![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() "The phrase "Knock some sense into the woman' comes to mind." "Four years ago, when I quit drinking, I should have done it, but it's hard to see alcoholism as life-threatening as cancer." She pauses. Since the diagnosis of cancer, Ellerbee overhauled her diet in a way that she knew she should have done a long time ago. As she is the first to admit, she loves food, loves to cook, even dreams of doing a cookbook "someday." She's also done a PBS Smithsonian World show on one of her favorite subjects, food. She also enjoyed a sweet revenge of sorts with her book And So It Goes, skewering TV news. Her irreverent, caustic wit was appreciated by a loyal cadre of viewers, but not by network honchos.Īfter her last show, Our World, was canceled by ABC six years ago, she formed her own company, Lucky Duck Productions. ![]() "All these people called to say how great I looked," Ellerbee says, adding, "but when you've had cancer, they're just glad to see you, period."Įllerbee, 49, is savoring both her health and her success after a dozen frustrating years in network television news. ![]()
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