Ellen DeGeneres announced Thursday that she has indeed tested positive for the Covid-19. Unfortunately this means that The Ellen DeGeneres Show has been shut down until January.
— Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) December 10, 2020
Telepictures, the show’s production company owned by Warner Bros., confirms the news that production on The Ellen DeGeneres Show has been put on hold until next year, on January.
In the past two weeks, Ellen has had an array of celebrities as the show slowly resumes back to some normalcy since the Covid-19 outbreak. Justin Bieber, Lil Nas X, Diane Keaton, Bryan Cranston and Leslie Odom Jr., don’t worry social distancing standard operating procedures were carried out, as guests are seated at a distance from DeGeneres. Along with the crew and staff, the show has also allowed a small number of in-studio audience members since late October.
As fans of the show would know this has already been a tough year for The Ellen DeGeneres Show; in August, three senior producers was accused of sexual harassment, racism and creating a toxic work environment by 36 former employees. After the allegations were made, they have since exited the program.