'Riverdale,' 'The View': TV shows affected by coronavirus threat - Los Angeles Times

As the World Health Organization characterized the outbreak of COVID-19 caused by the coronavirus as a pandemic on Wednesday, TV shows in a variety of genres were taking steps to protect talent, crew and studio audiences from exposure. The Democratic National Committee announced Tuesday that the next Democratic debate between Sen. Bernie Sanders and former Vice President Joe Biden will also proceed without a live audience.

From daytime talk shows with “ghost audiences” to a production halt on the travel-heavy reality competition “The Amazing Race,” keep tabs on how the coronavirus is changing TV production with our at-a-glance guide.

Reality shows

• Network CBS and the producers announced on Feb. 28 that filming on the 33rd season of world-travel competition series “The Amazing Race” had been halted and contestants and staff sent home over concerns about the threat of the coronavirus. No restart date for the production has been set. In addition, production on the next season of fellow CBS reality series “Survivor,” scheduled to begin later this month, has reportedly been postponed until at least May in light of the coronavirus outbreak.

• Audience members for live tapings of “The Bachelor’s” “After the Final Rose” reunion show on Monday and Tuesday were reportedly required to sign a form confirming that they had not recently traveled to the site of a Level 3 outbreak as defined by the Centers for Disease Control; exhibited any symptoms of COVID-19; or been in close contact with someone exhibiting symptoms.

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Game and talk shows

• The hit game shows “Jeopardy!” and “Wheel of Forune” will suspend tapings in front of live audiences for a time as a precaution related to the coronavirus, The Times confirmed Tuesday. Sources close to the shows, which tape at Sony’s Culver City lot, said the move was partly undertaken to protect “Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek, who is battling Stage 4 pancreatic cancer. Trebek, 79, is currently undergoing chemotherapy treatment. “Wheel of Fortune” stalwarts Pat Sajak and Vanna White are 73 and 63, respectively. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have warned that older people are more vulnerable to complications from COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus.

• Popular ABC daytime talk show “The View” began taping without a live audience Wednesday, drawing comments on social media and from co-host Elisabeth hasselbeck: “The echo is real.” Other daytime programs to forgo their usual live audiences include “Good Morning America,” “Live With Kelly & Ryan,” “The Tamron Hall Show” and “The Wendy Williams Show.”

• Syndicated talk show “Dr. Phil” has indefinitely suspended its live-audience tapings on the paramount lot in Hollywood, which usually draw 300 audience members Monday through Wednesday. “The health of our audience members, staff and crew are the priority,” executive producer Carla Pennington said in a statement. Fellow CBS Television Distribution program “Rachael Ray” taped Wednesday without an audience before going on a previously scheduled week-and-a-half hiatus, according to a source with knowledge of the decision.

Late-night shows

• In a coordinated move announced Wednesday, the following late-night shows produced out of New York City announced they would soon begin taping without live, in-studio audiences out of concerns over the spread of the coronavirus: “Full Frontal With Samantha Bee” (TBS); “Last Week Tonight With John Oliver” (HBO); “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” (CBS); “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” (NBC); “Late Night With Seth Meyers” (NBC) and “The Daily Show” (Comedy Central). Bravo’s “Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen” will also cease taping before a live audience until further notice, according to a separate statement from a network spokesperson.

Scripted series

• “One Day at a Time,” which is produced by Sony, will tape without a studio audience until further notice, according to a source close to production. The edict went into effect on Tuesday, following the lead of fellow Sony productions “Jeopardy” and “Wheel of Fortune.” After being canceled by Netflix last year, the Cuban American reboot of the classic sitcom is slated to premiere on its new network, Pop TV, on March 24.

• In a statement, Warner Bros., which produces the CBS sitcom “Mom,” said it is asking guests to confirm that neither they nor any member of their household have traveled within the past three weeks to or through a “Level 3" location as defined by the CDC. other affected WB shows include NBC’s singing competition “The Voice” and daytime talk shows “Ellen” and “The Real.”

• On Wednesday, Warner Bros. Television announced the suspension of production on The CW’s “Riverdale” in Vancouver “out of an abundance of caution” after a team member on the series came into contact with a person who tested positive for COVID-19. The team member in question is currently receiving medical evaluation, according to Warner Bros.

Times staff writers Meredith Blake, Greg Braxton, Christie D’Zurilla and Yvonne Villarreal contributed to this report.

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