Last week, The Bold and the Beautiful was the first scripted show to go back to work after the coronavirus shut down in March. At the end of the first day that they resumed shooting, the Soap announced that they were taking a break. However, they did not say why.
Now we know why. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the testing lab that they used sent the Soap Opera back several false positives for COVID-19. They switched labs, and no one tested positive.
The show wants to make sure that “our testing protocols were at the highest standard.” Now they are.
Since all of that has been squared away, they are set to resume filming today. Hopefully, all the kinks are worked out.
It stinks being the guinea pig, but we are grateful someone volunteered for the job.
If today is successful and all goes according to plan, then its sister daytime drama The Young and the Restless will be back at on July 6th. Then, I am sure the rest will follow.
The Bold and the Beautiful finally went back to work today, one of the first on-camera programs to do so, after being on a forced hiatus for three months due to the coronavirus pandemic. However, the momentum did not last long.
According to Variety, the daytime drama will be taking a few days off starting tomorrow. A spokesperson for the Soap Opera explained to the trade, “We have paused very briefly to modify our testing protocol to better accommodate the large volume of testing needed. Safety remains our top priority as we continue to move forward with the production of the Bold and the Beautiful. B&B filmed with cast and crew today and it was a successful first day back at work.”
B&B is expected to resume filming on Tuesday with new episodes airing as early as next month.
I applaud the show for being the guinea pig. Other productions are going to learn from them. This way, when the other shows are ready to go back to work, they will know how to deal with COVID-19 properly.
Someone had to be first, and I am happy it was a Soap. A lot of people put them down, but it is the best learning experience anyone can get in show business. If you can survive working on one, then you can do anything in Hollywood. Don’t knock them. They work really hard, and they put out a great final product in a short amount of time.
Hopefully, B&B can work out these kinks and go uninterrupted until they have a planned time off.
Once they get it down, I foresee a lot of other shows getting back to the grind. Just like during the early days of HIV, when the porn industry had to learn to adapt what is now their new normal, so will the mainstream entertainment industry.
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Ever since late March, television production has been halted because of the coronavirus pandemic. While most shows can wait to get back to work a little while longer, soap operas cannot. Now that Governor Gavin Newsom has given Hollywood permission the literal green light to go back to work, The Bold and the Beautiful is going to begin filming tomorrow. They will be the first US broadcast show to do that.
According to Deadline, the cast and crew were all tested for COVID-19 yesterday. They will continue to be tested from now on to make sure they do not have it. Everyone will be required to wear masks when they are not on camera or in makeup.
To make sure they are following the rules, CBS hired a COVID-19 coordinator to monitor the staff. (Where can I get that job? I have become a terror when it comes to making sure everyone is wearing masks in stores.)
Back to the show, the CBS soap operas, B&B and The Young and the Restless, were the first daytime dramas to run out of new episodes back in April, so it makes sense that they would be the first to go back to work. B&B is also the only half-hour show in the genre, so it is probably easiest for them to return.
However, they will not be returning to normal. Writers are reworking the scripts to have smaller amounts of the cast members on the set at any given time. They will also be working shorter hours so that they will have less interaction with each other.
Hopefully, things will go smoothly for them because everyone will be watching them to see how everything turns out. If they f*ck it up, everyone else will be f*cked. No pressure at all.
No word when their new episodes will start to air, but it could be as early as next month.
We do not know when the other soaps will go back into production, but Days of our Lives still has a few months of new shows in their stockpile. They should be last, since they are a well-oiled machine.
On May 21st, Judi Evans fell off of a horse, and she was rushed to the hospital with several broken bones. That was the only the beginning of her problems. According to Soap Opera Digest, doctors discovered a clot in her lungs that was not related to the accident. They said the accident saved her life. However, being hospitalized has risked it.
Her rep, Howie Tiger Simon, explained how:
I spoke to Judi on Sunday and she is STILL in the hospital – 23 days now and counting.
She contracted COVID-19 while there and she had what is known as the COVID blood clots in her legs and she nearly had both legs amputated on two different occasions. She had mild symptoms – fever, aches, a cough and the blood clots. On top of everything, when she went into surgery on one of her legs, they forgot to numb the leg and cut into her leg while she was fully conscience with no numbing of the area! However speaking to her on Sunday, she was in good spirits and back to Judi “humor” despite all these spiraling turn of events. She has said she appreciates all the prayers for her and they’ve helped her mentally, physically and spiritually! She just wants to continue to test negative on COVID19 before she can go home and get the rest she so needs!!!
Hopefully, the Days of Our Lives star will be able to go home soon and recover. Evans looked good on Good Morning America today with all she has been going through.
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The Daytime Emmys used to air on broadcast television every year. However, when the ratings dropped, and it was eventually moved to online after airing on The CW and cable networks.
This year has been crazy because of the coronavirus pandemic, and it is benefiting from that fact. Come June 26th, the awards show, that highlights soap operas, game shows, kids shows, and talk shows, will be airing on CBS.
Since COVID-19 is still prominent in Los Angeles, everyone will be participating from home. That should be very interesting. The celebrities did not have to dress up for the Kids Choice Awards on Nickelodeon, but daytime television is a much different beast. They are used to being dressed to the nines when they are in front of the cameras. Therefore, it will be interesting to see how they dress up for the big night in their living rooms.
It will also be interesting to see what happens when The Talk wins. How will the hosts handle who gives their speech when, and will they talk over each other? That alone is enough reason for me to watch.
Yet, that is not why I will tuning in. I will be doing so to support this genre. Since a lot of us will be stuck at home on that day, why not watch. What else is there to see?
Nominations will be announced tomorrow on The Talk. I expect The Bold and The Beautiful to get nominated. That will give them two consecutive days of good news because they were picked up until 2022.
