Ellen DeGeneres returns to the studio.
DeGeneres, 62, will be back at work next week on the Warner Bros. lot filming her daytime talk show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, without an audience.
According to Variety, the program, which will be produced by WB’s Telepictures Productions, will be back in the studio on Monday with a skeleton staff and crew.
Ellen DeGeneres, 62, will be back at work next week on the Warner Bros. lot to film her daytime talk show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, without an audience.
Telepictures Productions strives to keep the number of employees available to a minimum, with everyone being paid their normal wages as a result of problems the staff had in the first months of the shutdown last year.
The production company silenced the talk show last week during her recovery from the virus, in addition to a spike in her native Los Angeles County, according to Deadline.
The show, which was discontinued a week after its initial return on Jan. 4, has been showing reruns since Dec. 10 after DeGeneres said she tested positive.
“Hi guys, I want to let you all know that I tested positive for Covid-19,” Ellen said on social media. Fortunately, I feel fine now. Anyone who has been in close contact with me has been notified and I am following all correct CDC guidelines. Please stay healthy and safe. Love, Ellen. ‘
The show, which was discontinued a week after returning January 4, has been showing reruns since December 10 after DeGeneres said she tested positive
Ellen got back to work last fall implementing social distance protocols amid the spread of the virus
“ Due to the COVID-19 surge in Los Angeles County and for the continued safety of our staff and crew, The Ellen DeGeneres Show will ramp up production by one week, ” the company said, with January 11 as the current target date to to resume. production on the show.
Ellen, who is married to Portia De Rossi, 47, returned to work last fall, implementing social distance protocols amid the spread of the virus.
The Los Angeles Department of Public Health advised entertainment productions to halt in-person surgeries amid the county local spike.
The seasoned TV personality’s show initially ceased production on December 10 after DeGeneres said she tested positive on social media
While music, TV and film productions are allowed to operate, we strongly urge you to consider taking a break from work for a few weeks during this catastrophic wave of COVID cases. Identify and delay higher-risk activities, and focus on lower-risk work for now, if at all possible, ”the department said, according to FilmLA.
According to Johns Hopkins University, 1,895,925 people have died amid more than 87,952,778 positive diagnoses worldwide since Thursday. The death rate for COVID-19 in the US was 364,735 people, with a total of 21,543,310 positive diagnoses.
In the home state of Ellen, California, officials said 28,045 people have died from the virus amid more than 2.5 million positive tests.