LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) - “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” has overhauled its senior production team in the wake of accusations of racial insensitivity, sexual misconduct and other problems in the work environment at the long-running daytime talk show. The news was delivered to “Ellen” staffers Monday afternoon during a staff meeting in which DeGeneres spoke via a video conference call. Three senior producers ― executive producers Ed Glavin and Kevin Leman and co-executive producer Jonathan Norman ― have been ousted from the Warner Bros.-distributed syndicated strip following damning allegations raised in recent reports by Buzzfeed and Variety. “Ellen” veterans Mary Connelly, Andy Lassner and DerekWestervelt will remain at the show as executive producers alongside host DeGeneres. The trio were suspended in the wake of the Buzzfeed story and have since been terminated, multiple sources said.

Source: Huffington Post August 18, 2020 01:52 UTC