Ellen DeGeneres returns to the studio.
DeGeneres, 62, will return to work on Warner Bros. next week. for filming her daytime show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, without an audience at hand.
According to Variety, the program, which is produced by Telepictures Productions at WB, will return to the studio on Monday with staff and a skeleton crew.
Ellen DeGeneres, 62, will return to work next week on Warner Bros. for filming her daytime show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, without the audience at hand.
Telepictures Productions aims to keep the number of employees available to a minimum, with everyone receiving their normal salary due to the problems that staff had last year in the first months of closure.
The production company held a talk show last week about the hiatus amid its recovery from the virus, in addition to a peak in Los Angeles County, according to Deadline.
The show, which was stopped a week after the initial comeback on Jan. 4, showed reruns from Dec. 10 after DeGeneres said it yielded positive results.
“Hello everyone, I want to let you all know that I gave positive results at Covid-19,” Ellen said on social media. “It simply came to our notice then. Anyone who has been in close contact with me has been notified and I am following all appropriate CDC guidelines. Please stay healthy and safe. Love, Ellen.
The show, which was shut down a week after returning on Jan. 4, resumed on Dec. 10 after DeGeneres said it gave positive results
Ellen returned to work last fall implementing remote social protocols amid the spread of the virus
“Due to the growth of COVID-19 in Los Angeles County and the continued safety of our staff and crew, the Ellen DeGeneres show will push production by a week,” the company said, with January 11 being the current target date for resumption of production.
Ellen, who is married to 47-year-old Portia De Rossi, returned to work last fall implementing remote social protocols amid the spread of the virus.
The Los Angeles Department of Public Health has advised entertainment productions to cease operations in person amid local growth in the county.
The TV personality show initially stopped production on December 10 after DeGeneres said it gave positive results on social media.
“Although music, TV and film productions are allowed to operate, please consider stopping work for a few weeks during this catastrophic increase in COVID cases. Identify and delay higher-risk activities and focus on lower-risk work for the time being, if possible, ”the department said, according to FilmLA.
As of Thursday, globally, 1,895,925 people have died amid more than 87,952,778 positive diagnoses worldwide, according to Johns Hopkins University. The total number of deaths from COVID-19 in the United States was 364,735, with a total of 21,543,310 positive diagnoses.
In Ellen’s home state of California, officials said more than 28,045 people had died from the virus amid more than 2.5 million positive tests.