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Ellen DeGeneres’s complicated legacy: Part two

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How Hard Was It to Get Them Off the Ground?

Ellen and warner brothers needed to convince television stations to broadcast or syndicate the show, but people were worried that it was going to be too gay. Ellen said that station managers were always shocked when they met with her. They recorded tess interviews with stars like tom hanks and helen hunt to show people that ellen was capable of having compelling conversations with people outside of the gay community.

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