By Jordan Moreau
05.05.2020 - 22:25 / etonline.com
is the latest scripted series to pivot original plans to wrap up a shortened season affected by the coronavirus shutdown.
NBC's crime thriller was midway through production in New York on the 19th episode when it was forced to stop filming for the season due to the pandemic. Instead of ending the season with the completed 18th episode, producers decided to partially animate episode 19, titled «The Kazanjian Brothers,» creating a hybrid episode with live-action and graphic novel-style animation.
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By Jordan Moreau
Three and a half years ago, when I packed my belongings into four suitcases and moved to London, it meant accepting a certain distance between myself and my family. It was a distance the five of us had already started to understand since one of my two sisters had made her home in Israel.
The Blacklist was renewed for Season 8 back in February, before the coronavirus pandemic shut physical production on Season 7 down early. The people who make The Blacklist scrambled to put together a half-animated finale, which looked crazy but ended the season in a place that set up Season 8. It's impossible to say when the show will return, but here's what we do know about The Blacklist Season 8 so far.
By Will Thorne
Get ready for KCON 24/7!
Two television shows are set to film this summer as mass shutdowns are still in place across America.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo still found a way to make Mother's Day special for his mom, despite social distancing. During his Sunday coronavirus briefing, Cuomo had a conversation with Matilda Cuomo over video and expressed his love for all that she's done for him.
Congratulations to the class of 2020… or something!
After Hollywood production ground to a halt in Toronto in March amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, local restaurateur Fadi Hakim decided not to wait out the summer until A-list talent possibly returned to his popular old-school diner to shoot their Hollywood movies.
Like just about every scripted show on the air this year, New Amsterdam had to adjust its plans for a season finale because of coronavirus. Consequently, we didn't see everything the show had planned, including a pandemic-themed episode set in New York that was shelved after people in the show's crew — including recurring star Daniel Dae Kim — contracted the virus.
By Denise Petski
“The Blacklist” is getting more animated for its Season 7 finale.
“The Blacklist” is the latest scripted series to pivot original plans to wrap up a shortened season affected by the coronavirus shutdown.
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By Will Thorne
“Les Miserables” Tony nominee Judy Kuhn was three weeks away from being eligible for health insurance when rehearsals for her off-Broadway show shut down because of the coronavirus.
Javier Camarena was at his home in Zurich singing an aria from Bellini’s Il Pirata when the screen for the video feed split, and he was joined by Metropolitan Opera music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin in Montreal and general manager Peter Gelb in New York. “Just a second,” the tenor from Mexico said, raising an index finger.He had just finished the slow-moving first section.