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How Tyler Perry Managed To Shoot The First Scripted TV Show, Post COVID · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood Seacrest. Tyler Perry has the distinction of
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Speaker 1: producing the very first TV show on US soil to
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Speaker 1: begin and finish shooting a season after the COVID pandemic
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Speaker 1: Strock with season two of Sisters. Having recently rep production
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Speaker 1: at his studios in Atlanta, he did about implementing strict
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Speaker 1: safety protocols. Tyler had the benefit of personally owning his
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Speaker 1: large production center, where all three hundred cast, crew and
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Speaker 1: extras were locked down in a quarantine bubble on site,
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Speaker 1: and while the production was a success, Tyler does admit
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Speaker 1: it was incredibly intense and stressful. He tells Deadline. My
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Speaker 1: biggest concern with several crew members with pre existing conditions.
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Speaker 1: I asked them personally to sit this one out, but
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Speaker 1: they wanted to work. They needed to work, so I
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Speaker 1: had to make sure they were safe and the actors
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Speaker 1: who did not wear masks or safe because masks one
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Speaker 1: helped cut down on the spread. We were shooting an
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Speaker 1: enormous amount of pages a day, but it was fine
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Speaker 1: and completely flowed. Tyler was already back to work on
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Speaker 1: other productions and says they can do more shows like
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Speaker 1: this as long as needed. Season to assist as b
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Speaker 1: et this fault that's direct from Hollywood.