Game over: NBC has cancelled the Ellen DeGeneres-hosted primetime game show Ellen’s Game of Games after four seasons, our sister site Deadline reports.
Game of Games, which premiered in 2017, saw DeGeneres lead contestants through one of several dozen mini games akin to the games played on her self-titled daytime talk show. Her talk show sidekick Stephen “tWitch” Boss served as announcer and sidekick here as well. Each episode’s winners advanced to the final round for a chance to win a $100,000 cash prize.
The game show started out as a holiday season fill-in for NBC and soon expanded to a year-round primetime slot. Season 4 — which will now be its final season — wrapped up last May. The cancellation caps the show’s run at a total of 48 episodes.
DeGeneres is saying goodbye on another front as well: She’s already announced that her long-running daytime talk show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, will end its 19-year run later this year. The host and comedian faced a wave of controversy in 2020 when published reports from coworkers accused her of fostering a toxic workplace; DeGeneres apologized on air, but maintained that the controversy was not the reason she was ending the show.
Will you miss playing along with Ellen’s Game of Games? Drop your thoughts on the cancellation in a comment below.
I’m guessing Ellen is gonna disappear after her show. Nobody is interested in anymore, just few years ago I would never have expected that
I reallyyyyy hope Kristen & Dax’s show gets renewed. It was so fun!
Me too! I really like Family Game Fight.
Cool. Can we please get Hollywood Game Night back now?
Yes, I second Hollywood Game Night, so much better and fun to watch!
It doesn’t surprise me. I wasn’t an Ellen fanatic but I did like her show sometimes as well as Game of Games. When the toxic news came out, it was an immediate turn off. Now I have no interest in anything she does whatsoever.
Dang… poor tWitch is losing all his jobs!
Please don’t cancel her game show i love it and was hoping to try out. I was wondering when it was coming back on. don’t cancel bring it back.
It was fun at the start but the show itself gets a bit stale, so not surprised it is ending. How many times can we laugh at somebody falling into a tank of goo or spin out of control. Most of the “fill in” game shows are a bit stupid lately though I do like To Tell The Truth and Press Your Luck (Fresh faces for hosting gigs and who doesn’t like Mama Doris?)
I LOVED Ellen’s Game of Games. Hilarious!!
Devastated that it’s not continuing.
Ah, the show that more accurately showed what Ellen thought of people has now been cancelled.
If you watch the way she would always goodbye every contestant, that matches with all the stories about the toxic environment on her show. She took way too much enjoyment in getting rid of them.
Agreed! Her delight at people being hit, dunked and covered in gunk showed her diabolical “humour”. Her non-verbals gave her away!
Glad she will be off the air!!!
Aw man, I loved this show!!
Not enough variety in the games blind musical chairs got old real fast
Game of Games was a fantastic and funny show! My entire family watched this show. We’d actually play along with the show! It’s a real shame the show is going off the air!
At least now she has more time to beat her servants. A well deserved retirement. You’ve earned it Ellen.
I am going to miss Ellen’s Game of Games. She is absolutely perfect for that sort of thing in that she is so funny . No one could ever do the same things that she did on that Game Show.
So glad her shows are ending. Now maybe we got room to put something decent on. She eventually showed herself what she thought of people. Little different when the truth comes out. Not like coming out of the closet
Miss the laughter an ease of this show I don’t really watch tv or game shows however I enjoy this one