'The Ellen DeGeneres Show' will soon resume production with no studio audience: Reports

Ellen DeGeneres Show will soon resume production at Warner Bros. Studios with no studio audience, reported Variety. syndicated talk show did not air any new episodes this week while show was scheduled to resume shooting from January 4, 2021. According to a recent report by online portal, owing to increase in Coronavirus cases in Los Angeles County, show's production was postponed by makers. 

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Ellen Show to resume production from Monday

As per Variety's recent report, after airing no new episodes this week because of health risks in Los Angeles County owing to surging COVID-19 cases, host Ellen DeGeneres has decided to resume production of her popular celebrity talk show from Monday at Warner Bros. Studios with a skeleton crew. report also suggests that makers' goal is to minimize number of staff members that will be needed to work from show's offices at any given time. Studio also confirmed to magazine that all employees of Ellen DeGeneres Show will be paid during latest production schedule. 

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For unversed, in early weeks of on-going COVID-19 pandemic last spring, uncertainty about number of crew members who would be paid and for how long h become a point of contention among staff members. After Ellen DeGeneres h tested positive for COVID-19 back in December, makers reportedly want to take no risks with any crew member's health now and thus, decision of shooting with minimum staff and no studio audience has been taken by m. 

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Meanwhile, apart from Ellen Show,  a number of or daytime talk shows have eir resumed production or have plans to resume filming soon. ABC’s chat show ' View' and CBS’ long-running talk show ' Talk' to name a few have alrey resumed filming remotely. On or hand, just like Ellen, Dr. Phil McGraw plans to resume  filming of his popular chat show from January 11, 2021, at  Paramount Studios in Los Angeles with a live audience on Zoom.

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