The Ellen DeGeneres Show: Season 11
Season 11 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of The Ellen DeGeneres Show Season 10.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 11 Progress Shield
Nick Cannon
Sep 20, 2013 · 45 min
He's the hilarious star of one of the hottest shows on television, it's ERIC STONESTREET! His show "Modern Family" won the Emmy for Outstanding Comedy last year, and this Sunday, i
Jim Carrey, Nick Cannon
Sep 23, 2013 · 45 min
One of Hollywood's funniest leading men, JIM CARREY is here! From his start on "In Living Color" through his astounding list of film credits, including "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective,
Episode 16
Sep 30, 2013 · 45 min
The record release party for Justin Timberlake's upcoming CD "The 20/20 Experience -- 2 of 2."
Episode 17
Oct 1, 2013 · 45 min
LL Cool J ("NCIS: Los Angeles"); Capital Cities performs.
Episode 18
Oct 2, 2013 · 45 min
Jessica Alba ("A.C.O.D."); Jenna Dewan-Tatum ("Witches of East End"); 4-year-old Kai Langer performs; guest DJ Max Greenfield.
Episode 19
Oct 3, 2013 · 45 min
Sean Hayes ("Sean Saves the World"); Jennifer Lopez, Keith Urban, Harry Connick Jr. and Ryan Seacrest; D.L. Hughley ("Trust Me, I'm a Game Show Host"); Travis performs.
Episode 20
Oct 4, 2013 · 45 min
Daniel Radcliffe ("Kill Your Darlings"); Jack Osbourne and Cheryl Burke ("Dancing With the Stars").
Episode 22
Oct 8, 2013 · 45 min
Actress Kate Hudson; Steve Martin and Edie Brickell perform.
Episode 23
Oct 9, 2013 · 45 min
Jack Black ("Ghost Girl"); Joshua Malina ("Scandal"); Lorde performs; guest DJ Shemar Moore.
Episode 24
Oct 10, 2013 · 45 min
Patrick Dempsey ("Grey's Anatomy"); Mike O'Malley ("Welcome to the Family"); Fall Out Boy performs; guest DJs Pete Wentz and Patrick Stump.
Episode 26
Oct 14, 2013 · 45 min
Kat Dennings and Beth Behrs ("2 Broke Girls"); guest DJ tWitch.
Episode 27
Oct 15, 2013 · 45 min
Wanda Sykes ("Alpha House"); Jared Leto ("Dallas Buyers Club"); Fitz & the Tantrums perform; guest DJ Jason Derulo.
Episode 28
Oct 16, 2013 · 45 min
Owen Wilson and Woody Harrelson ("Free Birds"); Rosie Perez ("The Counselor"); guest DJ tWitch.
Episode 30
Oct 18, 2013 · 45 min
Alyson Hannigan ("How I Met Your Mother"); Corbin Bleu and Karina Smirnoff ("Dancing With the Stars").
Episode 31
Oct 21, 2013 · 45 min
Viola Davis ("Ender's Game"); Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi and Jenni "JWoww" Farley ("Snooki & JWOWW"); Snooki dances with her "Dancing With the Stars" partner, Sasha Farber.
Episode 32
Oct 22, 2013 · 45 min
Ethan Hawke ("Before Midnight"); Ellen checks in on a little boy with a heart defect; guest DJ Helio Castroneves; Lady Antebellum performs.
Episode 33
Oct 23, 2013 · 45 min
Shania Twain (Las Vegas show "Still the One"); Bellamy Young ("Scandal"); NHL player Anze Kopitar; Bon Jovi performs.
Episode 34
Oct 24, 2013 · 45 min
Amy Poehler ("Parks and Recreation"); Asa Butterfield ("Ender's Game"); Ellie Goulding performs; guest DJ Joey Fatone.
Episode 35
Oct 25, 2013 · 45 min
Sean "Diddy" Combs ("Revolt TV"); Mary Steenburgen ("Last Vegas"); Elizabeth Berkley and Val Chmerkovskiy ("Dancing With the Stars"); Tori Kelly performs.
Episode 36
Oct 28, 2013 · 45 min
Michael Ealy ("Almost Human"); firefighters tell of reviving two puppies they found in a burning house; Keith Urban is interviewed and performs; guest DJ Romany Malco.
Episode 37
Oct 29, 2013 · 45 min
Rachel McAdams ("About Time"); Hailee Steinfeld ("Ender's Game"); comic Kevin Nealon.
Episode 38
Oct 30, 2013 · 45 min
Ed O'Neill ("Modern Family"); 8-year-old Alma Deutscher performs; guest DJ Derek Hough.
Ellen's Halloween Show
Oct 31, 2013 · 45 min
Halloween; Alison Sweeney ("The Biggest Loser").
Episode 40
Nov 1, 2013 · 45 min
Jennifer Garner ("Dallas Buyers Club"); guest DJ Derek Hough.
Episode 41
Nov 4, 2013 · 45 min
Melissa McCarthy ("Mike & Molly"); Sophia Grace and Rosie.
Episode 42
Nov 5, 2013 · 45 min
Matthew McConaughey ("Dallas Buyers Club"); Taye Diggs ("The Best Man Holiday"); model Robyn Lawley; James Blunt performs; guest DJ Adam Lambert.
Episode 43
Nov 6, 2013 · 45 min
Ashton Kutcher ("Two and a Half Men"); chef José Andrés; guest DJ Loni Love; Sting is interviewed and performs.
Episode 44
Nov 7, 2013 · 45 min
Kaley Cuoco ("The Big Bang Theory"); science guy Steve Spangler; The Wanted perform.
Episode 45
Nov 8, 2013 · 45 min
Rob Lowe ("Killing Kennedy"); Sophia Grace and Rosie; guest DJ Paris Hilton.
Episode 46
Nov 11, 2013 · 45 min
Rebel Wilson ("Super Fun Night"); guest DJ Adam Lambert.
Episode 47
Nov 12, 2013 · 45 min
Emma Thompson ("Saving Mr. Banks"); Lenny Kravitz ("The Hunger Games: Catching Fire"); Peyton Robertson, America's Top Young Scientist 2013; guest DJ Donald Driver.
Episode 48
Nov 13, 2013 · 45 min
Matt Lauer ("Today"); Kellie Pickler performs; guest DJ tWitch.
Episode 49
Nov 14, 2013 · 45 min
Kerry Washington ("Scandal"); David Morrissey ("The Walking Dead").
Episode 51
Nov 18, 2013 · 45 min
James Franco ("Homefront"); Sophia Grace and Rosie; guest DJ tWitch.
Episode 52
Nov 19, 2013 · 45 min
Elizabeth Banks ("Hunger Games: Catching Fire"); Mario López ("The X Factor"); Jason Mraz and Travie McCoy perform.
Episode 56
Nov 25, 2013 · 45 min
Simon Cowell ("The X Factor"); Fifth Harmony performs; guest DJ tWitch.
Episode 60
Dec 2, 2013 · 45 min
Allison Janney ("Mom"); Chord Overstreet ("Glee"); Jaime Kailani Bayot and Tiara, Tahiti and Presley Hernandez ("The Lylas"); Gavin DeGraw performs.
Episode 62
Dec 4, 2013 · 45 min
Ben Stiller ("The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"); Steve Coogan ("Philomena"); 10-year-old guitar prodigy Brandon Niederauer.
Ellen's 12 Days of Giveaways
Dec 5, 2013 · 45 min
Adam Levine ("The Voice"); guest DJ tWitch.
Ellen's 12 Days of Giveaways
Dec 6, 2013 · 45 min
Kelly Clarkson performs; guest DJ tWitch.
Ellen's 12 Days of Giveaways
Dec 9, 2013 · 45 min
Jake Gyllenhaal ("Prisoners"); guest DJ Loni Love.
Ellen's 12 Days of Giveaways
Dec 10, 2013 · 45 min
Carey Mulligan ("Inside Llewyn Davis"); tennis player Maria Sharapova; Phoenix performs; guest DJ Candice Swanepoel.
Ellen's 12 Days of Giveaways
Dec 11, 2013 · 45 min
Tom Hanks ("Saving Mr. Banks"); ballplayer Andrew McCutchen.
Ellen's 12 Days of Giveaways
Dec 12, 2013 · 45 min
A 5-year-old drum major; Lea Michele performs.
Ellen's 12 Days of Giveaways
Dec 13, 2013 · 45 min
Tyler Perry ("Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas"); Ken Jeong ("Despicable Me 2"); guest DJ Jenni "JWoww" Farley ("Snooki & JWOWW").
Ellen's 12 Days of Giveaways
Dec 16, 2013 · 45 min
Colin Farrell ("Saving Mr. Banks"); Kathryn Hahn ("The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"); Kings of Leon perform.
Ellen's 12 Days of Giveaways
Dec 17, 2013 · 45 min
Chris O'Donnell ("NCIS Los Angeles"); Terry Bradshaw ("Terry Bradshaw: America's Favorite Dumb Blonde ... A Life In Four Quarters"); Icona Pop performs.
Ellen's 12 Days of Giveaways
Dec 18, 2013 · 45 min
Julia Roberts ("August: Osage County"); Julia Louis-Dreyfus ("Enough Said"); Martha Stewart; guest DJ tWitch.
Ellen's 12 Days of Giveaways
Dec 19, 2013 · 45 min
Amy Adams ("American Hustle"); guest DJ tWitch.
Ellen's 12 Days of Giveaways
Dec 20, 2013 · 45 min
Katy Perry performs; guest DJ tWitch.
Episode 75
Dec 23, 2013 · 45 min
Singer Eddie Murphy; 16-year-old singer David Thibault; DJ tWitch.
Episode 76
Jan 7, 2014 · 45 min
Courteney Cox ("Cougartown"); Timothy Olyphant ("Justified"); Sara Bareilles performs; guest DJ Loni Love.
Episode 77
Jan 8, 2014 · 45 min
Mark Wahlberg and Taylor Kitsch ("Lone Survivor"); Kym Whitley ("Raising Whitley"); guest DJ Tamar Braxton performs.
Episode 78
Jan 9, 2014 · 45 min
Joseph Gordon-Levitt ("HitRECord on TV"); guest DJ tWitch.
Episode 79
Jan 10, 2014 · 45 min
Matt LeBlanc ("Episodes"); Jared Leto ("Dallas Buyers Club"); 30 Seconds to Mars performs; guest DJ tWitch.
Episode 80
Jan 13, 2014 · 45 min
Actress Drew Barrymore; Kenneth Branagh ("Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit"); guest DJ tWitch; Camren Anthony performs.
Episode 81
Jan 14, 2014 · 45 min
Julianna Margulies ("The Good Wife"); Chiwetel Ejiofor ("12 Years a Slave"); guest DJ tWitch; John Newman performs.
Episode 82
Jan 15, 2014 · 45 min
Jennifer Lopez, Harry Connick Jr. and Keith Urban ("American Idol"); guest DJ Loni Love; Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings perform.
Episode 83
Jan 16, 2014 · 45 min
Chris Pine ("Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit"); guest DJ Loni Love; Quinn Sullivan performs.
Episode 84
Jan 17, 2014 · 45 min
Kim Kardashian ("Keeping Up With the Kardashians"); guest DJ tWitch.
Episode 85
Jan 20, 2014 · 45 min
Meryl Streep ("August: Osage County"); Vanessa Hudgens ("Gimme Shelter"); guest DJ tWitch.
Episode 86
Jan 21, 2014 · 45 min
Seth Meyers ("Late Night"); Busy Philipps ("Cougar Town"); guest DJ Alison Sweeney.
Episode 92
Jan 29, 2014 · 45 min
Jay Leno ("The Tonight Show"); Terry Crews ("Brooklyn Nine-Nine").
Episode 94
Jan 31, 2014 · 45 min
Michael J. Fox ("The Michael J. Fox Show"); Max Greenfield ("New Girl").
Episode 97
Feb 5, 2014 · 45 min
Chef Wolfgang Puck; guest DJ Cheryl Burke ("Dancing With the Stars").
Episode 98
Feb 6, 2014 · 45 min
Channing Tatum, The Oscar Experience College Search; Kate McKinnon ("Saturday Night Live").
Episode 99
Feb 7, 2014 · 45 min
Talk-show host Steve Harvey; American Authors performs.
Episode 102
Feb 12, 2014 · 45 min
Bradley Cooper ("American Hustle"); NBA star Chris Paul; teen monster-truck driver Rosalee Ramer.
Episode 103
Feb 13, 2014 · 45 min
Cameron Diaz ("The Body Book"); 7-year-old piano prodigy Elias Phoenix.
Episode 104
Feb 14, 2014 · 45 min
Kevin Costner ("3 Days to Kill"); Band of Horses performs.
Episode 107
Feb 19, 2014 · 45 min
Jonah Hill ("The Wolf of Wall Street"); Lionel Richie performs.
Episode 109
Feb 21, 2014 · 45 min
Jessica Lange ("In Secret"); Lupita Nyong'o ("12 Years a Slave"); "science guy" Steve Spangler.
Episode 112
Feb 26, 2014 · 45 min
Talk-show host Jimmy Kimmel; Allison Williams ("Girls"); guest DJ tWitch.
Ellen's Post-Oscar Live Show
Mar 3, 2014 · 45 min
Post-Oscar show; guest DJ Max Greenfield.
Episode 114
Mar 5, 2014 · 45 min
Actress Sarah Jessica Parker; Theresa Caputo ("Long Island Medium"); guest DJ tWitch.
Episode 119
Mar 14, 2014 · 45 min
Comic Wanda Sykes; actress Jordana Brewster ("Dallas").
Episode 121
Mar 18, 2014 · 45 min
Kate Winslet ("Divergent"); Josh Radnor ("How I Met Your Mother"); Lake Street Dive performs.
Episode 121
Mar 19, 2014 · 45 min
Arianna Huffington ("Thrive"); Brandy Clark performs.
Episode 122
Mar 20, 2014 · 45 min
Lauren Graham ("Someday Someday Maybe"); snowboarder and musician Shaun White; Brandy Clark performs.
Episode 123
Mar 21, 2014 · 45 min
Jennifer Lopez ("American Idol"); Theresa Caputo ("Long Island Medium"); Aloe Blacc performs.
Episode 125
Mar 31, 2014 · 45 min
Lindsay Lohan ("Lindsay"); Amy Schumer ("Inside Amy Schumer"); 13-year-old singer John-Robert Rimel performs; guest DJ tWitch.
Episode 126
Apr 1, 2014 · 45 min
Actress Jennifer Love Hewitt; Cheryl Hines ("Suburgatory"); Beck performs.
Episode 127
Apr 2, 2014 · 45 min
Simon Baker ("The Mentalist"); Sophia Grace and Rosie; Anthony Mackie ("Captain America: The Winter Soldier").
Episode 128
Apr 3, 2014 · 45 min
Singer Luke Bryan; author B.J. Novak ("One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories"); beauty specialist Kym Douglas.
Episode 129
Apr 4, 2014 · 45 min
Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone and Jamie Foxx ("The Amazing Spider-Man 2"); Dan & Shay perform; guest DJ tWitch.
Episode 130
Apr 7, 2014 · 45 min
Greg Kinnear ("Heaven Is for Real"); NeNe Leakes ("Dancing With the Stars"); a young woman whose YouTube video of her speaking gibberish in several different languages has gone vir
Episode 133
Apr 10, 2014 · 45 min
Actress Zooey Deschanel; Chadwick Boseman ("Draft Day"); Pharrell Williams performs.
Episode 135
Apr 14, 2014 · 45 min
Eva Longoria ("Devious Maids"); Clark Gregg ("Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.").
Episode 136
Apr 15, 2014 · 45 min
Kate Walsh ("Fargo"); Marlon Wayans ("A Haunted House 2"); Ellie Goulding performs.
Episode 137
Apr 16, 2014 · 45 min
Billy Crystal ("700 Sundays"); Katie Lowes ("Scandal"); Frank Turner performs.
Episode 138
Apr 17, 2014 · 45 min
Chelsea Handler ("Uganda Be Kidding Me"); Elisabeth Moss ("Mad Men"); Jason Derulo performs.
Episode 139
Apr 18, 2014 · 45 min
Kristen Bell ("Veronica Mars"); Tony Hale ("Veep"); Needtobreathe performs.
Episode 144
Apr 25, 2014 · 45 min
Actresses Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen; formerly homeless pianist James Matthews; 5-year-old YouTube sensation Kai Langer performs.
Episode 145
Apr 28, 2014 · 45 min
LL Cool J ("NCIS: Los Angeles"); Amy Purdy and Derek Hough ("Dancing With the Stars"); 5-year-old YouTube sensation Kai Langer performs.
Episode 147
Apr 30, 2014 · 45 min
Ryan Seacrest ("American Idol"); Dave Franco ("Neighbors").
Beth Behrs, Ricky Martin
May 2, 2014 · 45 min
Beth Behrs ("2 Broke Girls"); Ricky Martin performs.
Episode 151
May 6, 2014 · 45 min
Kevin Spacey ("House of Cards," "NOW: In the Wings on a World Stage"); Alison Sweeney (novel "The Star Attraction").
Episode 152
May 7, 2014 · 45 min
Julia Roberts ("The Normal Heart"); 3-year-old dancer Heaven King and her mother; Ray LaMontagne performs.
Episode 153
May 8, 2014 · 45 min
Connie Britton ("Nashville"); actress Ellie Kemper; 5-year-old twins Zony and Yony perform.
Ellen's Mother's Day Show
May 9, 2014 · 45 min
Mila Kunis ("Jupiter Ascending"); Keith Urban performs.
Episode 155
May 12, 2014 · 45 min
Eric Stonestreet ("Modern Family"); jugglers Raphaël Dubé and Yohann Trépanier; rapper Ludacris.
Episode 156
May 13, 2014 · 45 min
Maya Rudolph ("The Maya Rudolph Show"); 5-year-old dancing twins Zony and Yony.
Episode 157
May 14, 2014 · 45 min
Emily Blunt ("Edge of Tomorrow"); Ansel Elgort ("The Fault in Our Stars").
Episode 158
May 15, 2014 · 45 min
Allison Janney ("Masters of Sex"); Sophia Grace and Rosie; Florida Georgia Line performs.
Episode 159
May 16, 2014 · 45 min
Amanda Seyfried ("A Million Ways to Die in the West"); Ed Sheeran performs.
Episode 160
May 19, 2014 · 45 min
Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Kevin Nealon and Terry Crews ("Blended"); Sophia Grace and Rosie.
Episode 161
May 20, 2014 · 45 min
Halle Berry ("X-Men: Days of Future Past"); Tim McGraw performs.
Episode 162
May 21, 2014 · 45 min
Charlize Theron and Seth MacFarlane ("A Million Ways to Die in the West"); Coldplay performs.
Episode 163
May 22, 2014 · 45 min
Jim Parsons ("The Normal Heart"); Sasha Alexander ("Rizzoli & Isles").
Episode 164
May 23, 2014 · 45 min
Diane Keaton ("And So It Goes"); Taylor Kitsch ("The Grand Seduction").
Episode 165
May 27, 2014 · 45 min
Ellen Page ("X-Men: Days of Future Past"); Katie Lowes ("Scandal"); Jhené Aiko performs; guest DJ tWitch.
Episode 166
May 28, 2014 · 45 min
Actress Leah Remini; tWitch, Robert Roldan, Fik-Shun, Marko Germar, Allison Holker, Courtney Galiano, Jasmine Harper and Lauren Froderman ("So You Think You Can Dance"); singer Rya
Episode 168
May 30, 2014 · 45 min
Wanda Sykes ("Last Comic Standing"); Matt Bomer ("The Normal Heart"); world-champion salsa dancers Beberly Devers and Kevin Tellez; guest DJ tWitch.
Episode 169
Jun 2, 2014 · 45 min
Ellen's favorite child moments of past seasons; R5 performs.
Episode 170
Jun 3, 2014 · 45 min
Ellen's favorite celebrity moments of past seasons; Ed Sheeran performs.
The Best of Ellen's Celebrity Guests… and an Encore Performance by Ed Sheeran!
Jun 3, 2014 · 45 min
Ellen sure has a lot of fun when her celebrity friends swing by the show! Some of these moments are too good to watch only once. Remember when Meryl Streep made everything sound mo
Leonardo DiCaprio, Courteney Cox
Jun 4, 2014 · 45 min
The "Wolf of Wall Street" bares his tenacious energy and steamy good looks when LEONARDO DiCAPRIO stops by! The actor's recent role has him playing with fire only to rise from its
Emily Blunt, Ansel Elgort
Jun 5, 2014 · 45 min
EMILY BLUNT is here! The Golden Globe winner and new mom heads back to the big screen this summer in the sci-fi thriller "Edge of Tomorrow," adding to a colorful body of work that
Simon Cowell, Diana Nyad
Jun 6, 2014 · 45 min
The father of all reality show judges recently became a father! SIMON COWELL is in Ellen's studio talking baby! The tough-love tycoon is filling Ellen in on all the details of his
Jim Carrey, Nick Cannon
Jun 9, 2014 · 45 min
One of Hollywood's funniest leading men, JIM CARREY is here! From his start on "In Living Color" through his astounding list of film credits, including "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective,