Ellen DeGeneres Reveals the Weird Rules That Can Get You Kicked Off the Show

 As a sort of “warm-up exercise” to get the energy high for the show, each audience member has to dance in whatever capacity they’re capable. This is a big reason why the audience is split, the best and most capable dancers are sent right to the front. 

If You’re a Row Leader…

If you’ve been seated at the end of a row on Ellen, chances are that you already know what you’ve gotten yourself into. 

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The More You Know

  • One of the most influential TV series of all time, Star Trek broke several boundaries, including showing the first interracial kiss on television—between Captain Kirk and Lieutenant Uhura—in the 1968 episode "Plato's Stepchildren."
  • The Sopranos was an influential show in many regards, one of which was its popularization of the "anti-hero." In the episode "College," Tony murders an enemy on-screen and ushers in a new age of glorifying villains.
  • Fred and Wilma Flinstone, of the cartoon The Flinstones, were the first married couple portrayed on television sharing a bed, in the early 1960s.
  • For a long time, TV producers were hesitant to kill off main characters. The drama/comedy show M*A*S*H, set during the Korean War, broke through that barrier in "Abyssinia/Henry," when Lieutenant Colonel Henry Blake's plane was shot down.
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