Ellen DeGeneres misses the familiar rhythm of television, from the laughter of a studio audience to the writers who helped turn everyday observations into daytime comedy. Four years after The Ellen DeGeneres Show signed off, the comedian is reconsidering what life away from the screen means to her. Her latest comments also raise questions about whether she could find her way back to television from across the Atlantic.

For 19 seasons, DeGeneres made celebrity interviews, audience giveaways, surprise reunions, and her signature dance moves part of daytime television’s daily routine. The show ended on May 26, 2022, closing a run that had made her one of the most recognizable faces in American entertainment. Now, after relocating to the United Kingdom with her wife, Portia de Rossi, in 2024, she appears to be missing the very business she stepped away from.

During her appearance on The Graham Norton Show on Friday, October 16, Ellen DeGeneres, 68, admitted that she misses her former life on television. 

“I’ve nothing really going on and I really miss being on TV,” she said.

She also added that she misses “laughing with the writers and the audience.” Her remarks offered a glimpse of the personal connections behind the polished format of a daytime talk show, where spontaneous exchanges and a room full of laughing viewers were as central to the experience as the celebrity guests.

DeGeneres also joked on the show about the possibility of making television in Britain. She referred to British shows like The Great Pottery Throwdown, The Great British Sewing Bee, and Gogglebox. The references suggested that she has been paying attention to British television, even as she settles into life in the countryside. Her move has brought a considerable change of pace from the Warner Bros. studio, where she spent years welcoming Hollywood stars and orchestrating elaborate surprises for unsuspecting guests.

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But missing the studio is not the same as having a comeback mapped out. While DeGeneres appears open to the idea of making television in Britain, her recent comments suggest that she is still figuring out what her next chapter in entertainment might look like.

The prospect of a comeback remains open, but Ellen DeGeneres has not announced a new television project. 

“I want to have fun, I want to do something,” she said in a July 2025 BBC interview, while acknowledging that she felt “a little bit bored” despite enjoying a quieter life with her chickens. In April 2026, she also announced plans to reprise Dory in a new Finding Nemo short, giving audiences another potential opportunity to hear her familiar voice.

Any return to television would come against the backdrop of a difficult final chapter for her talk show. In 2020, former employees alleged that the production fostered a toxic workplace marked by r*****, fear, and intimidation, alongside allegations concerning s***** h*********. DeGeneres apologized to staff after WarnerMedia investigated the claims, and producers Ed Glavin, Kevin Leman, and Jonathan Norman subsequently left the show. In 2021, she said the allegations had broken her heart.

DeGeneres has yet to confirm a television comeback, but her latest remarks make clear that the distance from the studio has not erased her affection for the medium. 

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