(NewsNation Now) — Ellen DeGeneres announced plans to end her popular daytime talk show after 19 years, entertainment news website Hollywood Reporter reported Wednesday.
“When you’re a creative person, you constantly need to be challenged – and as great as this show is, and as fun as it is, it’s just not a challenge anymore,” DeGeneres told the Hollywood Reporter, discussing the move publicly for the first time.
“The Ellen DeGeneres Show” premiered in 2003 and reigned at the top of the daytime television ratings in markets across the country. DeGeneres said the 2021-22 season, her 19th, will be her last.
DeGeneres, 63, has won 30 Emmys and 20 People’s Choice Awards throughout her career. Prior to her talk show, DeGeneres was a comedian and actress, She starred in the popular sitcom “Ellen” from 1994 to 1998.
However the show’s ratings dipped after hostile workplace allegations surfaced in 2020.
Warner Bros. Television said in a July 2020 statement that although “not all of the allegations were corroborated, we are disappointed that the primary findings of the investigation indicated some deficiencies related to the show’s day-to-day management.”
Ellen apologized in her season premiere episode in the fall of 2020, saying “I know that I’m in a position of privilege and power and I realize that with that comes responsibility, and I take responsibility for what happens at my show.”
US President Barack Obama and talk show host Ellen DeGeneres speak during a break in the taping of The Ellen DeGeneres show at Warner Brothers Studios in Burbank, California on February 11, 2016. / AFP / MANDEL NGAN (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images) 
BURBANK, CA – MAY 24: Democratic presidential candidate former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) talks with Ellen DeGeneres during a taping of The Ellen DeGeneres Show on May 24, 2016 in Burbank, California. Hillary Clinton is campaigning in California ahaed of the State’s presidential primary on June 7th. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) 
LOS ANGELES, CA – MARCH 11: Actor Ellen DeGeneres (R) accepts the awards for Favorite Animated Movie for ‘Finding Dory’ from singer-songwriter Gwen Stefani (C)onstage at Nickelodeon’s 2017 Kids’ Choice Awards at USC Galen Center on March 11, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images) 
HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 05: Ellen DeGeneres speaks at a ceremony honoring Pink with the 2,656th Star on The Hollywood Walk Of Fame on February 05, 2019 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images) 
Producer Ellen DeGeneres attends Netflix’s season 1 premiere of “Green Eggs and Ham” at Hollywood Post 43 on November 3, 2019 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by VALERIE MACON / AFP) (Photo by VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images) 
BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA – JANUARY 05: In this handout photo provided by NBCUniversal Media, LLC, Ellen DeGeneres accepts the CAROL BURNETT AWARD presented by Kate McKinnon onstage during the 77th Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 5, 2020 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Paul Drinkwater/NBCUniversal Media, LLC via Getty Images) 
US actress and TV host Ellen DeGeneres poses in the press room with the Carol Burnett award during the 77th annual Golden Globe Awards on January 5, 2020, at The Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN / AFP) (Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images) 
US comedian Ellen DeGeneres introduces Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus during the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards on January 26, 2020, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP) (Photo by ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images) 
BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA – JANUARY 05: (L-R) Portia de Rossi and Ellen DeGeneres attend the 77th Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 05, 2020 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images) 
BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA – JANUARY 05: (L-R) Portia de Rossi and Ellen DeGeneres attends the 77th Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 05, 2020 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)