Ellen DeGeneres returns to TV after 16-month hiatus

Ellen DeGeneres in “Saving the Gorillas: Ellen’s Next Adventure”
Photo: Discovery+ / Max

Sixteen months after the end of her long-running daytime talk show, lesbian comedian Ellen DeGeneres returned to TV last Saturday by appearing in a two-hour Discovery Channel special entitled Saving the Gorillas: Ellen’s Next Adventure.

The special, available on the Discovery+ and Max streaming platforms, shows DeGeneres and her wife Portia DiRossi helping build a wildlife conservation campus in Rwanda — the Ellen DeGeneres Campus of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund. Fosey was an influential American conservationist who raised awareness about the harmful impacts of gorilla poaching and wildlife tourism.

“Rwanda is home to some of the last remaining mountain gorillas on Earth,” DeGeneres said in a promotional video for the show. “Nothing keeps you more present than sitting with gorillas.”

Though DeGeneres had a dedicated team to help her construct the campus, they did so amid…

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