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When scripted television finally returns with new episodes, how do you think they will handle the coronavirus?
Will they faithfully depict the mask-wearing, social distancing world as it now is, or some fantasy world where it never happened?
I imagine that the more realistically inclined like the Law & Order franchise will try to be accurate. What will those episodes look like in future reruns when all this is over?
The closest parallels I can think of are the shows that referenced the LA riots and later 9/11 but those were finite events that didn't always affect the show's characters, often making them seem tokenistic. If they choose to incorporate the virus, they will have to maintain it as long as it exists in real life. Would that distract from other stories they might want to tell?
Will they faithfully depict the mask-wearing, social distancing world as it now is, or some fantasy world where it never happened?
I imagine that the more realistically inclined like the Law & Order franchise will try to be accurate. What will those episodes look like in future reruns when all this is over?
The closest parallels I can think of are the shows that referenced the LA riots and later 9/11 but those were finite events that didn't always affect the show's characters, often making them seem tokenistic. If they choose to incorporate the virus, they will have to maintain it as long as it exists in real life. Would that distract from other stories they might want to tell?