TODAY IN QUEER TV HISTORY
LARRY KING LIVE: Ellen DeGeneres - 5/12/1998, CNN
A year earlier, the sitcom ELLEN had broken new ground as the first American TV series to have its central character come out as queer mid-series. Now, as the final season was winding down, Ellen DeGeneres sat down with Larry King to talk about her own coming out and that of her TV character, Ellen Morgan
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