Streaming & OTT

TV Series Test New Formats During Covid-19 Production Shutdowns

From animation to remotely filmed programs, networks experiment during pandemic

a cartoon latino family sitting on a blue couch in a living room
One Day at a Time chose to animate a special episode when the pandemic hit and shut down TV productions. Courtesy of Pop TV

By Kelsey Sutton

June 14, 2020

It took about a week in quarantine for One Day at a Time co-showrunner Gloria Calderón Kellett to begin thinking about how to bring her program back.

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This story first appeared in the June 15, 2020, issue of Adweek magazine. Click here to subscribe.
Kelsey Sutton
@kelseymsutton kelsey.sutton@adweek.com Kelsey Sutton is the streaming editor at Adweek, where she covers the business of streaming television.
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