Apple TVLittle Ellen (2021)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Viewer Rating
Rating: 1.0
Overview
Explore the world through the eyes of a hilarious and unpredictable seven-year-old Ellen DeGeneres. On her adventures in her musical hometown of New Orleans, Little Ellen takes big risks and makes big mistakes, but she's always able to laugh at herself and bounce back when things don't go as planned.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Apple TV
Google PlayBias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Positive
Overview
Explore the world through the eyes of a hilarious and unpredictable seven-year-old Ellen DeGeneres. On her adventures in her musical hometown of New Orleans, Little Ellen takes big risks and makes big mistakes, but she's always able to laugh at herself and bounce back when things don't go as planned.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Apple TVGoogle PlayDetailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Primary
The series focuses on the universal experiences of childhood and personal growth, promoting broadly accepted positive values like curiosity, kindness, and self-expression without engaging in explicit ideological promotion.
The animated series features a diverse group of characters, including a Black girl and an Asian boy among the protagonist's friends, showcasing visible diversity in its cast. The narrative maintains a neutral to positive framing of traditional identities and does not center on explicit DEI critiques.
Secondary
Little Ellen features a positive portrayal of LGBTQ+ themes through the character Becky, who has two mothers. Their family is depicted as normal, loving, and supportive, contributing to the normalization and validation of same-sex parent households in children's programming without making their identity a central conflict.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The show centers on a fictionalized childhood version of Ellen DeGeneres, who is female, consistent with her real-world gender. Other characters are original creations for the series, thus not subject to gender swap criteria.
The animated series "Little Ellen" depicts a fictionalized childhood of Ellen DeGeneres, who is white. The main character, Little Ellen, is also portrayed as white, consistent with the real-life individual. There are no instances of characters established as one race in prior canon or history being depicted as a different race.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
1.0
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
User Ratings
1.9
1.2
Critic Ratings
N/A
N/A
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