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TV Productions May Have Shut Down, But Some Postproduction Jobs Remain

When the coronavirus pandemic first forced Lane and Rodney Holland to start doing their jobs in postproduction from home, they felt lucky to be spending more time with their children — and to have work at all. But for the first time since they started working in the television industry more than 10 years ago, the married couple isn’t sure when they’ll find their next job. “I probably have about two weeks left of my job, which is unfortunate,” Lane, a story producer on a Food Network show, told TheWrap. “I don’t know, maybe there will be something else they can get me to work on. I’m full-time, but if there’s nothing to work on, there’s nothing to work on. I know that they have started laying people off.” At the time this interview took place, her husband Rodney had been steadily working from home as a freelance editor on a reality docuseries. But just a few days later, his show went dark. He has since filed for unemployment. “I think things will bounce back once this is all over, but who knows how long that’ll be?” Rodney said. “My hope is that there are people who are coming up...

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