The Other Other Ellen Series Comes To DVD

If you, like me, can't get enough of Ellen DeGeneres, then you're (and we're) in luck!!

Earlier this summer, the complete series of The Ellen Show was released on DVD from Sony. This two disc set included all eighteen episodes of this short-lived sitcom, which also featured Cloris Leachman (The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Young Frankenstein), Martin Mull (Roseanne, Hollywood Squares), Jim Gaffigan (Comedy Central Presents, That '70s Show), Emily Rutherford (Will & Grace, The New Adventures of Old Christine), and Kerri Kenney (Still Standing, Reno 911!). This show was really underrated in my opinion. The series is different than Ellen, Ellen's previous series from the mid-'90s, but that is not always a bad thing. Anyway, the series can be purchased from Amazon.com (and, if you act now, we'll include free support of this blog with every purchase!!)

In addition to that, as reported earlier in this blog, the fourth (and second-to-last) season of Ellen, Ellen DeGeneres' first self-titled TV sitcom, will be released on DVD from A&E Home Video later this year. One quick update -- the release date has been pushed back from August 29 to September 26, according to Amazon.com, where coincidently one may pre-order this season for shipment in late September while simultaneously supporting this blog. Okay, I'll try to cut down on my shameless promotional pieces.

Finally (and here comes the real news), TVShowsOnDVD.com has posted a news item that states Ellen's latest talk show series, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, will be released by Warner Home Video in a two-disc collector's edition best of set that will reportedly include two hours' worth of hilarious footage from the series. At this point, you might be asking yourself, "What, Mickey, no Amazon pre-order link for this set?" Nope, sorry, this set will be sold exclusively at Target stores at a retail price of $24.98 starting on September 19. This news is interesting since I wasn't expecting to ever see this series on DVD; it's upsetting to see that this set will only amount to two hours of content though. I'm holding out hope that there will be some (if not many) special features or bloopers of some kind. If not, I hope the set will be discounted when it is first released and that there will be at least one follow-up set. I'm always up for more Ellen goodness.

Oh, and hey, when is HBO going to release Ellen's two(?) One Night Stand stand-up comedy specials? I'm offering the money to you now, Home Box Office. You don't really want those shows collecting dust in storage, do you?

For more on Ellen, visit her talk show's official site.