TV on the Edge: Moments That Shaped Our Culture Ellen Comes Out (Season 1, Episode 3)
TV Episode | Documentary

TV on the Edge: Moments That Shaped Our Culture

Ellen Comes Out (Season 1, Episode 3)

TV Episode | Documentary

It's April 30, 1997, and Ellen DeGeneres is about to do something that hasn't been done before, when the title character of her hit sitcom Ellen comes out on primetime television, right after she comes out in real life. More than 40 ...See moreIt's April 30, 1997, and Ellen DeGeneres is about to do something that hasn't been done before, when the title character of her hit sitcom Ellen comes out on primetime television, right after she comes out in real life. More than 40 million viewers tune in for the big reveal that broke barriers and lit the spark for true gay representation on television for decades to come. See less

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59 cast members

Name	Known for
Ellen DeGeneres Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003)
Laura Dern Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Jurassic Park (1993)
Jerry Seinfeld Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Seinfeld (1989)
Johnny Carson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
Tim Allen Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Toy Story (1995)
Roseanne Barr Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Roseanne (1988)
Matthew Baume Self Self See fewer	Star Trek (2009)
Tammara Billik Self (as Tammy Billik) Self (as Tammy Billik) See fewer	Married... with Children (1987)
Elizabeth Birch Self Self See fewer	Equality Rocks (2000)
Michael Boatman Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Hamburger Hill (1987)
Chaz Bono Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	American Horror Story (2011)
Donna Bowman Self Self See fewer	TV on the Edge: Moments That Shaped Our Culture (2024)
Philip Carey Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	One Life to Live (1968)
Bill Clinton Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Great Irish Potato Famine
Hillary Clinton Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	State of Terror (I)
Billy Crystal Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Forget Paris (1995)
Randy 'Duke' Cunningham Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Biography (1987)
Robert De Niro Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Cape Fear (1991)
Betty DeGeneres Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Team Knight Rider (1997)
Mark Driscoll Self Self See fewer	Ellen (1994)
Billy Eichner Self Self See fewer	Bros (I) (2022)
Chad Everett Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Mulholland Drive (2001)
Joely Fisher Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Inspector Gadget (1999)
Ed Flanders Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Exorcist III (1990)
Michael J. Fox Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Back to the Future (1985)
Lisa France Self (as Lisa Respers France) Self (as Lisa Respers France) See fewer	TV on the Edge: Moments That Shaped Our Culture (2024)
Leeza Gibbons Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Apprentice (2004)
James Gregory Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
Arye Gross Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Better Call Saul (2015)
Anne Heche Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Six Days Seven Nights (1998)
Alex Herschlag Self Self See fewer	Will & Grace (1998)
Larry King Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Ghostbusters (1984)
Terence Knox Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Tour of Duty (1987)
Clea Lewis Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006)
Liberace Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Behind the Candelabra (2013)
Hal Linden Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Barney Miller (1975)
Paul Lynde Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Bye Bye Birdie (1963)
Mary Tyler Moore Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Ordinary People (1980)
Tracy Newman Self Self See fewer	Ellen (1994)
Conan O'Brien Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Lego Batman Movie (2017)
Carroll O'Connor Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	All in the Family (1971)
Rosie O'Donnell Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	A League of Their Own (1992)
Barack Obama Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Leave the World Behind (2023)
Matthew Perry Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Friends (1994)
Jeremy Piven Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Serendipity (2001)
Charles Nelson Reilly Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Millennium (I) (1996)
RuPaul Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	RuPaul's Drag Race (2009)
Dava Savel Self Self See fewer	Ellen (1994)
Diane Sawyer Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	ABC World News Tonight with David Muir (1953)
Garry Shandling Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Larry Sanders Show (1992)
Matthew Shepard Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Dear Jesse (1997)
Richard Socarides Self Self See fewer	Cured (2020)
Jean Stapleton Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	All in the Family (1971)
Jonathan Stark Self Self See fewer	Fright Night (1985)
Martha Stewart Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Bad Moms (2016)
Dean Valentine Self Self See fewer	The Cutting Edge: Going for the Gold (2006)
Dick Van Dyke Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Mary Poppins (1964)
Mike Wallace Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	60 Minutes (1968)
Oprah Winfrey Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Oprah Winfrey Show (1986)