If you compare GMB’s two sets, you can really see the difference between them. Any sense of being a ‘typical’ daytime show has now absolutely disappeared with the current set. All of the fake windows, side tables, etc. which gave the show a slightly homely feel have gone - it’s very much a studio in a way that is very alien to daytime TV on the whole. It’s quite a masculine space now IMO, almost to a comical degree in some ways. The format that design concept is based off, however, has vanished in an instant.
I can personally see this enormous, imposing and slightly gopping (remind you of anybody...) desk being ditched as the format softens. I think we’ll see a much friendlier set design return as they work out what to actually do with the format.
But don’t they run the risk of GMB & This Morning looking too similar if they both have the ‘homely’ feel.
Of course, if social distancing remains in any form then having 2 guests in & around the new desk will look fine. And by this I mean, even after government restrictions are relaxed, will we be as “on top” of each other as before?
I was shocked really seeing the clips last night from Piers’ first show, just how close they all sat! (See also Strictly judges)
But I suppose that’s just the reprogramming of our brains as distancing has become a thing.
