7 minutes ago, te. said:

 

The thing is that they don't have to use it as a plot device per se, but more of an explanation of why they're distanced in scenes. Just acknowledge the real world for a bit, but don't have any characters get ill from it kind-of-thing.

 

That wouldn't work. Why would a couple in a relationship keep their distance? Or family? The only people I've interacted with without a mask on is my family over the past few months.

What a mess..

https://soapdirt.com/bold-and-the-beautiful-leak-3-hot-scenes-new-episodes-3-husbands-standing-in/?fbclid=IwAR3reeQwKSk9IJ9rKNLLJAp8ZbOpZCdOt0z6dEcD_79JJTG6gXgwRgpNM98

They could just not do love scenes for awhile.

Edited July 9, 20205 yr by Dylan

https://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/yr-back-to-work-next-week/

On 7/8/2020 at 3:42 PM, Soapsuds said:

What a mess..

https://soapdirt.com/bold-and-the-beautiful-leak-3-hot-scenes-new-episodes-3-husbands-standing-in/?fbclid=IwAR3reeQwKSk9IJ9rKNLLJAp8ZbOpZCdOt0z6dEcD_79JJTG6gXgwRgpNM98

 

How does this work with the unions? How exactly do real life significant others get paid if they are not part of SAG/AFTRA? 

On 7/8/2020 at 3:58 PM, Soaplovers said:

They could just not do love scenes for awhile.

There's a novel concept. Or a scene could just end with a couple entering the bedroom and fade to commercial.

Edited July 11, 20205 yr by amybrickwallace

If it gets too obvious, maybe they could have an announcer intone: "Due to COVID-19 social distancing requirements, the part of ----------- in this scene will be played by ------------" 🤣

Edited July 11, 20205 yr by Dion

1 hour ago, amybrickwallace said:

There's a novel concept. Or a scene could just end with a couple entering the bedroom and fade to commercial.

 

It's funny because I've been watching Peyton Place a lot lately and there's rarely any love scenes on that show and it just ends up working better than the soaps of today. There's really not any reason to make all this effort to have love scenes, especially for a show like B&B which is 19 minutes anyway. A lot of the time love scenes just end up feeling like filler anyway. Just focus on, I don't know, character drama for a while?

 

In all honesty, these people should really just sit down and watch some old school soap episodes from the 1960s/1970s.

4 hours ago, te. said:

 

It's funny because I've been watching Peyton Place a lot lately and there's rarely any love scenes on that show and it just ends up working better than the soaps of today. There's really not any reason to make all this effort to have love scenes, especially for a show like B&B which is 19 minutes anyway. A lot of the time love scenes just end up feeling like filler anyway. Just focus on, I don't know, character drama for a while?

 

In all honesty, these people should really just sit down and watch some old school soap episodes from the 1960s/1970s.

 

I think there's a lot to be said for leaving some things to the imagination.

B&B to air new episodes on July 20th

https://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/bb-back-with-original-episodes-july-20/?fbclid=IwAR1a559e0pKY4mkXbLsyS9ZShQRUS09I3-cmN1NJQl4O6WEOdrRbGXck-j4

46 minutes ago, Soapsuds said:

B&B to air new episodes on July 20th

https://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/bb-back-with-original-episodes-july-20/?fbclid=IwAR1a559e0pKY4mkXbLsyS9ZShQRUS09I3-cmN1NJQl4O6WEOdrRbGXck-j4

It just seems wayyyy too soon...

34 minutes ago, YRfan23 said:

It just seems wayyyy too soon...

I haven't been tracking ratings since the classics starting airing, but I assume ratings are down. CBS is probably desperate to get new content on air to shore things up.

Just now, yrfan1983 said:

I haven't been tracking ratings since the classics starting airing, but I assume ratings are down. CBS is probably desperate to get new content on air to shore things up.

I would be curious to see what ratings will look like for BB next week. I wonder if CBS is running any ads during their daytime and primetime schedules to let viewers know they're returning to new episodes or doing some sort of promo. 

I would think given how things are changing day to day...have at least a month or so of filming done before dropping new episodes..to be on the safe side 

4 minutes ago, GLATWT88 said:

I would be curious to see what ratings will look like for BB next week. I wonder if CBS is running any ads during their daytime and primetime schedules to let viewers know they're returning to new episodes or doing some sort of promo. 

In Mexico telenovelas returned about a month ago and it's #1 soap has reached new highs in 5 million viewers. Here in the USA the telenovelas are reaching a little over 2 million viewers which is up from before the pandemic started. The telenovelas on Unvision are seeing a resurgence.