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Re: [FunBBGroup] Big Brother’ Begins Production Prep, Waiting For Unions & Guilds To Sign Off Before Filming Can Start

by Crime Time Tamil on July 05, 2020

50-50 Carrie . We shall see . Been nice if California was doing better with COVID-19!

I hope we have a season .

It is like the NFL is confident they will have a season . But really if some team had 12 to 14 cases at once , they may have to shut down !

We are in unknown territory.

Jeff

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On Jul 4, 2020, at 7:48 PM, Natalieav2@aol.com [FunBBGroup] <FunBBGroup@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Yea, i'm iffy about it too. Lots of rumors and things out there...one was saying it was supposed to start July 22nd. I just don't see it happening because of how bad California has gotten. Maybe they were planning for it when things looked better in California but now I'm pretty sure they will put it off if not cancel all together which makes me sad. They probably would not have too much trouble with the houseguests as they can sequester/quarantine them for a longer period than usual and then once they are in the house they all would be safe and then not have any audience at the live shows but it's having all the crew/behind the scenes people that would have to be close together which would be a problem...the builders of HOH/PoV sets, the camera people etc. I'm just not sure they want to risk it.

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From: Carrie Courter carriecourter@gmail.com [FunBBGroup] <FunBBGroup@yahoogroups.com>
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Subject: Re: [FunBBGroup] Big Brother' Begins Production Prep, Waiting For Unions & Guilds To Sign Off Before Filming Can Start

Well, they have to get it signed off by the union(s), so I'm thinking if they have a good protocol in place to protect the employees, it should be fine. I'm sure everyone will be wearing masks. Not the HGs, but the behind the scenes people. That seems to be key, wearing masks, which far too many aren'[t doing, sadly.

Carrie Courter

On Sat, Jul 4, 2020 at 5:53 PM Jeff Nelson JEFFNC1@GMAIL.COM [FunBBGroup] <FunBBGroup@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

With COVID-19 make a big resurgence around the country , California is one of the states It has gotten worse , I am thinking it may not happen . A jazz artist I follow was going to have an in home concert with two other jazz artists altogether , (they all are in California) and they decided not to do it together with the resurgence!
I remains 50-50 at best .

Jeff

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On Jul 3, 2020, at 7:16 PM, Carrie Courter carriecourter@gmail.com [FunBBGroup] <FunBBGroup@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

The Big Brother house is under construction, offering a greenshoot of hope to fans that the CBS reality series will air this summer.

Deadline understands that preliminary production prep has begun on the show's set at CBS' Radford lot in Los Angeles. The production team has received approval to start preparation, meaning that there's a chance that the 22nd season of the John De Mol creation will air this summer.

However, it is still early days for the show's return as producers still need to receive union and guild approval to sign off on principal photography and filming. There is also no word yet on casting.

The teams that have begun work are, as you'd expect, following strict health and safety protocols with crew being tested for COVID-19 and continuing to be tested regularly. They are wearing PPE equipment and observing social distancing as they go about construction.

The show, which is produced by Fly on the Wall Entertainment in association with Endemol Shine North America, itself should be relatively COVID-proof given that it follows a group of people living together in a house outfitted with 94 HD cameras and more than 113 microphones, recording their every move 24 hours a day. The trick now is to ensure that the crew can also safely go back to work.

CBS Entertainment President Kelly Kahl told Deadline last month that he was optimistic that Big Brother, and Love Island, would air this summer. "We still hope to have [these shows] on the air this summer, it could be a little later than usual but we're still optimistic about getting those on," he said. "Those shows turn around pretty quickly, Big Brother has live shows every week and… those shows do not have long post processes."

Big Brother has traditionally begun airing at the end of June. The show, which is hosted by Julie Chen, is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, having launched on July 5, 2000, making it the second longest-running adaptation of the Dutch format following the Spanish version.

This comes as a number of non-scripted entertainment formats begin to take similar steps to ensure a safe return to production. NBC's America's Got Talent became the first major broadcast network show to film at the end of last month, filming on a large outdoor set in the Simi Valley for its upcoming Judge Cuts episode. Production on the upcoming season of The Bachelorette is still hoping to get underway later this month with ABC programming boss Karey Burke telling Deadline that producers had put together a "thoughtful" production plan to get the dating show, with Clare Crawley, safely underway in time for its fall schedule.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/big-brother-begins-production-prep-000447635.html

Carrie Courter