© 2026 ABC News

DeGeneres made history with a groundbreaking 1997 episode of her sitcom \"Ellen\" in which her TV character -- and DeGeneres herself -- declared that she's gay. The episode attracted 46 million viewers and earned DeGeneres an Emmy.

When her sitcom ended, DeGeneres pivoted to talk TV. \"The Ellen DeGeneres Show\" is currently in its 17th season, earning some 63 Daytime Emmy Awards, a record 11 of which are for Outstanding Daytime Talk Show.

Ellen will accept the Carol Burnett Award at the 77th annual Golden Globe Awards, which air live on NBC at 8 p.m. Eastern on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020.

","canonicalUrl":"https://abcnews.com/GMA/Culture/ellen-degeneres-receive-carol-burnett-award-golden-globes/story?id=66737545","legacySlug":"/culture/story/ellen-degeneres-receive-carol-burnett-award-golden-globes-66737545","noIndexNoFollow":false},"publishTime":"18:01","publishDate":"11-04-2019","updatedTime":"18:50","updatedDate":"11-04-2019","socialImage":{"alt":"Ellen DeGeneres performs onstage on Feb. 25, 2018 in Carpinteria, Calif.","credit":"Scott Dudelson/Getty Images","ratio":"16x9","url":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/ellen-file-gty-ml-191104_hpMain_16x9_1600.jpg","width":992,"height":558},"datePublished":"11/4/2019 18:01:55 GMT","video":{"live":false,"id":66737545,"headline":"Ellen DeGeneres to receive the Carol Burnett Award","mediaAssetTitle":"ELLEN DEGENERES CAROL BURNETT AWARD","description":"DeGeneres is the award's second winner.","duration":"2:10","posterImg":{"url":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/default-img-undefined.png","width":608,"height":342},"video":{"feed":"https://service-pkgabcnews.akamaized.net/opp/hls/abcnews/2019/05/190529_gma_rulli_0814_fix_,500,800,1200,1800,2500,3200,4500,.mp4.csmil/playlist.m3u8"},"playlist":["65071539","65493389","63322775"]},"relatedItems":[{"contentType":"story","date":"August 20, 2019","headline":"Pink, Ellen slam 'bullying' of Duchess Meghan: 'It’s out of control'","section":"culture","slug":"/culture/story/pink-ellen-degeneres-join-elton-john-defending-prince-65071539","id":65071539,"image":{"alt":"Pink, Ellen slam 'bullying' of Duchess Meghan: 'It’s out of control'","url":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/harry-meghan-file-gty-ml-190820_hpMain_4x3t_240.jpg","credit":"Samir Hussein/WireImage/Getty Images, FILE","ratio":"1x1"}},{"contentType":"story","date":"September 9, 2019","headline":"Ellen DeGeneres met baby Archie and shares details of visit with Meghan and Harry","section":"culture","slug":"/culture/story/ellen-degeneres-met-baby-archie-shares-details-visit-65493389","id":65493389,"image":{"alt":"Ellen DeGeneres met baby Archie and shares details of visit with Meghan and Harry","url":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/harry-meghan-baby-9a-ap-ps-190508_hpMain_4x3t_240.jpg","credit":"Dominic Lipinski/Pool via Reuters","ratio":"1x1"}},{"contentType":"story","date":"May 28, 2019","headline":"Ellen DeGeneres discusses sexual assault as a teenager","section":"culture","slug":"/culture/story/ellen-degeneres-speaks-sexually-assaulted-teenager-victims-63322775","id":63322775,"image":{"alt":"Ellen DeGeneres discusses sexual assault as a teenager","url":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/ellen-degeneres-gty-jpo-190528_hpMain_4x3t_240.jpg","credit":"Gp Images/Getty Images, FILE","ratio":"1x1"}}],"relatedContentSection":"news","schemaContent":{"name":"Ellen DeGeneres to receive the Carol Burnett Award","description":"DeGeneres is the award's second winner.","duration":"2:10","uploadDate":"11-04-2019","publication":"11-04-2019","images":"https://s.abcnews.com/images/GMA/default-img-undefined.png","url":"https://service-pkgabcnews.akamaized.net/opp/hls/abcnews/2019/05/190529_gma_rulli_0814_fix_,500,800,1200,1800,2500,3200,4500,.mp4.csmil/playlist.m3u8","contentUrl":"https://service-pkgabcnews.akamaized.net/opp/hls/abcnews/2019/05/190529_gma_rulli_0814_fix_,500,800,1200,1800,2500,3200,4500,.mp4.csmil/playlist.m3u8","link":"https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/culture/story/ellen-degeneres-receive-carol-burnett-award-golden-globes-66737545"}},"playlist":[{"id":"133810954","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133779647","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133810835","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133749799","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133777519","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133748258","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133730535","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133712423","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133694181","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133688738","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133616358","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133616342","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133522899","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133584123","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133579397","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133482839","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133390157","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133415361","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133414032","contentType":"story","section":"news"},{"id":"133380485","contentType":"story","section":"news"}],"kvps":{"pgtyp":"article","lang":"en","sp":"goodmorningamerica","programmatic":"true","bundleId":"com.abcnews"}},"analytics":{"accountID":"wdgnewwdgnewgmaweb","ns":"gma","pageName":"gma:culture:video","pageType":"video","globalSpecVersion":"v1.08","siteDifferentiator":"gma:site","tagID":"g_page01","userABCookie":"0","section":"culture","title":"Ellen DeGeneres to receive the Carol Burnett Award","pubTime":"13:01","pubDate":"11-04-2019","modTime":"13:50","modDate":"11-04-2019","taxonomyTags":"none","id":66737545,"editorialOtherSubjects":"","wordCount":"none","columns":"none","authors":"","authorsUnit":"none","authorsBureau":"none","subBrand":"Good Morning America","provider":"Good Morning America","videoName":"Ellen DeGeneres to receive the Carol Burnett Award","mediaAssetTitle":"ELLEN DEGENERES CAROL BURNETT AWARD","videoId":66737545,"mediaOnPage":"video","legacySlug":"/culture/story/ellen-degeneres-receive-carol-burnett-award-golden-globes-66737545"},"taboola":{}},"request":{"headers":{},"httpVersion":"1.1","method":"GET","url":"/video/66737545","vary":{"host":"www.goodmorningamerica.com","cached":true,"path":"/video/66737545","forwarded-proto":"https","device":"desktop","userab":"0"}},"viewport":{"width":1260,"height":0},"user":{}};