Watching Ellie
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Watching Ellie is an early-2000s American sitcom starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus that follows the everyday life of a lounge singer in New York City.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Watching Ellie canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8113729 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Watching Ellie Context triple: [Marissa Ribisi, notableWork, Watching Ellie]
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A.
Emily’s Reel
"Emily’s Reel" is a lively contemporary fiddle tune featured on the acclaimed folk and classical crossover album *Appalachian Journey* by Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, and Mark O’Connor.
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B.
Looking: The Movie
Looking: The Movie is a feature-length continuation and conclusion of the HBO dramedy series "Looking," following a group of gay friends navigating love and identity in contemporary San Francisco.
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C.
Watching Out
"Watching Out" is a non-fiction book by Australian barrister and human rights advocate Julian Burnside, in which he reflects on justice, civil liberties, and the treatment of refugees in contemporary Australia.
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D.
Raised by Wolves
"Raised by Wolves" is a politically charged rock song by U2 from their 2014 album *Songs of Innocence*, reflecting on violence and trauma in Ireland.
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E.
Watch What Happens
"Watch What Happens" is an energetic, character-driven solo number from the stage musical Newsies, sung by reporter Katherine as she wrestles with her ambitions, doubts, and determination to expose injustice.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Watching Ellie Target entity description: Watching Ellie is an early-2000s American sitcom starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus that follows the everyday life of a lounge singer in New York City.
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A.
Emily’s Reel
"Emily’s Reel" is a lively contemporary fiddle tune featured on the acclaimed folk and classical crossover album *Appalachian Journey* by Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, and Mark O’Connor.
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B.
Looking: The Movie
Looking: The Movie is a feature-length continuation and conclusion of the HBO dramedy series "Looking," following a group of gay friends navigating love and identity in contemporary San Francisco.
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C.
Watching Out
"Watching Out" is a non-fiction book by Australian barrister and human rights advocate Julian Burnside, in which he reflects on justice, civil liberties, and the treatment of refugees in contemporary Australia.
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D.
Raised by Wolves
"Raised by Wolves" is a politically charged rock song by U2 from their 2014 album *Songs of Innocence*, reflecting on violence and trauma in Ireland.
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E.
Watch What Happens
"Watch What Happens" is an energetic, character-driven solo number from the stage musical Newsies, sung by reporter Katherine as she wrestles with her ambitions, doubts, and determination to expose injustice.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | television series ⓘ |
| airedInDecade | 2000s ⓘ |
| airedOnDayOfWeek | Tuesday ⓘ |
| audioFormat | stereo ⓘ |
| broadcastFormat | NTSC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cameraSetup |
multi-camera
ⓘ
single-camera ⓘ |
| character | Ellie Riggs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterOccupation | lounge singer ⓘ |
| composer | W. G. Snuffy Walden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| creator | Brad Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distribution | NBCUniversal Television Distribution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| executiveProducer |
Brad Hall
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Julia Louis-Dreyfus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Los Angeles ⓘ |
| finalAired | 2003-05-20 ⓘ |
| firstAired | 2002-02-26 ⓘ |
| followedBy | The New Adventures of Old Christine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | sitcom ⓘ |
| hasMainPlotElement | Ellie balancing career and personal relationships ⓘ |
| hasMainSettingType |
apartment
ⓘ
nightclub ⓘ |
| hasTheme | comedy about everyday life of a lounge singer ⓘ |
| leadCharacterPortrayedBy | Ellie Riggs – Julia Louis-Dreyfus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableChange | retooled to traditional multi-camera sitcom in second season ⓘ |
| notableFeature | used real-time format in first season ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 16 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeasons | 2 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | NBC ⓘ |
| partOf | Julia Louis-Dreyfus television career ⓘ |
| pictureFormat | 4:3 ⓘ |
| productionCompany | NBC Studios NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| runtimePerEpisode | 30 minutes ⓘ |
| settingLocation | New York City ⓘ |
| starring |
Darren Boyd
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Don Lake NERFINISHED ⓘ Julia Louis-Dreyfus NERFINISHED ⓘ Lauren Bowles NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Stormare NERFINISHED ⓘ Steve Carell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult viewers ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Watching Ellie Description of subject: Watching Ellie is an early-2000s American sitcom starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus that follows the everyday life of a lounge singer in New York City.
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