Little Ellen isn't a bad cartoon, in fact it's well-animated, has fine writing, and handles life lessons well enough so it's just fine for youngsters, the problem with it is that it is based on Ellen DeGeneres. Once upon a time everyone believed DeGeneres was some great lady who was kind and sweet to all but in recent years it's come to light that she is anything but a virtuous individual and has a history of being mean and nasty to others especially her guests and employees - Judge Joe Brown has quite the story to share about his time guest starring on one of her talk shows, I strongly recommend seeing his interview with Kwame Brown. So a program like this which is about teaching important life lessons feels like an act of desperation on DeGeneres' part to make sure her brand does not collapse entirely and will make it not easy to stomach because no matter the effort a lot will not come across as genuine enough. I can't help but feel bad for the people creating this series, they're doing their best to make a good product but it's subject has ruined their reputation to where consumers will ignore it because of association.
