Entertainment TV Ellen DeGeneres' 'Ellen's Game of Games' Canceled by NBC After 4 Seasons The larger-than-life game show hosted by Ellen DeGeneres premiered on NBC in 2017 By Dan Heching Dan Heching Dan Heching is a former digital news reporter at PEOPLE. He left PEOPLE in 2022. People Editorial Guidelines Published on January 18, 2022 10:49PM EST Photo: Mike Rozman/Warner Brothers//NBC Ellen DeGeneres' game show Ellen's Game of Games has been canceled by NBC. The unscripted primetime series is not being renewed for a fifth season, making season 4, which ended in May 2021, its last, PEOPLE confirms. The show, hosted by DeGeneres, 63, featured larger-than-life versions of games that were previously included on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. In each episode, contestants would compete for the chance to win $100,000. Ellen DeGeneres, Portia de Rossi Match with Kris Jenner, Corey Gamble at 2021 People's Choice Awards The series premiered in December 2017 with a first season comprised of eight episodes. The program's final season featured 20. In 2019, Game of Games ranked as the No. 1 game show in primetime and also performed well in the kids demographic, Deadline reported. The cancellation comes as The Ellen DeGeneres Show is also set to end its run later this spring after 19 seasons. RELATED VIDEO: Ellen DeGeneres Says Ending Her Show Is the 'Right Thing' During Candid Talk with Oprah Winfrey Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. The ending of the comedian's successful daytime talk show came after a turbulent year for the star, as she faced allegations of creating a toxic workplace environment for her staffers. "I really didn't understand it; I still don't understand it," DeGeneres said in May 2021 on an episode of Today about the allegations. "It was too orchestrated; it was too coordinated." "People get picked on but for four months straight for me, and then for me to read in the press about a toxic work environment when all I've ever heard from every guest that comes on the show is what a happy atmosphere this is, and what a happy place it is," she continued. Ellen DeGeneres Says Toxic Workplace Controversy 'Destroyed' Her — but Isn't Why She's Ending Show As for whether she was leaving due to the controversy, DeGeneres said, "If that was why I was quitting, I would've not come back this year. I really did think about not coming back because it was devastating." Also that month, upon sharing her plans to wrap up the award-winning talk show in 2022, DeGeneres told The Hollywood Reporter, "As great as this show is, and as fun as it is, it's just not a challenge anymore." "It's sad that the show ends like this, but Ellen seems confident that she made the right decision," a show source told PEOPLE at the time.