⁍ A live studio audience will return to ‘The Ellen DeGeneres Show’
40 fans will be seated in the audience section alongside 70 virtual attendees.
⁍ The return to live audiences may be happening just in time for the show’s Halloween week.
⁍ Strict pandemic-related health and safety protocols will help ensure that the coronavirus gives no added spooks to guests.
– For the first time in 18 years, Ellen DeGeneres will have a live audience on her show. Variety reports that 40 fans will be seated in the Ellen DeGeneres Show’s audience section alongside 70 virtual audience members when the talk show airs Oct. 28. The move is part of the show’s “pandemic-related health and safety protocols” in order to avoid the spread of the coronavirus, according to the Hollywood Reporter. DeGeneres will be decked out in a Halloween costume for the Oct. 30 episode, which has been known to include spoofs of the likes of Sia, the Kardashians, and Snooki. Other Halloween traditions will also be featured throughout Halloween week, including clips of executive producer Andy Lassner attempting to work his way through a haunted house.
Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/variety/ellen-show-to-bring-back-live-studio-audiences-with-covid-19-guidelines-in-place-idUSL4N2HJ073