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Wheel, Jeopardy & others suspend production due to coronavirus concerns
Loogaroo:
California governor Gavin Newsom has announced that some parts of the state can resume television and film production as early as next week, as part of the plan to reopen the state.
Sadly, this does not apply to LA County, where pretty much all game show production is currently taking place.'
Source: https://deadline.com/2020/05/governor-gavin-newsom-says-production-could-restart-next-week-guidelines-released-monday-1202939927/
weaklink75:
J! is going to run out of original episodes on June 12th (so one more week after the Teachers Tournament ends tonight), and no word on when they'll restart production- WOF is going to sprinkle in their remaining new episodes with reruns over the summer.
https://tvline.com/2020/06/05/jeopardy-reruns-start-date-last-new-original-episode-coronavirus/
(Based on the Vanna interview that was posted elsewhere, I'd think Wheel is closer to restarting than J! is)
byrd62:
Would sterile isolation booth-like covers in front of each contestant work for the likes of J!, Wheel or Price?
Brig Bother:
French TV is already doing shows with plastic dividers between contestants, surely it would be pretty easy to just put up the Final Jeopardy panels all show?
cmjb13:
I obviously can’t speak for everyone, but I doubt anyone at home is going to want to watch contestants play a game wearing masks or standing 6 feet apart.
I’d bet these shows would likely do heavy testing with temperature checks and whatever other protocols they will follow before they go the mask and distance route. But maybe there’s just too much money involved and they will wear masks. Who knows?
I’m also getting kind of tired about hearing that a vaccine will be the be all end all. Who knows what will be in that vaccine that may cause side effects 10-20 years down the line?
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