joely Fisher as Paige Clark
- David Anthony Higgins as Joe Farrell
- Clea Lewis as Audrey Penney
- Jeremy Piven as Spence Kovak
Episodes
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | US viewers (millions) |
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63 | 1 | "Give Me Equity or Give Me Death" | Gil Junger | Dava Savel | September 18, 1996 | C364 | 12.70 |
64 | 2 | "A Deer Head for Joe" | Gil Junger | Mark Driscoll | September 25, 1996 | C365 | 12.30 |
65 | 3 | "Splitsville, Man" | Gil Junger | Matt Goldman | October 2, 1996 | C366 | 13.40 |
66 | 4 | "The Parent Trap" | Gil Junger | Jonathan Stark & Tracy Newman | October 16, 1996 | C368 | 12.30 |
67 | 5 | "Looking Out for Number One" | Gil Junger | David Flebotte | October 23, 1996 | C367 | 11.60 |
68 | 6 | "The Bubble Gum Incident" | Gil Junger | David Walpert | October 30, 1996 | C369 | 11.70 |
69 | 7 | "Harold and Ellen" | Michael Lembeck | Alex Herschlag | November 6, 1996 | C370 | 11.80 |
70 | 8 | "Not So Great Expectations" | Gil Junger | Ellen Idelson & Rob Lotterstein | November 13, 1996 | C372 | 13.10 |
71 | 9 | "The Pregnancy Test" | Alan Myerson | Mark Driscoll | November 20, 1996 | C371 | 12.70 |
72 | 10 | "Kiss My Bum" | Gil Junger | David Walpert | November 27, 1996 | C373 | 13.30 |
73 | 11 | "Bowl, Baby, Bowl" | Lorraine Sevre-Richmond | Vance DeGeneres | December 4, 1996 | C374 | 15.90 |
74 | 12 | "Fleas Navidad" | Alan Myerson | Jonathan Stark & Tracy Newman | December 18, 1996 | C375 | N/A |
75 | 13 | "Alone Again... Naturally" | Alan Myerson | Mark Wilding | January 8, 1997 | C376 | 17.10 |
76 | 14 | "Joe's Kept Secret" | John Tracy | Dava Savel | January 15, 1997 | C377 | 17.40 |
77 | 15 | "Makin' Whoopie" | Iris Dugow | David Flebotte | January 22, 1997 | C378 | 14.70 |
78 | 16 | "Ellen Unplugged" | David Owen Trainor | Alex Herschlag | February 5, 1997 | C379 | 15.50 |
79 | 17 | "Ellen's Deaf Comedy Jam" | Gil Junger | Jennifer Fisher | February 12, 1997 | C380 | 15.60 |
80 | 18 | "Hello, Dalai" | Gil Junger | Ellen Idelson & Rob Lotterstein | February 19, 1997 | C381 | 15.20 |
81 | 19 | "Secrets & Ellen" | Gil Junger | Peter Tolan | February 26, 1997 | C382 | 14.60 |
82 | 20 | "Reversal of Misfortune" | Gil Junger | Matt Goldman | March 5, 1997 | C383 | N/A |
83 | 21 | "The Clip Show Patient" | Gil Junger | Vance DeGeneres & David Walpert | April 9, 1997 | C384 | N/A |
84 85 | 22 23 | "The Puppy Episode" | Gil Junger | Story by : Ellen DeGeneres Teleplay by : Mark Driscoll & Dava Savel & Tracy Newman & Jonathan Stark | April 30, 1997 | C385/C386 | 36.20 |
86 | 24 | "Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah" | Gil Junger | Jan Nash | May 7, 1997 | C387 | 18.00 |
87 | 25 | "Moving On" | Gil Junger | Alex Herschlag & David Flebotte | May 14, 1997 | C388 | 16.40 |
References
- ^ Dow, Bonnie J. "Ellen, Television and the Politics of Gay and Lesbian Visibility" Critical Studies in Media Communication 18.2 (2001): 123 – 141.