Ellen DeGeneres’ stand-up special on Netflix: release date, details

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• Netflix
  announced the release date for Ellen DeGeneres’ first stand-up
  comedy special in 15 years, “Relatable,” with a promotional
  video on Tuesday.
• The special debuts on Netflix on December
  18. 

Netflix has announced the release date and title for Ellen
DeGeneres’ first stand-up comedy special in 15 years. 

The special, titled “Relatable,” debuts on the streaming service
on December 18. 

DeGeneres signed a deal with Netflix in May 2017 to produce the
special. Deadline
reported that her contract was in the range of $20 million,
around the same figure that the company reportedly paid to Jerry
Seinfeld and Chris Rock to get them to return to stand-up after
extended hiatuses. 

HBO released DeGeneres’ last special, “Ellen DeGeneres: Here and
Now,” in 2003. 

“Relatable” was filmed at the Benaroya Hall in
Seattle, Washington, in one of the final stops of
a three-city tour DeGeneres went on last month.

Netflix announced the release of “Relatable” on Tuesday in a
tweet that featured a video of DeGeneres fielding fake phone
calls from Bono, Reese Witherspoon, and Barack Obama to tell them
about her release date.

Watch the clip below: