Today Ellen had a conference call with reporters to promote her upcoming TBS variety show but alot of the questions were about the strike not her variety show. Here's a good article about what she said in the conference call. Click here for the article

Here's Portia's scenes from Nip/Tuck last night.

Other shows were not immediately affected, including the talk show "Ellen," which will continue production. Host Ellen DeGeneres told her studio audience at Tuesday's taping that she was obligated under her contract to continue the show, although she supported the striking writers.

"I want to say I love my writers," DeGeneres said. "In honor of them today, I'm not going to do a monologue. I support them and hope that they get everything they're asking for. And I hope it works out soon."-Yahoo.com Here is a great article about Ellen's show being affected by the strike from Broadcastingcable.com. Click here for the article.

I just thought I would point this out. Ellen's website didn't have her Thought of the day and her lunch segment was very bland and didn't have any jokes cause I think the writers usually write those segments.

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Someone finnally uploaded the video of Portia on Live With Regis and Kelly so here's the video.

Update (11-6-2007): Ellen was in the studio and filming today despite the strike. Ellen's website still shows new episodes for the rest of the week so keep your fingers crossed. 

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Ellen's a no-show Ellen didn't show up at work today in support of the writer's strike.

"Debbie Stephens and Stephanie Springer drove all the way down from Sacramento to see a taping of the "Ellen DeGeneres Show."

They showed up at NBC at 6 this morning to get tickets.

A network representative stood outside the gate to tell then there would be no show today.  "Ellen" is canceled thanks to the writers' strike.

Debbie and Stephanie were given "Ellen" t-shirts as a consolation."-KTLA.com

Tomorrow's episode of  Ellen Was pre-taped so it should air as scheduled but Wednesdays episode is a repeat. Thursdays and Fridays episodes depend on what happens in the next few days.

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Here are some pictures of Ellen's writers picketing.

Ellen's head writer (Karen Kilgariff)

Karen Kilgariff is in the middle and the lady on the right is also a writer for Ellen's show.

This just a reminder that tomorrow (11-5-2007) Portia will be on LIve With Regis and Kelly (click here for times) and then she will be on FX's Nip/Tuck (10pm on FX)

The Writers Guild of America approved a strike starting Monday and here's how it will effect Ellen and Portia's appearances.

-The Ellen Degeneres Show will continue to air new episodes but with a few changes (see the end of this blog for some of the possible changes).

-Ellen's appearance on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno will be cancelled.

-Portia's appearance on Live With Regis and Kelly will not be affected by the strike.

Here's a excerpt from Broadcastingcable.com

 



Most syndicated shows don't employ guild writers, and if they do, they have already made significant contingency plans.

Warner Bros.' The Ellen DeGeneres Show, for example, has several guild writers on staff, all of whom will strike. DeGeneres herself is a member, but she's also a member of the Screen Actors Guild, and she's hired as a performer, not a writer, on the show. So she'll keep producing shows, possibly with...

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            Ellen's bringing retro back.                On todays show Ellen (for the first time) did a live commercial for the Toyota Highlander reminiscent of old talk shows where the the host of the show would do a live commercial for sponsored products.  Click here for a interesting article about Ellen's commercial and the comback of live commercials.

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 Ellen and Portia were out Sunday night (10-28-2007) at a gala celebrating artist Takashi Murakami and Louis Vutiion LOUIS artistic director Marc Jacobs. Ellen and Portia look happy contrary to Star magazine's report that they broke up. Click here for a video from the event.

The gallery is having problems so I can't upload images (I'm trying to get it fixed) so here are a few images on a seperate site. Click here

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