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'The Simpsons,' for example, is doing virtual table reads. Other animated projects are also finding new ways to keep the show going on schedule amid the coronavirus pandemic that has much of the industry on pause.

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00:00Hey kid, I'm sad too.

00:05While most TV productions remain shut down amid the global coronavirus pandemic,

00:09new episodes of animated series like The Simpsons are on the way.

00:13Shows including The Simpsons, Bob's Burgers, and Duncanville are still in production

00:17and finding creative ways to pump out new episodes from their respective homes.

00:21Buckle up!

00:21No, wait.

00:22Don't buckle up.

00:24For example, all of the animated shows produced by Disney-owned 20th Century Fox TV,

00:28including The Simpsons, Family Guy, Bob's Burgers, and Duncanville,

00:32among others, are using a program called Toon Boom in order to work on shared storyboards.

00:37These shows are also finding their own ways to record voice actors remotely

00:40and testing different microphones to ensure a high level of quality.

00:44Hi!

00:45We're open!

00:46It looks worse than it is.

00:47We just had a leak and then part of the ceiling caved in and oh, oh, he left.

00:51Other shows like Big Mouth on Netflix recently completed virtual table reads.

00:56Are we animals?

00:57Yeah, you're animals.

00:58And over at Family Guy, the show's composer is attempting to do a remote score

01:02by having musicians play from home.

01:04The Simpsons showrunner told The Hollywood Reporter this week,

01:06Production hasn't skipped a day or lost a beat.

01:09We intend to do the 22 shows we were contracted to do.

01:11For more on this story, head to THR.com.

01:14For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.

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