Kylie Jenner and Ellen reward deserving fans with a total of $1 million; Kris Jenner helps to surprise unsuspecting fans; performer Alyson Stoner; Average Andy trains with top players at the 2019 U.S. Open Tennis Championships and plays a match.
Melissa McCarthy ("Superintelligence"); Average Andy drives a pedicab around New York City; Ellen welcomes a viral-video family.
Chrissy Teigen ("Bring the Funny"); an interview and performance by Chance the Rapper.
An interview with Reese Witherspoon
Sean Hayes ("Hollywood Game Night"); Ellen welcomes an 11-year-old who interviewed presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
Talk-show host Kelly Clarkson ("The Kelly Clarkson Show").
Simon Cowell ("America's Got Talent"); the first winner of "American Ninja Warrior" in four years.
Renée Zellweger ("Judy")
Sarah Hyland ("The Wedding War"); guest host Dax Shepard ("Bless This Mess").
Comic Wanda Sykes.
Demi Moore ("Inside Out: A Memoir"); Lenny Kravitz discusses Hurricane Dorian's devastation of the Bahamas; Kalen Allen ("OMKalen"); Ellen welcomes back a 5-year-old drummer; Of Monsters and Men perform.
Ken Jeong ("The Masked Singer"); Monsta X performs.
Whitney Cummings ("Whitney Cummings: Can I Touch It?"); Randall Park ("Fresh Off the Boat"); Lady Antebellum performs; guest host Beth Behrs ("The Neighborhood").
Michael Douglas ("The Kominsky Method" and "Green Eggs and Ham").
Nick Cannon and Nicole Scherzinger ("The Masked Singer"); Joshua Radin performs; Phil Wright and members of the The Fam Jam class perform; guest host Stephen "tWitch" Boss dances with his wife, Allison Holker; guest DJ Kalen Allen ("OMKalen").
Howard Stern (book "Howard Stern Comes Again").
Nicole Kidman, Charlize Theron and Margot Robbie ("Bombshell"); Midland performs.
Jessica Biel ("Limetown"); Alfie Allen ("Jojo Rabbit").
Scarlett Johansson ("Jojo Rabbit"); Joel Kinnaman ("For All Mankind").
Helen Mirren ("Catherine the Great"); Jenna Dewan ("Gracefully You: Finding Beauty and Balance in the Everyday"); Bebe Rexha performs; guest host Sean Hayes (Jackpocket lottery app) welcomes a 7-year-old geography expert.
Season 4 premiere of "Momsplaining," with Kristen Bell and guest star Jennifer Garner; "Let Me in so You Can Win," with Jon Dorenbos; "Not Great With Lauren," with Lauren Pomerantz; prank with Adam Levine; "tWitch, Please... Help Me Dance."
Keegan-Michael Key ("Green Eggs and Ham"); a hidden camera prank with Melissa McCarthy; an 11-year-old reporter interviews tennis star Naomi Osaka.
Ali Wong (book "Dear Girls"); Dr. Mehmet Oz ("The Dr. Oz Show"); a 10-year-old magician performs.
Max Greenfield ("The Neighborhood"); Ariel Winter ("Modern Family"); guest host Stephen "tWitch" Boss welcomes back a 4-year-old dancer; guest DJ Loni Love ("The Real").
Ciara ("America's Most Musical Family"); Hannah Brown ("Dancing With the Stars"); Chris Janson performs; guest host Justin Hartley ("This Is Us") welcomes an 8-year-old periodic table expert and anagram prodigy.
Jennifer Aniston ("The Morning Show"); Walt Disney Co. CEO Bob Iger (book "The Ride of a Lifetime"); Charlie Puth chats and performs.
Ewan McGregor ("Doctor Sleep"); guest host Howie Mandel.
Saoirse Ronan ("Little Women"); Ellen welcomes viral-video toddlers and their parents; Halsey performs.
Jason Momoa ("See"); Tiffany Haddish and Ellen's executive producer "Average Andy" Lassner attend Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios.
Maya Rudolph ("Bless the Harts"); Dr. Ruth ("Ask Dr. Ruth"); NFL star Jon Dorenbos helps Ellen surprise a pregnant woman by reuniting her with her deployed husband.
Shia LaBeouf ("Honey Boy"); Jon Dorenbos (book "Life Is Magic"); Hootie & the Blowfish perform.
Kerry Washington ("American Son"). Meghan Trainor performs "Wave."
Steve Carell ("The Morning Show"); Ashley Graham ("Fearless with Ashley Graham").
Guest Host Ken Jeong ("The Masked Singer"); Kristen Bell ("Frozen II").
Matt Damon ("Ford v Ferrari"); Ellen welcomes a couple whose story has gone viral.
Laura Dern ("Marriage Story" and "Little Women"); Noah Jupe ("Honey Boy"); Ellen welcomes back a viral-video toddler and his parents.
Ray Romano ("The Irishman"); a 9-year-old popping dancer; Ellen welcomes a man who rescued a caged dog from a freezing lake.
David Spade ("Lights Out With David Spade"); science guy Steve Spangler; a live shot from the CMA Awards; Ellen welcomes a "Jeopardy!" contestant who made host Alex Trebek emotional.
Actress Tracee Ellis Ross; Lena Waithe ("Queen & Slim"); guest host John Legend ("The Voice") performs.
Chadwick Boseman ("21 Bridges"); Cold War Kids perform.
Helen Hunt and Paul Reiser ("Mad About You"); "The Bachelor" franchise stars, including Demi Burnett, Joe Amabile, Krystal Nielson and Nick Viall ("The Bachelor Live on Stage") play "Spill the Tea."
Brie Larson ("Just Mercy"); Julie Andrews (memoir "Home Work").
Eddie Murphy ("Dolemite Is My Name"); Sean Hayes helps with Ellen's 12 Days of Giveaways.
Kevin Hart ("Jumanji: The Next Level"); Chrissy Teigen helps with Ellen's 12 Days of Giveaways.
Harry Styles (CD "Fine Line"); John Boyega ("Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker").
Henry Winkler ("Alien Superstar"); comic Rhea Butcher performs; magician Shin Lim (Las Vegas residency "Limitless").
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Awkwafina ("The Farewell"); Mario Lopez ("Access Hollywood"); Ellen sends Dua Lipa to "Speak the Lyrics" at World Market in Burbank, Calif.; 13-year-old twins and their 11-year-old sister, from the Netherlands, perform a dance routine.
Kate McKinnon ("Bombshell"); O'Shea Jackson ("Just Mercy").
Michael B. Jordan and social justice activist and attorney Bryan Stevenson ("Just Mercy"); Charlize Theron ("Bombshell"); Rex Orange County performs.
Jamie Foxx ("Just Mercy"); Liv Tyler ("911: Lone Star"); Dua Lipa performs.
Catherine O'Hara, Annie Murphy and guest hosts Eugene and Dan Levy ("Schitt's Creek").
Steve Harvey ("Steve"); Zoë Kravitz ("High Fidelity"); "Ellen's Burning Questions" with Ray Romano ("The Irishman").
Rami Malek ("Dolittle"); Will.i.am ("Age of AI"); Black Eyed Peas perform; guest host Robert Downey Jr. ("Dolittle") welcomes a 10-year-old "Iron Man" fan.
Musician Chris Martin; Zach Woods ("Avenue 5"); Ellen welcomes an Uber driver and the passenger who paid off her college balance so she could return to school; Coldplay performs.
Aubrey Plaza (Film Independent Spirit Awards); "Ellen's Burning Questions" with Jamie Foxx ("Just Mercy"); Coldplay performs.
Sam Waterston and Martin Sheen ("Grace and Frankie"); guest hosts Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin ("Grace and Frankie").
Mark Wahlberg ("Spenser Confidential"); Ellen welcomes a college student whose video of himself playing the cymbals went viral; Black Pumas perform.
Dax Shepard ("Bless This Mess"); Nicole Avant ("The Black Godfather").
Colin Farrell ("The Gentlemen"); Ellen welcomes makeup artist and beauty blogger Nikkie de Jager ("NikkieTutorials"); Michael Kiwanuka performs.
Wanda Sykes ("Visible: Out on Television").
Jennifer Aniston ("The Morning Show") guest hosts.
Emily Blunt ("A Quiet Place Part II"); "America's Got Talent: The Champions" contestants Duo Transcend perform a trapeze routine.
Justin Bieber is spotlighted.
Ellen welcomes the Johnson family from McCall Creek, Mississippi, after 21-year-old Ryan Johnson recently tweeted a photo of his parents, Carl and Melody, graduating from college five months before him and their story went viral. Also: journalist Hoda Kotb and mentalist Lior Suchard are spotlighted.
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Trevor Noah and Christopher Joyce are spotlighted.
Cher is spotlighted.
Kristen Bell is spotlighted.
Kris Jenner
Guest host Sean Hayes. Jesse Tyler Ferguson ("Extreme Makeover: Home Edition").
Judge Judy Sheindlin from "Judge Judy' appears. "Danger Word" is played with Chris Pratt.
David Beckham of the Miami FC Club is featured. Khalid is interviewed and performs his latest hit, "Know Your Worth."
David Beckham (Miami FC Club); Usher ("Burden"); Justin Bieber and Quavo perform.
An interview with Demi Lovato; Ellen sends "Average Andy" to Monster Jam; Justin Bieber performs;
Justin Bieber; Jhene Aiko, Miguel, and Future perform; guest co-hostess Demi Lovato.
Actor Ed O'Neill ("Modern Family"); Rico El-lis ("Ellen's Greatness Night of Giveaways") surprises shoppers with random acts of kindness at Universal CityWalk Hollywood; Ellen surprises a couple who are a firefighter and a paramedic.
Mandy Moore ("This Is Us") is interviewed and performs "I'd Rather Lose"; Amber Pike, Matt Barnett, Lauren Speed, Cameron Hamilton, Damian Powers, and Giannina Gibelli ("Love Is Blind").
Justin Timberlake, SZA, and Anderson .Paak ("Trolls World Tour"); the Dixie Chicks perform.
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Actress Annette Bening; guest host Sean Hayes.
Actress Reese Witherspoon ("Little Fires Everywhere"); Dixie Chicks are interviewed and perform.
Guest host Sean Hayes takes the reigns once more, chatting to guest Chelsea Handler, who tells him all about her recent projects.
Ellen talks to Chrissy Teigen and John Legend about Quibi's `Chrissy's Court' from her home.
From her home, Ellen speaks to Jennifer Lopez, who tells her all about `Thanks a Million' on Quibi.
Ellen presents from her own home, speaking to Drew and Brittany Brees, who have donated five million dollars to the State of Louisiana to fight the Covid-19 crisis.
Ellen talks to singer Pink about the million-dollar donation she made for the Covid-19 crisis. She also welcomes actor David Spade, who discusses `The Wrong Missy'.
Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade (children's book "Welcome to the Party"); Brooke Baldwin ("CNN Newsroom") discusses her COVID-19 recovery.
Linda Cardellini ("Dead to Me"); Ellen video chats with an emergency physician who recovered from multi-system organ failure caused by COVID-19 and got married.
Christina Applegate ("Dead to Me"); Ellen video chats with a delivery driver whose kindness to a person with an auto-immune disorder was caught on security footage and posted on social media.
Mother's Day; Courteney Cox ("9 Months With Courteney Cox").
Ellie Kemper (Netflix's interactive special "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend"); CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jonathan LaPook; a nurse temporarily moves to New York City to help struggling hospitals.
Kristen Bell (Ellen digital series "Momsplaining With Kristen Bell").
Sarah Paulson ("Mrs. America"); grocery store managers hold a "Quarantine Graduation" ceremony for their high school senior co-workers in a back room of their store; Tim McGraw chats and performs.
Anderson Cooper ("Anderson Cooper 360"); Bill Murray discusses "Nacho Average Throwdown," intended to raise awareness and funding for the Restaurant Employee Relief Fund.
Ken Jeong (“The Masked Singer”); David Blaine performs magic tricks.
Kumail Nanjiani ("The Lovebirds"); a 5-year old science expert shares facts about the brain and talks about what he's been up to during quarantine.
Allison Janney ("Bad Education"); Ellen must guess a surprise celebrity cameo during her new "The Masked Gardener" segment; Kesha performs.
Aidy Bryant (“Shrill”).
"The Masked Singer" winner; Phil Donahue and Marlo Thomas (book "What Makes a Marriage Last").
Rob Gronkowski ("Game On"); Hozier performs.
Kevin Hart ("The Decision").
Howie Mandel ("America's Got Talent").
James Corden ("The Late Late Show With James Corden").
James Marsden ("Dead to Me"); lifestyle expert Kym Douglas.
Ellen video chats with Gregg Garfield, Burbank, California's COVID-19 Patient Zero and his girlfriend and sister.
Atlanta MAYOR KEISHA LANCE BOTTOMS will have a conversation with Ellen about the protests going on throughout Atlanta and across America. She recently gave an impassioned speech on the unrest in Atlanta, and this will be her first talk show appearance since she shared that powerful message.
Then, CNN’s VAN JONES will chat with Ellen. The news commentator, best-selling author, and award-winning pioneer in human rights will also talk about the Black Lives Matter movement happening in the U.S.
Florida Rep. Val Demings commented on being presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s potential Vice President. The former police chief also explained why she believes the president is “dangerous,” “irrelevant,” and “incapable of unifying” Americans. Dr. Bernice King talked with Ellen about how her mother, Coretta Scott King, planted seeds of knowledge to help her grow in the aftermath of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination. From teaching her not to hate the person that killed her father, to never making a decision in anger, the collection of seeds built strong roots in her as a person. Dr. King also shared what her father would say in response to the protests following George Floyd's death and Black Lives Matter movement.
Oscar-nominated director Ava DuVernay explains that while the video of George Floyd’s murder was startling and shocking to her, it brought the realization that the officers who commit brutal acts are usually faceless, nameless, and let off the hook to rejoin society. Rep. John Lewis explains how he feels frightened, frustrated, and emotional right now and shared what he experienced in the 1960s as one of the leaders of the civil rights movement. Also, Ellen chats with three of today's most amazing singers/songwriters, recording artists Shane Mcanally, Ryan Tedder, and Ester Dean.
Ellen chats with Stacey Abrams who ran a historic campaign for Georgia governor in 2018, and discusses with Ellen how to identify voter suppression, sharing her thoughts on mail-in voting, and insisting that voters will not be silenced. Stacey also discussed the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Georgia’s own Ahmaud Arbery. And also, Sports icon and activist Kareem Abdul-Jabbar notes that we are culturally conditioned not to want to talk about race, but now he has hope that much-needed, open conversations can take place as the Black Lives Matter movement continues. The NBA legend also describes how when he was younger, he met Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during a journalism workshop.
Ellen chats with actor Dax Shepard about how life has been in quarantine with wife Kristen Bell and their two kids, his recent hand injury, and recording episodes of his hit podcast, “Armchair Expert” from home. Ellen will also chat with Luis Munoz and his daughter Jessica from New York City. Jessica is a security guard at Mount Sinai Hospital, and had gone months without seeing her dad in person. Luis decided to surprise Jessica by making a sign of support and holding it up outside the hospital, and once she saw him, she gave him a hug for the first time in nearly three months. Ellen will also surprise elementary school principal ARCHIE MOSS JR. of Memphis, Tennessee. Principal Moss and his staff have gone above and beyond for their students at the Title 1 school throughout quarantine.
Ellen video chats with La'Shay and Cameron Crayton from Harlem, New York, who recently had their first child. Cameron is a firefighter in Harlem working on the frontlines of the pandemic. Out of the 50 firefighters working in Cameron's firehouse, 10 of them have been diagnosed with COVID-19. Despite having a new baby, Cameron continues working to try and make ends meet, supporting both his family and his co-workers. Rock band The Killers performed their hit “Caution,” from their latest album “Imploding the Mirage.” This all-new episode was recorded prior to the Black Lives Matter protests.
For the first time on the show, one of Ellen’s favorite bands was here – The Avett Brothers! They performed “Locked Up” from their album “Closer Than Together.” Ellen then chats with actor Matthew Macfadyen who talks about what it’s like filming luxurious scenes for the Emmy Award-winning series. Ellen also surprises Jordan Waller, a single mom and an inspiring 2nd grade teacher who has spent the majority of her time in quarantine connecting with her students – from playing games with them on video chats, to hand-delivering awards to their homes. Jordan gushed over her “babies,” and Ellen gave her a chance to win money in a game called “Cash at Your Computer,” thanks to Box Tops for Education. This all-new episode was recorded prior to the Black Lives Matter protests.
You can always count on him for a good laugh – RICKY GERVAIS is here! Direct from his home in England, Ellen chats with the comedian about how he’s been keeping busy in quarantine, and about the new season of his Netflix series, “After Life.”
In a special performance, rock band OF MONSTERS AND MEN will perform a cover of Post Malone’s #1 song, “Circles.”
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Dynamic daytime duo HODA KOTB and SAVANNAH GUTHRIE visit! The “Today” co-anchors will chat with Ellen about filming from home during the pandemic, and whether Hoda’s upcoming wedding plans have changed. They’ll also play a game that tests their news knowledge!
Plus, you won’t want to miss rocker JAMES BAY performing a special tribute to the late, great Bill Withers, singing his classic song, “Ain't No Sunshine.”
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This just in – CNN anchor JAKE TAPPER is here! The host of “The Lead with Jake Tapper” will talk with Ellen about what it’s been like reporting during the pandemic, tweets by the president, and his thoughts about the upcoming presidential election. It’s always an insightful and entertaining conversation when Jake stops by!
Then, singer, actor and philanthropist RICKY MARTIN joins Ellen! He’ll talk about life with the newest additions to his family, and how the pandemic changed his plans for his new album and tour. Also, for the first time on TV, the five-time Grammy winner performs "Recuerdo," a song from his upcoming album, featuring Carla Morrison.
This episode was previously recorded.
Ellen doesn't have kids, but she loves having kids on the show! Today, she’s revisiting some unforgettable moments with her young guests from over the years.
See the first time kid expert Brielle visited when she was just 3, and rapper Young Dylan wow the crowd with his impressive skills, plus an unbelievable magic trick by Britton Walker.
He’s an Executive Producer on The Ellen Show, and he works hard every day, he’s super-duper awesome at what he does, but he’s average in every other way! It’s a whole hour dedicated to Average Andy!
Look back at the time he went face to face with a professional sumo wrestler, felt what it’s like to give birth, and of course, went through a haunted house!
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Today, Ellen highlights some of the great videos you can watch on ellentube, including Kristen Bell’s Emmy-nominated series “Momsplaining,” the Jonas Brothers surprising fans backstage, and Ayesha Curry making female entrepreneurs’ dreams come true with her series, “Fempire”!
Stephen 'tWitch' Boss shares some of the best moments from the 2019-2020 season; Riz Ahmed and Jay Sean perform.