@veritek YES. YES YES YES. I miss that show (especially the first season) so very much.

Have you ever seen Sports Night? It’s written by Aaron Sorkin and also a show within a show. Lots of similarities and it’s my favorite show of all time. (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend is second.)

I think it depends on how long this goes as to if we’ll see shows about it. Not a lot of longevity if (hopefully) it goes on for only a year. However, they got 7 seasons out of Piper Kerman’s 18-month prison sentence on Orange is the New Black, so hey, anything’s possible!

I can already picture the Rom-Com set in quarantine! A classic misunderstanding happens between 2 love interests right before the city goes on lockdown! He must figure out how to break quarantine to straighten everything out & hilarity ensures. He forges an essential worker pass, gets chased by a cop, saves a grocery store worker from a mask protesting menace, and on & on for 90 mins. He’s finally able to profess his love to her, 6ft apart in the park. The sirens ending quarantine sound just then and they’re able to kiss!

I don’t think that most sit-coms and “regular” shows will resume production anytime soon. It’s just too hard to do things safely in a way that looks good.

There is probably some stuff (reality shows set in households or whatnot) that may be able to work.

I guess a lot depends on how we return to “normal.” If we get some kind of super-awesome vaccine and everyone is back to living their normal lives in a year, it’ll be tempting to just have everything be back to normal. On the other hand, possible that some combination of OK vaccine, therapeutics, fast and reliable testing, and better expertise about avoiding spread allows them to start making TV even while life is still disrupted.

@Fyodor – that would be awesome and I would love to hear all of “American” accents in the background and walk on parts. You’d have California surfer, Texas oilman and non-specific ‘merican accent in the same coffee shop in the middle of nowhere.