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The NewsWorthy

Special Edition: Coronavirus Changing Movies & TV

The NewsWorthy

Erica Mandy

News, Daily News, Society & Culture

4.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2020

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Today we're getting a look behind-the-scenes of Hollywood as the entertainment industry tries to adapt to the pandemic. You'll hear about the impact to movies and TV (both on and off screen).

First we're talking about movies, the box office, and whether movie theaters will survive this, and then we'll discuss TV production, from what it's like to work on-set to how TV scripts are changing.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Today is Saturday, September 19th.

0:02.0

Welcome to our weekend episode of the newsworthy

0:04.1

called Special Edition Saturday.

0:05.9

Today we're getting a look behind the scenes of Hollywood

0:08.4

as the entertainment industry tries to adapt to the pandemic.

0:11.5

You'll hear about the impact to movies and TV both on and off

0:14.8

screen. First we're talking about movies, the box office, and whether movie theaters will

0:19.0

survive this. Jeff Bach is a senior media analyst at exhibitor relations in Los Angeles.

0:24.0

The company is an established leader in the field of entertainment research and data,

0:27.6

and Jeff has been widely quoted about theater trends and the film industry over the last decade.

0:32.1

Second, we'll discuss TV and more of the production side,

0:35.4

from what it's like to work on a set right now

0:37.1

to how TV scripts are changing.

0:39.1

You'll hear from Jennifer Smith,

0:40.4

who is the co-executive producer

0:41.8

of an upcoming new TV show in production now.

0:44.6

So here are my conversations about how COVID-19 is changing Hollywood now and maybe forever.

0:49.0

Welcome, welcome!

0:52.0

To The Newsworthy Special Edition Saturday when we sit down with a different

0:55.4

expert or celebrity every Saturday to talk about something in the news.

0:58.7

Don't forget to tune in every Monday through Friday for our regular episodes when we provide all the days news in just 10 minutes.

1:04.8

It's fast, fair, fun, and on the go.

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