10 Shows In 2020 That Have Worked COVID19 Into Their Storylines

10 Shows In 2020 That Have Worked COVID-19 Into Their Storylines

2020 was defined by COVID-19 and that fact didn’t stop shows like This Is Us and Black-ish from incorporating the Coronavirus in one way or another.

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If there is one thing that has stolen the show of 2020 it’s the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. When the pandemic began back in March, the world essentially shut down including production on everyone’s favorite television shows. The shutdown left many showrunners and writers scrambling to figure out what to do with their shows when production started back up again.

And while some shows have chosen to pretend that COVID-19 doesn’t exist, other shows have tackled the pandemic head-on creating specials and episodes dedicated solely to the pandemic. In other cases, shows have chosen to include COVID-19 precautions into its storylines with characters wearing masks when they’re not in their own homes.

10 Black-ish

ABC’s hit sitcom Black-ish tackled the pandemic head-on when the family sitcom returned for its seventh season in the fall. Given the fact that matriarch Dr. Rainbow Johnson works at a hospital, the choice seemed to be a no brainer for the writers.

The season has tackled it all from the rise and fall of praise for front-line workers to dating in the pandemic. One of the most powerful scenes comes in the fourth episode where Rainbow confronts her eldest son for disrespecting all the hard work she’s been doing when he secretly visits his girlfriend despite the stay-at-home order.

9 The Conners

The Conners is another hit family sitcom that welcomed the world of the pandemic into its third season. While the family is regularly shown wearing masks when they are outside of the house, the effects of COVID on them are felt more financially than socially.

Instead of focusing on the medical side of things, The Conners instead showcases the harsh realities many working-class Americans are facing as they are forced to work through a pandemic or, even worse, have to deal with the aftermath of being fired or laid off.

8 The Good Doctor

Set in the hospital world, it was no surprise that the doctors at San Jose St. Bonaventure Hospital would introduce the COVID-19 pandemic into their world. However, unlike other shows, The Good Doctor treated the pandemic as a special creating two episodes centered around it before envisioning a world where the pandemic has been under control.

In the Good Doctor’s two-part season premiere, Dr. Shawn Murphy and the rest of the team must grabble with the harsh realities of this unknown disease. The special follows the team of doctors as they all struggle with their own feelings surrounding the pandemic and the fact that they can’t save all their patients.

7 Grey’s Anatomy

The Doctors at Seattle Grace have seen a lot of heartbreaking tragedies over the years but nothing could have prepared them for the COVID-19 pandemic. Of course, Grey’s Anatomy tackled the pandemic in its own uniquely melodramatic way.

Not only were the team of doctors swamped with cases, but the season 17 premiere also revealed that Meredith had also contracted the virus leaving her hospitalized as her coworkers debated how to properly treat her. Adding to the drama was the fact that Meredith, in her medicated state, had a vision of the late Derek Shepherd.

6 Love In The Time Of Corona

While most writers were thinking of ways to include the pandemic into their existing stories, Joanna Johnson was busying think of how to create an entire miniseries centered around the pandemic. Thus, the Freeform miniseries Love in the Time of Corona was born.

The miniseries is unique because it followed an ensemble cast of fictionalized individuals whose actors were actually quarantining together in real life. The series follows three different groups as they navigate life and love in the “new normal.” While these stories seemed to be disjointed from one another, it’s revealed in the end that each one of these characters is intertwined with each other in some way.

5 Shameless

Shameless was gearing up for an epic final season when the pandemic hit forcing the show to shut down production and ultimately led its team of writers to head back to the writer’s room to figure out what to do.

Ultimately, the writers decided to incorporate the pandemic into the final season which has just begun to air. Much like The Conners, Shameless has chosen to focus on how the pandemic has affected the working class which has led Frank Gallagher to start dealing drugs for extra money.

4 South Park

With a history of using satire to tackle a myriad of topics, it was no surprise that South Park wanted to create an episode centered around the COVID-19 pandemic. The special aired in September and managed to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic, police brutality, protests, education, and several other topics the United States has been dealing with in one hour.

In the special, the kids are forced to return to school despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Armed with PPE and social distancing practices, the kids are encouraged to return to school where they will now be taught by the defunct police force since teachers refuse to come back.

3 Station 19

With one Shonda Rhimes drama series tackling COVID-19 it only seemed fit that the Grey’s Anatomy spin-off Station 19 followed suit. The drama series kicked off its fourth season ready to tackle the pandemic head-on for the remainder of its season.

Station 19’s view of the pandemic is a bit different though since the series centers on a team of firefighters. While the first responders might not be dealing with cases in hospitals, they are dealing with cases daily. In addition, the first responders’ personal lives have been upended thanks to the pandemic.

2 Superstore

Perhaps the most entertaining portrayal of the COVID-19 pandemic on television comes from the NBC workplace sitcom Superstore. The beloved series kicked off its sixth season with a pandemic centered episode where the Cloud 9 employees are praised for being “heroes” by their corporate bosses who have failed to provide proper PPE. As if working through the pandemic isn’t hard enough, the team is also dealing with rude customers and the reality that their manager Amy is gearing up to move.

While Superstore does showcase the COVID-19 pandemic through the eyes of front-line workers, it did drop the ball in a few places especially when it came to proper mask-wearing. While the team regularly wears masks on the floor, they are often seen without their masks on when they’re not around customers.

1 This Is Us

The team behind NBC’s hit drama series This Is Us is known for their tight writing and detailed character arcs so many fans were surprised to see how easily the writers were able to weave the pandemic into the current timeline.

The season five premiere picked up right where season four left off but still managed to introduce the pandemic without affecting its previous story. While COVID isn’t a major factor in the series, it has complicated the Pearson Family’s lives in different ways.

Link Source : https://screenrant.com/covid-19-tv-storylines-2020/

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