The Ellen DeGeneres Show, often shortened to Ellen, is an American television

Television

Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...

 talk show

Talk show

A talk show or chat show is a television program or radio program where one person discuss various topics put forth by a talk show host....

 hosted by comedian/actress Ellen DeGeneres

Ellen DeGeneres

Ellen Lee DeGeneres is an American stand-up comedienne, television host and actress. She hosts the syndicated talk show The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and was also a judge on American Idol for one year, having joined the show in its ninth season....

. Debuting on September 8, 2003, it is produced by Telepictures

Telepictures

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 and airs in syndication, including stations owned by NBC Universal

NBC Universal

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. For its first five seasons, the show was taped in Studio 11 at NBC Studios in Burbank, California

Burbank, California

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. It later moved to Stage 1 on the nearby Warner Bros.

Warner Bros.

Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., also known as Warner Bros. Pictures or simply Warner Bros. , is an American producer of film and television entertainment.One of the major film studios, it is a subsidiary of Time Warner, with its headquarters in Burbank,...

 lot. Since the beginning of the sixth season, Ellen has broadcast in high definition

High-definition television

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.