Ellen season 4

Ellen season 4
Ellen season 4
Season 4
No. of episodes	25
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	September 17, 1996 –; May 13, 1997
Season chronology
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	List of episodes

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)
63	1	"Give Me Equity or Give Me Death"	Gil Junger	Dava Savel	September 18, 1996 (1996-09-18)	401	12.70
64	2	"A Deer Head for Joe"	Gil Junger	Mark Driscoll	September 25, 1996 (1996-09-25)	402	12.30
65	3	"Splitsville, Man"	Gil Junger	Matt Goldman	October 2, 1996 (1996-10-02)	403	13.40
66	4	"The Parent Trap"	Gil Junger	Jonathan Stark & Tracy Newman	October 16, 1996 (1996-10-16)	404	12.30
67	5	"Looking Out for Number One"	Gil Junger	David Flebotte	October 23, 1996 (1996-10-23)	405	11.60
68	6	"The Bubble Gum Incident"	Gil Junger	David Walpert	October 30, 1996 (1996-10-30)	406	11.70
69	7	"Harold and Ellen"	Michael Lembeck	Alex Herschlag	November 6, 1996 (1996-11-06)	407	11.80
70	8	"Not So Great Expectations"	Gil Junger	Ellen Idelson & Rob Lotterstein	November 13, 1996 (1996-11-13)	408	13.10
71	9	"The Pregnancy Test"	Alan Myerson	Mark Driscoll	November 20, 1996 (1996-11-20)	409	12.70
72	10	"Kiss My Bum"	Gil Junger	David Walpert	November 27, 1996 (1996-11-27)	410	13.30
73	11	"Bowl, Baby, Bowl"	Lorraine Sevre-Richmond	Vance DeGeneres	December 4, 1996 (1996-12-04)	411	15.90
74	12	"Fleas Navidad"	Alan Myerson	Jonathan Stark & Tracy Newman	December 18, 1996 (1996-12-18)	412	N/A
75	13	"Alone Again... Naturally"	Alan Myerson	Mark Wilding	January 8, 1997 (1997-01-08)	413	17.10
76	14	"Joe's Kept Secret"	John Tracy	Dava Savel	January 15, 1997 (1997-01-15)	414	17.40
77	15	"Makin' Whoopie"	Iris Dugow	David Flebotte	January 22, 1997 (1997-01-22)	415	14.70
78	16	"Ellen Unplugged"	David Owen Trainor	Alex Herschlag	February 5, 1997 (1997-02-05)	416	15.50
79	17	"Ellen's Deaf Comedy Jam"	Gil Junger	Jennifer Fisher	February 12, 1997 (1997-02-12)	417	15.60
80	18	"Hello, Dalai"	Gil Junger	Ellen Idelson & Rob Lotterstein	February 19, 1997 (1997-02-19)	418	15.20
81	19	"Secrets & Ellen"	Gil Junger	Peter Tolan	February 26, 1997 (1997-02-26)	419	14.60
82	20	"Reversal of Misfortune"	Gil Junger	Matt Goldman	March 5, 1997 (1997-03-05)	420	N/A
83	21	"The Clip Show Patient"	Gil Junger	Vance DeGeneres & David Walpert	April 9, 1997 (1997-04-09)	425	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 (1997-04-30)	421 422	36.20
86	24	"Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah"	Gil Junger	Jan Nash	May 7, 1997 (1997-05-07)	423	18.00
87	25	"Moving On"	Gil Junger	Alex Herschlag & David Flebotte	May 14, 1997 (1997-05-14)	424	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.

[1] Dow, Bonnie J. "Ellen, Television and the Politics of Gay and Lesbian Visibility" Critical Studies in Media Communication 18.2 (2001): 123 – 141.

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