It’s unsurprising thatmany TV shows about essential workerswill tackle the COVID-19 pandemic in their upcoming seasons.
But what about other shows?
Will creators want to integrate the pandemic to reflect reality, or prefer to give viewers an escape?

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Here’s how some of your favorite shows will address the pandemic when they return.
That being said, they havent ruled out the possibility onThe Good Fightyet.
“For me, it all came down to masks,” saysManifestexecutive producer Jeff Rake.

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We werejustsort of gearing up, OC Housewife Shannon Beador tells EW.
I would document the goodandthe bad, she says with a laugh.
I dont know what youre going to see, but I wanted to be authentic.

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Its [a season] unlike any other, she promises.
Never say these Housewives dont keep it Real.
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