What is The Ellen Show?
{{Infobox television | image = | creator = [[Ellen DeGeneres]]<br>[[Mitchell Hurwitz]] <small>(co-creator)</small><br>[[Carol Leifer]] <small>(co-creator)</small> | starring = [[Ellen DeGeneres]]<br>[[Jim Gaffigan]]<br>[[Emily Rutherfurd]]<br>[[Martin Mull]]<br>[[Kerri Kenney]]<br>[[Cloris Leachman]] | theme_music_composer = [[Jude (singer)|Jude Christodal]] | composer = [[David Schwartz]] | country = United States | language = English | num_seasons = 1 | num_episodes = 18 (5 unaired) | camera = [[Multiple-camera setup|Multi-camera]] | runtime = 30 minutes | company = The Hurwitz Company <br />[[CBS Productions]]<br />[[Columbia TriStar Television]] | network = [[CBS]] | first_aired = {{Start date|2001|9|24}} | last_aired = {{End date|2002|1|11}} }} '''''The Ellen Show''''' is a television [[Situation comedy|sitcom]] created by and starring [[Ellen DeGeneres]]. It was [[Broadcasting|broadcast]] in 2001 and 2002 on [[CBS]]. It was the second sitcom that DeGeneres's made. The first one was called ''Ellen'', and was shown on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] from 1994 to 1998. It was canceled after 13 episodes because it did not have strong ratings. After [[coming out]] as a [[lesbian]] on her first sitcom, DeGeneres's character on ''The Ellen Show'', Ellen Richmond, was also a lesbian. ''The Ellen Show'' also starred [[Cloris Leachman]], [[Martin Mull]], Kerri Kenney, [[Jim Gaffigan]], and Emily Rutherfurd. The show was created by [[Carol Leifer]] and [[Mitchell Hurwitz]], who co-wrote the [[Television pilot|pilot episode]]. The first title of the show was ''Ellen Again''. the hsow as anncoued In January 2001 with [[Texas Local News]]<ref>{{Cite news|title=Ellen's Return|date=June 5, 2001|work=[[The Advocate (LGBT magazine)|The Advocate]]|page=24}}</ref> == Plot == After her internet company Homelearn.com goes [[bankrupt]], Ellen Richmond decides to move back to the town she is from to live with her [[eccentric]] mother, Dot, and [[wikt:disorganized]] sister, Catherine. At home, Ellen meets the guy who was