Ellen

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"Ellen" is an American television sitcom starring Ellen DeGeneres that became especially notable for its groundbreaking coming-out episode in the 1990s.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American television sitcom
alternateTitle These Friends of Mine (season 1 original title)
associatedWith LGBT rights movement in media
basedOn These Friends of Mine
broadcastFormat multi-camera
broadcastOn American Broadcasting Company
broadcastRegion United States national network television
characterPortrayedBy Ellen DeGeneres
surface form: Ellen Morgan – Ellen DeGeneres
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
culturalImpact advanced LGBT representation on U.S. network television
era pre–Will & Grace network TV
filmingLocation Los Angeles, California, United States of America
surface form: Los Angeles, California
genre sitcom
hasEpisodeType half-hour comedy
hasMainCharacter Ellen Morgan
hasOpeningTheme instrumental theme (varied by season)
hasSubject family relationships
friendship
romantic relationships
sexual identity
workplace life
hasTitleCharacter Ellen Morgan
leadActorSexualOrientation lesbian
leadCharacterSexualOrientation lesbian
LGBTTheme depicts coming out process
features lesbian main character
mainCharacterGender female
mainCharacterOccupation bookstore employee
mediaType television series
networkCensorshipIssues yes
notableEpisode The Puppy Episode
notableFor first prime-time network sitcom with openly lesbian lead character played by openly lesbian actor
groundbreaking coming-out episode in the 1990s
numberOfSeasons 5
originalLanguage English
originalNetwork ABC
originalRunEnd 1998
originalRunStart 1994
productionCompany Touchstone Television
runtimePerEpisode approximately 22 minutes
setting Los Angeles, California, United States of America
surface form: Los Angeles, California
starIsTitleCharacter yes
starring Ellen DeGeneres
targetAudience prime-time network television viewers
timePeriod 1990s American television

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Jeremy Piven actedIn Ellen
this entity surface form: Ellen (TV series)