Following Covid Delays, ABC Finally Returns to Live in Front of a Studio Audience

Jennifer Aniston and Kevin Hart will perform classic Diff’rent Strokes and The Facts of Life episodes

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In May 2019, ABC found an unexpected hit with Live in Front of a Studio Audience, in which an all-star cast recreated two episodes of iconic sitcoms produced by Norman Lear. Another successful iteration followed that December, and ABC had plans to turn it into a regular event, setting the third special for May 2020.

Of course, Covid-19 had other plans, and the special was postponed along with pretty much every other event that spring and summer.

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