Coronavirus - Impact on live/recorded shows

So important in fact that Desperate Dan artist Dudley Watkins was exempted from the draft. It was so important for morale that they declared him to be in a reserved occupation. Not unlike the key workers we're hearing about now.

Hopefully the split screen there isn't quite what makes it to air.

I'm waiting for everyone throwing up a green sheet behind them then some CSO whizzkid making it look like they're all in the same studio.

Why the need for him to do the show from Blackpool?

Funny the things you only notice after making clips of longer videos - the picture quality on his satellite feed is noticeably sharper at the end of the clip than at the start.

Not something we see here really but just wondering if the entertainment shows in the US like Entertainment Tonight and Access Hollywood are still airing considering like sport the entertainment industry has now virtually shut.

Also guessing the likes of Hallmark and Lifetime won't be having dozens of new Christmas movies this year. However rumours are they've been preparing for this sort of outage for years by ensuring all their movies have exactly the same plot, so nobody will notice.

Know Entertainment Tonight is still airing - they just have the presenters/correspondents doing links from their homes & relying more on archive content + lookbacks

Surprised no mention of Have I Got News For You... very strange show tonight. Reminded me a little of the first series of Scratchy & Co.

Wasn’t as bad as I’d feared.

Despite my protestations it was mostly alright, with the exception of that awful silence after someone makes a joke and nobody laughs.

It was OK. Certainly I've enjoyed other episodes that Steph has presented before. Would be interesting to see Victoria Coren-Mitchell. She's always strong in the presenter chair.

It needs a virtual audience and the ability to record their laughter and include.

It was very strange and I enjoyed it but I think the lack of audience hampered it more than the fact it was done over Skype.