ITV Goes Ahead with ‘Saturday Night Takeaway’ Studio Audience Amid Coronavirus Outbreak (EXCLUSIVE)
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variety.comU.K. broadcaster ITV is moving ahead with plans to shoot “Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway” with a live studio audience, despite the country’s accelerating outbreak.
The decision follows a day of emergency meetings by ITV bosses, who have been weighing options — including shooting without an audience — for Saturday night’s live taping of the variety show, which hosts more than 200 guests and is understood to be fully booked.
The decision comes despite the broadcaster having sent a memo Friday asking in-house producers to re-engineer studio shows going forward to account for no audiences.
An ITV spokesperson told Variety: “Our priority is the well-being and safety of all our people and everyone who works with us on our shows and across
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