Ellen (Seasons 1–5)

"Ellen" (1994) is the ABC sitcom you can watch online on iFILM, starring Ellen DeGeneres as Ellen Morgan — a Los Angeles bookstore owner whose best efforts reliably produce the worst possible outcomes.

Five seasons, 1994 to 1998, built on physical comedy, awkward social dynamics, and a cast that actually clicks: Jeremy Piven, Joely Fisher, and Clea Lewis as the friends who somehow keep showing up. The show is remembered now for a single episode in April 1997 — season four — when the character came out as gay on air, and DeGeneres did too, in the same broadcast. About 42 million people watched. It changed how American television handled LGBTQ characters, and it more or less ended the show two seasons earlier than anyone expected. Watch all seasons of "Ellen" online on iFILM.