Post by Juli on Apr 22, 2020 12:57:04 GMT -5
No, this isn't how are you keeping yourself and household members entertained. Most TV shows and movies that are available now were made months ago. Most advertisers have been able to make ads that reflect the current state of things and how their products and services can meet our needs at the present time, though some are still airing old ones. It is weird to see car ads about taking the kid's soccer team to practice. But TV shows still have people gathering, going to others' homes, going to "non-essential" jobs, hugging willy-nilly, shaking hands, etc.
My question for discussion is: When this is over and TV shows and movies are back in production, would you want the characters in your favorite fictional TV shows, that is, not "reality" or news/documentary, to acknowledge what we've been through?
For some of my favorite shows, like the NCIS shows, or MacGyver, it would put a definite crimp in things to try to have action while observing social distancing.
The only two sitcoms I like are Superstore and Bob Hearts Abishola. I can easily see those two doing at least one episode on what the characters went through, since Superstore is all essential workers and Abishola is a nurse working in a hospital and also doing home health care.
New Amsterdam actually had shot a pandemic themed episode, but NBC, et al. chose to hold off on airing it until later. I don't know when it was filmed, but it had to have been written before the fall. I want to see it, and I'd like to see some more in-depth, even if it's in flashback, on how the hospital coped.
So, how about you?
My question for discussion is: When this is over and TV shows and movies are back in production, would you want the characters in your favorite fictional TV shows, that is, not "reality" or news/documentary, to acknowledge what we've been through?
For some of my favorite shows, like the NCIS shows, or MacGyver, it would put a definite crimp in things to try to have action while observing social distancing.
The only two sitcoms I like are Superstore and Bob Hearts Abishola. I can easily see those two doing at least one episode on what the characters went through, since Superstore is all essential workers and Abishola is a nurse working in a hospital and also doing home health care.
New Amsterdam actually had shot a pandemic themed episode, but NBC, et al. chose to hold off on airing it until later. I don't know when it was filmed, but it had to have been written before the fall. I want to see it, and I'd like to see some more in-depth, even if it's in flashback, on how the hospital coped.
So, how about you?
