Ellen DeGeneres to 'Change TV' With ONE BIG HAPPY

Almost 18 years ago, Ellen DeGeneres made television history when she announced she was gay on her sitcom. Today, DeGeneres is changing the TV landscape yet again with the NBC comedy, ONE BIG HAPPY.

DeGeneres is the executive producer of the show, which follows the unconventional family of Lizzy (Elisha Cuthbert), Luke (Nick Zano) and Prudence (Kelly Brook). Lizzy, a lesbian, wants to raise a child with Luke by her side. Lizzy finds out she's pregnant just after Luke elopes with a free-spirited British girl (Prudence) -- and with that a new kind of family is born.

"It's a really funny show that people will love," DeGeneres Said said.

According to Brooke, DeGeneres wears multiple hats behind the scenes of the show, including warm-up comic.

"She comes on set and she warms the crowd up before we go on, which sometimes is stressful because she's so funny then we have to go up next," Brook says.

Coincidentally, DeGeneres and Cuthbert have a history, when Cuthbert's character on HAPPY ENDINGS imitated DeGeneres' famous dance moves. This put extra pressure on Cuthbert at the Television Critics Association press tour in January.

Cuthbert said, "The fact that it got brought up today and that I had to do it in front of her and do her impersonation was scary. Underneath my makeup I was blushing real hard."

ONE BIG HAPPY airs Tuesday nights on NBC at 9:30 p.m. ET/PT.

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