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UPDATED with full trailer: Amy Schumer debuted the trailer for her upcoming movie I Feel Pretty during a visit to the Ellen show Thursday. In the film, Schumer plays an ordinary woman who struggles with feelings of insecurity and inadequacy on a daily basis and wakes from a fall believing she is suddenly the most…

Alec Baldwin will return as President Donald Trump on the September 30 season premiere of Saturday Night Live, the actor has confirmed. “We’re going to do it until…”, teases Baldwin on today’s Ellen, leaving host Ellen DeGeneres hanging a bit as to exactly how long he’ll keep Trumping. Baldwin suggests he’ll do “a…

Connie Britton has put to rest any lingering questions that she might be looking for an early exit from CMT’s Nashville. In an appearance Wednesday on The Ellen Show, when asked about rumors she may not be in the show for the entire fifth season, Britton assured that’s not the case. “I’m in. I’m in for the duration,&#8221…

Hillary Clinton will visit Ellen DeGeneres’ show Friday in the Democratic nominee’s first interview since Sunday’s second presidential debate with GOP nominee Donald Trump. During that debate, Trump promised that, if elected, he will try to jail his political opponent. Clinton’s two televised faceoffs with Trump have…

For the last couple of months it’s looked like it wasn’t going to happen, but Melissa McCarthy is returning to Stars Hollow after all and will be reprising her role as Sookie on Netflix’s Gilmore Girls revival. McCarthy went public with the news during an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show to promote her latest…

Ellen‘s popular 12 Days Of Giveaway year-end stint is bringing record ratings this year. After matching its highest weekly household rating (3.0) and viewership (4.1 million) in three years during the week leading to the giveaway (Nov. 25-29), Ellen set a new viewership high the following week, Dec. 2 (3.0 HH rating…

EXCLUSIVE: Are these the next Olsen twins? Ellen standouts Sophia Grace Brownlee and Rosie McClelland, are getting their own primetime show, which will be executive produced by Ellen DeGeneres. It is part of the big plans DeGeneres’ company, A Very Good Production, has for the young cousins. It also is producing a…

The 12th season premiere of Dr. Phil, featuring an interview with the mother of Gia Allemand, drew a 2.7/8 household rating. That was up 17% from the show’s opener last fall. In Women 25-54, the veteran CBS Distribution talker logged a 1.2/8. Ellen was the top daytime syndicated talk show for a second straight day…

UPDATED: The bulk of syndicated daytime talk show premiered yesterday, including one of two new talkers, Warner Bros’ Bethenny, which debuted nationwide after a test on several Fox stations in summer 2012. Bethenny, hosted by Bethenny Frankel, opened with a 0.9/3 in households and 0.6/4 in women 25-54. That was in…

Ellen DeGeneres’ talk show won bragging rights for the official fall syndication premiere week. Ellen averaged a 2.9 household rating/8 share and a 1.8/11 in women 25-54 in the metered markets, improving on its September 2011 average by a big 45% in households and 64% in women 25-54, in part thanks to a stronger…

After a 18% drop in its first post-premiere airing, Katie stopped the erosion in its third outing yesterday (2.3/7 in metered markets households). The show matched its Tuesday household rating. Ellen (2.8/8) and Live! With Kelly And Michael (2.8/10) were once again tied for No. 1 in households, followed by Dr. Phil…

UPDATE, 12 PM: The numbers for all of yesterday’s daytime syndicated talk shows are in. Not surprisingly, the 10th-season premiere of Ellen featuring guests Patrick Dempsey, Pink and the Fierce Five, came up on top with a 3.0 household rating/8 share in the metered markets, 50% time period improvement vs. last year…