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‘The View’s’ Sunny Hostin & Ana Navarro Test Positive for COVID-19; Asked to Leave Studio Ahead Of V.P. Kamala Harris Interview
This morning on The View, an awkward situation arose, when while on the air, co-hosts, Sunny Hostin and Ana Navarro, where asked to leave the panel desk and exit the studio.
All of this happened before a live interview was scheduled to happen with Vice President Kamala Harris. It was revealed that Hostin and Navarro tested positive for Covid-19, and were ‘breakthrough” cases since they had been previously vaccinated.
Host, Joy Behar delivered the news to the audience at home so they knew what was going on with the bizarre moment playing out on live TV, sharing, “Ana and Sunny, at the last minute we realized they have tested positive for COVID so they have been taken off of the show.”
Harris, who had planned to join the ladies at the table, instead was going to be interviewed remotely from a different place in the ABC TV studio in New York, while Joy Behar and Sara Haines remained on the set.
As for Kamala Harris, Behar added: “It’s very important we keep her healthy and safe. The Secret Service is doing things to make her feel safe.”
While the delay was announced, Behar and Haines took questions from the in-studio audience.
Watch Behar below explain what was going on.
Then let us know, how do you feel The View handled the situation? Comment below.
BREAKING: Sunny and Ana have been asked to leave the ABC studio because they tested positive for COVID.#TheView pic.twitter.com/DMIYrjHjid
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BREAKING: Fully-vaccinated Sunny Hostin and Ana Navarro have tested positive for COVID
Delta is EVERYWHERE and is evading the vaccine. Be safe and careful everyone!
I wish both ladies a quick and healthy recovery
But aside from that Sunny really needs a rest. Man, has she been cranky and a negative nellie constantly lately. I noticed as far as the new seasons concerned we really need a republican on the panel to balance the rest of the ladies especially Sunny. Geez. Hope she returns less shrill and grouchy. Love Ana though. I still think Jed she be brought back. Like Ana shes very clear and less emotional than say Sunny and Meagan. Its fine for most part but can be tiring when its all doom and gloom
I think Jed should be brought back, too! She is calm, clear headed and articulate – something that show could use more of…..
I have yet to see today’s episode of The View. I will watch it when it is released on Hulu in a few hours. According to a clip I saw on Twitter, the show acted urgently by removing Sunny and Ana off-set immediately prior to Vice President Kamala Harris joining the ladies at the Table. Thankfully, the interview with VP Harris was done remotely at ABC Studios. We have to protect everyone and especially our Madam VP. Can you imagine if they did the interview at the Table with just Joy and Sara and, what if, the Table had not been wiped down and sanitised? Thankfully, again, they conducted the interview remotely.
I feel awful for Sunny and Ana, even though both are vaccinated, I wish them both a speedy recovery. With Whoopi out due to her sciatica and Joy recently had the sniffles, the show may have to return to filming from home for a few weeks. They’ve got to make sure Joy and Sara, the producers, and all crew and all the players that help create the show daily, and make sure everyone is tested and retested. I don’t know how they can return to studio on Monday with Whoopi, Joy and Sara… is it safe for the rest of the crew, producers, hair and make-up team, etc… to return to in-studio after what transpired this morning? I bet ABC is sorting this out. I look forward to watching the entire episode in a few hours on Hulu. From the clip, I watched, Sara looked nervous and scared, though I have yet to see the entire segment.
Thank goodness, VP Harris was not brought on to set and the interview was handled accordingly to protect her safety and others. Wishing Sunny and Ana well and the entire team at The View.
These vaccines seem to be wearing off.
Totally fake! Done for ratings and whatever other political reason. We are to believe they JUST found out and it took everyone surprise at the last minute? Please! Desperate for viewers much?
If they did just find out, there should be some accountability (heads rolling). The safety measures taken were lax, especially where the second most powerful person in the leadership of our country is concerned!
Joy and Sara carried on with such ease. The humor was too notch! It reminded me of Carol Burnett Show.
The ladies should do a one variety show. They all the humor so well.
Oops.. I should proofread… “The ladies should do a comedy/ variety show for an episode. They all do humor and comedy so well.”
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George Cheeks, CBS President & CEO, on Timeline to Launch New Daytime Drama, ‘The Gates’: “We’re So Focused on Getting it Right”
March 2024 will be remembered in the TV and soap world when the news broke that CBS is prepping a brand new daytime drama. Many had thought a major network would never bring a new daytime soap into the world, given that the last time it was attempted was 25 years ago when the now defunct Passions bowed on NBC.
However, The Gates is definitely in development and moving forward with some major players associated with it including: Michele Val Jean as The Gates writer, showrunner and one of its executive producers, and Sheila Ducksworth from NAACP Venture
Now, for the first time since its announcement, George Cheeks, the president and CEO of CBS and chief content officer for news and sports at Paramount+, spoke on the project that will feature a Black family as its central focus who live in a wealthy gated community.
Speaking with Vulture, and when asked if The Gates is really something that truly has a chance of getting on the air, Cheeks clarified, “It’s super real. And just to give you a little bit of the backstory, when we hired Sheila Ducksworth to run the NAACP Venture, she and I had multiple meetings talking about what different genres she was going to lean into, and we talked a lot about daytime.”
Cheeks added, “One of the things that the data made very clear to both of us is that daytime soap operas over index with Black women, and yet when you look at soap operas, it’s usually sort of a white-led family with supporting characters that reflect more of our society. So we just thought, wouldn’t it be interesting to flip that and make the core anchor family a Black family, and then make the other characters reflect more the broader scope of society?”
The CEO gave props to Michele Val Jean, and how Ducksworth came to the table with the former B&B and GH writer. “She found this great writer, Michele Val Jean, who’s been in the soap opera space for 30 years. She came up with a pitch, and we loved it,” shares Cheeks. “We brought Procter & Gamble into it as well, because if there were going to be (product) integrations, we could do it more holistically and organically. All of that is to say, we did a lot of work on the front end to put this together. So while yes, it’s development, it’s accelerated development.”
When prodded on the timeline of when The Gates could come to full fruition, Gates related, “The actual timeline and when we’re going to do it is still uncertain, because we want to get this right. I mean, there hasn’t been a new soap opera launch since I can’t even begin to tell you when. But we have great success with Bold and the Beautiful and Young and the Restless, and so we think we’re the right folks to be launching a new soap. I wish I could tell you more about exact timing, but we’re so focused on getting it right, and that will dictate when we’re ready to launch it.”
The CBS exec also shared that whether The Gates will wind up an hour soap or half-hour is not yet determined, but that it is being developed as an hour show.
So, after reading what George Cheeks, the CBS President & CEO had to say about ‘The Gates’, are you even more excited for what looks to the first new network soap in 25 years? Comment below.
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51st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards Announce Broadcast Date on CBS
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) revealed on Tuesday, that the 51st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards will be broadcast live on Friday night, June 7th (8 – 10 PM, ET/delayed PT) on the CBS Television Network, and available to stream live and on-demand on Paramount+*.
This year will mark the 18th time CBS has broadcast the Daytime Emmy Awards, which is more than any other network.
The 2024 Daytime Emmys will take place at the Westin Bonaventure in downtown Los Angeles. Back in December of 2023, the delayed 50th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards were also held at that venue. The June 7th date for the upcoming ceremony will be the first time in several years that the event is scheduled a few weeks earlier than normal; excluding last year’s revised date to the actors and writers strikes.
Lifetime Achievement honoree, nominations, host, and additional information will be announced in the coming weeks.
In a statement, Adam Sharp, President and CEO of NATAS noted, “We eagerly anticipate our return in June as we once again partner with CBS to recognize the exceptional and talented individuals who make daytime television great. We’re thrilled to kick off our second half-century of the Daytime Emmys.”
The Daytime Emmy Awards have recognized outstanding achievement in television programming and crafts since 1974, honoring work in a variety of categories, including daytime dramas, talk shows, instructional programming, hosting, culinary, and legal/courtroom programs. In 2021, NATAS and the Television Academy jointly announced plans to realign the Daytime and Primetime Emmy Awards to be organized by content genre, as opposed to program airtime.
The 51st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards will once again be produced by NATAS and Associated Television International (ATI), which produced Daytime Emmy Award ceremonies on The CW in 2009 and on CBS in 2010, 2011, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023. Adam Sharp and Lisa Armstrong are executive producers from NATAS, while David McKenzie is executive producer from ATI.
So, glad to know that the 51st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards honoring performance and shows in the 2023 calendar year, will be held in early June this year, and once again broadcast on CBS? Comment below.
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