# TV shows starting to air post shutdowns **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 21, 2020, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-starting-to-air-post-shutdowns/921111 "2020-09-21T03:24:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2020, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-starting-to-air-post-shutdowns/921111/1 "2020-09-21T03:24:34Z")
TV shows are starting to produce and air again. For the most part, it looks like reality/game show stuff right now but a few regular shows are shooting. Friday I checked out the soap opera that has started airing these episodes to see how they were handling things. I recorded the Bold and the Beautiful. I’ve never seen it but I’m familiar with how soap operas work. And this was very strange. All the characters were at least 6 feet apart at all times. There were never more than 3 in a scene. They had conversations from across the room which meant one-shots changing back and forth to follow the conversation. Maybe half the conversations were on the phone. I don’t see how anyone can watch this. Maybe it would have been different if I was invested in the storylines but I thought it was boring and looked uncomfortable for the actors. And you can’t have soap operas without slapping and kissing! I don’t see how they can make this work. So has anyone else seen other shows from the post-shutdown era? > **[Which TV Shows Have Dared to Restart Production Amid COVID-19?](https://www.vulture.com/article/tv-shows-production-restarted-pandemic-filming-list.html)** > > Because you can’t watch reruns forever. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2020, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-starting-to-air-post-shutdowns/921111/2 "2020-09-21T12:21:26Z")
I heard soaps were going to use realistic-looking mannequins for some love scenes. It sounded like a sketch SNL did in their last episode before their social distanced ones, where a soap was being filmed, and they did things like put plastic between actors making out, or an arm would appear from off camera to go around someone’s shoulder that was clearly fake. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2020, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-starting-to-air-post-shutdowns/921111/3 "2020-09-21T14:55:49Z")
I know that _The Goldbergs_ is back into production, with a view towards being back on TVs at some point in October. I know this because I follow a couple of the actors on Twitter. One showed a pic of herself dressed head to toe in PPE, including a face shield. She intimated that everyone on the set is in PPE unless they’re shooting a scene and the cameras are rolling. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2020, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-starting-to-air-post-shutdowns/921111/4 "2020-09-21T15:43:58Z")
I’m curious as to how (or if) shows will address the pandemic as part of their scripts, like characters wearing masks when they go out in public, going forward. But of course that’s a non-issue in a period show like The Goldbergs. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2020, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-starting-to-air-post-shutdowns/921111/5 "2020-09-21T15:52:52Z")
The producers of _The Conners_ have said that the pandemic will be a part of the show’s story line. They even put out publicity pics of the cast in their masks. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2020, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-starting-to-air-post-shutdowns/921111/6 "2020-09-21T17:26:46Z")
Season 4 of _Fargo_ was delayed due to COVID, but I just found out yesterday that it’s now scheduled to air starting next week. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2020, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-starting-to-air-post-shutdowns/921111/7 "2020-09-21T17:37:15Z")
Star Wars’s The Mandalorian is coming back on late October. Their use of huge LED backgrounds and digital character manipulation has allowed them to continue. > **[Technology used to film 'The Mandalorian' could ease Covid-19 film production...](https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/03/coronavirus-mandalorian-tech-key-to-jump-start-film-production.html)** > > The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has crippled film production in the U.S., causing shooting delays and hindering widespread travel. A technology developed for the Disney+ series "The Mandalorian" could be the solution. Not to mention that having the main character using a full helmet to cover his face does help a lot too.