`The Ellen DeGeneres Show` has overhauled its senior production team in the wake of accusations of racial insensitivity, sexual misconduct and other problems in the work environment at the long-running daytime talk show.

Three senior producers - executive producers Ed Glavin and Kevin Leman, and co-executive producer Jonathan Norman - have been ousted from the Warner Bros.-distributed syndicated strip following damning allegations raised in recent reports. `Ellen` veterans Mary Connelly, Andy Lassner and Derek Westervelt will remain at the show as executive producers alongside host DeGeneres. Connelly, Lassner and Westervelt have been with the show since its inception in 2003. A Warner Bros. spokeswoman confirmed that Glavin, Leman and Norman have `parted ways` with the show.

The news was delivered to `Ellen` staffers Monday afternoon during a staff meeting in which DeGeneres spoke via a video conference call. DeGeneres was emotional to the point of tears, and apologetic as she addressed more than 200 staffers. According to multiple sources, DeGeneres told the staff she was `not perfect` and realized that in the effort for the show to run as a `well-oiled machine,` sometimes leaders were not as sensitive to `human beings` as they should have been. She added that reading disturbing allegations about the atmosphere on the show was `heartbreaking.`

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DeGeneres repeatedly emphasized that she was `proud` of the show's success and its ability to spin off additional programs such as `Ellen's Game of Games.` She also expressed gratitude to staffers, many of whom have been with her for the entire run. She insisted the show would `come back strong` next month.

`This will be the best season we've ever had,` DeGeneres said.