DeGeneres remains keenly aware that everybody does NOT necessarily love Ellen -- or ''Ellen,'' or possibly, by extrapolation, The Ellen Show. After chatting a good hour on a rehearsal day with no holds barred, she comes back for a follow-up the next day with a full-blown panic-attack comedy routine at the ready. ''Y'know, I went home last night thinking, Did I say anything I'm gonna regret? All that coming-out stuff,'' she says, with a mock-quavery voice and darting eyes. ''Jesus. Lighten up, Ellen. Why do I have to opinionate about everything? NO ONE should come out! We have enough gay people, we don't need any more! What's the matter with me, running off at the mouth like that? Just shut up already.'' She eyes the cassette recorder capturing this mock mea culpa, and pauses just long enough to sweeten the punchline. ''Where's that tape?!''

FRIDAY

8:00
ABC Mole II
CBS The Ellen Show
NBC Providence
FOX Dark Angel
WB Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
UPN UPN Movie

8:30
CBS Danny
WB Maybe It's Me

9:00
ABC Thieves
CBS That's Life
NBC Dateline
FOX Pasadena
WB Reba

9:30
WB Raising Dad

10:00
ABC Once and Again
CBS 48 Hours
NBC Law & Order: SVU
FOX Local programming
WB Local programming
UPN Local programming

Originally posted Sep 07, 2001 Published in issue #612-613 Sep 07, 2001 Order article reprints
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