E is for Embarrassing Ellen

I was scanning through Facebook the other day and came upon a comment that puzzled me a bit. A friend had taken some kind of quiz or another and said that maybe the results were a bit skewed because she had to say that she had watched the Ellen DeGeneres TV show.  But then she added that it was when she was home on a sick day like it was an embarrassing thing to admit that she had watched Ellen. That was puzzling to me as to why she said that.

This person watches TV because she mentions other shows, but now that I think about it, they may all be on PBS. I don't know if the fact that she was watching network TV was the problem. I also know this person has no problem with Ellen's sexual orientation, so I don't think it was that.

I don't see Ellen often, but enjoy watching it when I'm home that time of the day. I find the show funny and pleasant and generally a feel good experience. Sometimes it's silly, but that adds to the fun. So what am I missing? Is Ellen a guilty pleasure that I shouldn't admit that I watch like Dancing with the Stars? Is there a cultural thing I'm not aware of? (Wouldn't be the first time.) Have you ever seen the Ellen show? What do you think of it?

Oh, wait. It just occurred to me that she might have been referring to the Ellen sitcom from the 1990s. As I remember it, it was an okay show, but nothing to write home about. If that's what she watched, her comment makes more sense. In the words of Emily Litella from Saturday Night Live, "Never mind."

Note: Ward just read this and he doesn't know why you should be embarrassed about watching the Ellen sitcom either. It's a mystery.