“Ellen DeGeneres’s talk show will end its run today after 19 years and more than 3,000 episodes.
“NPR TV critic Eric Deggans says DeGeneres is a pioneering voice with a complicated legacy.
“ERIC DEGGANS, BYLINE: Recent episodes leading to “The Ellen DeGeneres Show’s” finale have been packed with celebrity goodbyes, but few of them landed with the power of the farewell given by the star that DeGeneres calls her longtime friend and mentor, Oprah Winfrey.
“OPRAH WINFREY: Oh, yeah. You’re going to go on. You’re going to go on. But you will never, ever have a time like this where you were held in the public’s eye and received the joy in such a way. Isn’t she going to be so missed?”
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