needs now is love", dedicated to first responders, was filmed for the season's penultimate "road to the finals" episode, which featured dionne warwick and the remaining three finalists. live pd (a&e) transitioned to remote production in april 2020 after a pre-scheduled hiatus. it returned with two, hour-long episodes billed as live pd: special edition, which deviated from the program's usual format (which follows patrols by police officers in real-time) by featuring segments highlighting responses to the onset of the pandemic. on june 10, after having been suspended on june 6 in the wake of the george floyd protests the program was canceled by a&e and its producers. the live finale of survivor's 40th season (winners at war) aired as scheduled on cbs, but it was conducted in a remote format with host jeff probst hosting from a small set located in his garage. in february 2021, fiji's ministry of trade and commerce minister faiyaz koya announced that production for the show's 41st season could begin after multiple delays. production for the series resumed in april 2021 with covid protocols in place for the crew, contestants, and people of fiji. one major change the show experienced during its resumption of production was shortening filming to 26 days instead of the usual 39. the production team also decided that the season's winner would be revealed on location during the final tribal council, for the first time since the original season (borneo), as they were unsure of the ability to have a live finale. the vote reveal was then followed by a survivor after show special with the final players and the jury instead of a live reunion. the second season of love island (cbs) was set to premiere on may 21, but production (which had been scheduled to occur in fiji) was suspended indefinitely. on august 5, cbs announced that love island would premiere on august 24, and would be set at the cromwell casino hotel in las vegas. abc's shark tank also elected to film its upcoming season in a larger "bubble" setting in the las vegas area, rather than los angeles. after being delayed from its usual june premiere, the 22nd season of big brother (cbs) – big brother all-stars – premiered on august 5. the format already takes place in an isolated living environment, but the houseguests were tested and quarantined prior to entering the big brother house and tested weekly. live shows were held without a studio audience. new and returning game shows also adopted similar changes, including remote auditions, reduction of on-site staff, no studio audiences, and set modifications for physical distancing or other factors. wheel of fortune introduced handheld, cap-like grips, dubbed "the white thing" by host pat sajak, to grab the pegs of the eponymous wheel without making direct contact with participants. fellow syndicated game show 25 words or less divided its in-studio contestants and celebrities into "pods", with host meredith vieira presenting the show remotely from her home in new york city. cbs's the price is right resumed production in october for its 49th season, with no studio audience, and accommodations made to its set and all of its current pricing games, in order to comply with health and safety protocols. its sister show let's make a deal maintained a smaller audience, which consisted of the episode's contestants, while remote audience members could also participate in the show via videoconferencing. limited audiences returned for price in season 50. fox resumed production of its new music game show i can see your voice in august 2020, after production was suspended with one episode completed. starting with the second episode, the show was taped with only essential personnel and no audience. the fourth season of the masked singer commenced production a few weeks later. among noted production changes were extensions of protocols already used to conceal the identities of the performers, a re-location from television city to red studios hollywood in order to have a larger "bubble", increased use of "virtual reality" effects on-stage, and the use of "quarantining and various camera tricks" to preserve the visible presence of an audience (by using stock footage of audiences from past episodes). the format of the competition was adjusted to reduce the number of times each contestant needed to perform, and live-action "clue packages" were largely substituted for animated shorts to reduce the amount of filming needed. regular panelist ken jeong's experience as a physician and his work with executive producer craig plestis on i can see your voice (which jeong hosted and co-executive produced), were leveraged as part of the production. the 19th season of american idol reworked its preliminary "idol across america" auditions to use a remote format rather than a nationwide tour (which also had the effect of enhancing the accessibility of the auditions process). the show limited its audition tapings to three locations in california (los angeles, ojai, and san diego), with auditioners being flown in from outside of the regions. for the live rounds, the show reintroduced a smaller live audience in a wider studio. as an opportunity for them to perform in person on the american idol stage, 10 contestants from season 18 were invited back for a special episode on april 19, where they competed for a wildcard spot in season 19's top 10. the 16th season of america's got talent filmed its auditions with a limited audience and used stock footage from previous seasons to preserve the visible presence of a full audience filming of the live rounds returned to dolby theatre with a full audience as normal, but with audience members required to be vaccinated and masked. the food network modified two of its guy fieri-hosted series, diners, drive-ins and dives, and guy's grocery games, to use remote formats. in july 2022, jeopardy! announced it would be bringing back studio audiences for the first time in two years. topical programming tlc premiered a spin-off of 90 day fiancé, 90 day fiancé: self-quarantined, on april 20, which follows the impact of the pandemic on series alumni. the series uses self-recorded video and videoconferencing. the network also announced find love live, an interactive dating game show conducted via videoconferencing, as a three-week event series premiering on may 10. in june 2020, tlc renewed find love live for additional episodes set to begin june 22. on may 7, 2020, fox premiered celebrity watch party, a 10-episode u.s. adaptation of the british series gogglebox (where individuals are filmed watching and discussing television programs at their homes). on may 11, food network premiered amy schumer learns to cook, a home-filmed cooking show starring comedian amy schumer and her husband chris fischer. in july 2020, the channel also premiered a spin-off of restaurant: impossible, back in business, featuring host robert irvine revisiting restaurants from past episodes to help them adapt to the impact of the pandemic on restaurants. on may 29, cbs aired the jerry o'connell and rebecca romijn–hosted special haircut night in america, which focused on providing advice for diy hairstyling. on july 13, e! premiered celebrity call center, a series featuring celebrities engaging in remote conversations with members of the general public. in november 2020, tbs ordered a u.s. adaptation of the container cup – a belgian format developed in the wake of lockdowns, where celebrities and athletes compete in sports challenges delivered to their homes inside shipping containers rigged with cameras. talk shows and variety programs on march 10 and 11, a number of talk shows announced they would begin filming without a studio audience, this included both daytime (such as walt disney television's live with kelly and ryan, strahan, sara & keke, the view) and late-night talk shows. beginning march 12, a number of talk shows – including those which had planned before to tape without an audience – announced they would suspend production entirely. both the late show with stephen colbert (cbs) and the tonight show starring jimmy fallon (nbc) already had hiatuses scheduled in late march. the view continued production, but panelist joy behar, and later whoopi goldberg, would begin appearing remotely due to health concerns, and the show modified its set for social distancing on march 17, by replacing the panel's table with what goldberg described as a "big-ass desk". on march 12, the late show, the tonight show, and jimmy kimmel live! (abc, with guest host pete buttigieg) all aired one final studio-based episode with no audience, while late night with seth meyers (nbc) shelved its originally-planned episode after its scheduled guests declined to attend. meyers still filmed that night's "a closer look" segment, which was posted on the show's youtube channel. last week tonight (hbo) filmed one more episode from an alternate, undisclosed location (due to the closure of the cbs broadcast center, its usual studio, for disinfection), with host john oliver announcing that the show would go on hiatus. migration to remote formats in the wake of the suspensions, late-night hosts such as stephen colbert, jimmy fallon, jimmy kimmel, and seth meyers began to produce topical videos for youtube from their homes or other locations, with a focus on monologues and celebrity interviews performed via videoconferencing (while kimmel also experimented with an in-person interview of bill burr by doing it from his car, and taping an ipad to his side window to use as a camera). while primarily distributed on digital platforms such as youtube, from march 16 to 18, cbs aired colbert's segments on television to augment reruns of the late show (replacing the original opening segment of each episode; the dates had originally been scheduled for original episodes before a regularly-scheduled hiatus for the canceled ncaa basketball tournament), while nbc began to similarly air fallon's segments on march 18. the following week, nbc announced that it would continue with, and expand, fallon's "at home edition" format (interspersing new segments with highlights from past episodes), while several other news satire and talk shows, including the daily show (comedy central; billed as the daily social distancing show), full frontal with samantha bee (tbs, billed as the little show in the big woods as it was filmed in bee's backyard), last week tonight, and fellow hbo series real time with bill maher, announced that they would also return to air that week with episodes filmed from their hosts' homes, sometimes with the assistance of family members. the late show announced on march 25 that it would return in a similar format on march 30 (billed as a late show with stephen colbert), while jimmy kimmel live! announced a similar move on march 27 – making it the last of the big three networks' late-night shows to make such a transition. fellow comedy central late-night program lights out with david spade was suspended, and later canceled by the network due to low ratings. the daily show was expanded to 45 minutes beginning april 27 as a partial replacement. a variety of daytime talk shows adopted a similar format, including the ellen degeneres show, the view, and the talk. after a primetime special on march 30, the late late show with james corden returned to the air with a similar format on april 13, with host james corden presenting the program from his garage. nbc's late-night sketch comedy series saturday night live suspended production on march 16, before returning with its own "at-home" episode on april 11, with sketches and music performances recorded or produced remotely from its cast members' and musicians' homes, and hosted by actor and covid-19 patient tom hanks. after becoming the second-highest-rated episode of the season, nbc announced that a second episode with a similar format would air on april 25. an at home season finale aired on may 9, hosted by kristen wiig. the annual pbs independence day special a capitol fourth canceled its live concert in favor of recorded segments (including highlights of past editions in honor of the program's 40th anniversary, and tributes to first responders and african americans), although the live fireworks on capitol hill would still go on and be televised. the macy's 4th of july fireworks spectacular special on nbc similarly relied on recorded performances from various locations (including the grand ole opry and the prairie sun recording studios), and the fireworks themselves were launched from locations in each new york city borough on multiple nights