THE MAKING OF MY NEW SHOW | BTS for MONEY COURT

This project's been a year and a half in the making. It's how long it's taken. This is one of the most technologically advanced studios in the world. It's massive; it's the size of a city block. You know, we're not saving the world if we met animals in the world, so let's have a good time and, uh, I appreciate you all.

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Um, big day today! You know why? We're going into the studio to rehearse for the first time together, Money Court. So what we're doing is we're going in the Telemundo studios here in Miami. We're going to work together in a studio. Katie, Anna, and I have never worked together before, so this is a big deal. We've done a lot of rehearsals on Zoom, just like everybody else. We're going to rehearse a case for the first time just to get the feel, the ebb, the flow, the whole thing. Tomorrow, we're going to go through real cases.

So this is, you know, getting ever closer.

This project's been a year and a half in the making; it's how long it's taken.

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I have somebody! Hey, how are you? Happy! We missed you! We missed you! We missed you at dinner last night. Sorry, I've been trying to make you a TV show.

Oh yeah, that happens! No, I haven't. It's my first time. Some of the nicest people I've ever worked with, seriously.

Okay, so this is the awesome control room, just so you know.

Okay, how many hours? I just look inside there for a second. It looks pretty high-tech, isn't that nice?

Yeah, that's good. It's very slick. And then your room right here. Great, we'll have it all very nice.

Look, I've got my gummy bears!

Yeah, you can't go wrong with that; it's definitely terrific. Let me take it a set.

Okay, we're still tweaking; it's looking good.

Oh nice! Let me introduce you. Drive director Jeff!

Hey Jeff! How are you?

I never go under this thing. This is it!

Alright, beautiful on camera!

Yeah, it looks terrific. Nice! How are you?

That's terrific.

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So the way this whole studio thing works is, um, we don't start taping until 10 o'clock, but I got to get here at seven in the morning.

Why?

That's just TV! Burn three hours doing nothing but actually doing a lot. I got to read the previews of the cases. I got to go through makeup. I got to go through wardrobe. You know, particularly on the first day, you don't know what you don't know, and that's why you gotta get here so early.

Now, whatever the shoot I'm supposed to go to, it's supposed to end at seven. That's not going to happen; it's going to go late for sure.

Let me show you something. This is Studio J. This is across from the studio we're working in now. This is the studio where Jayla rehearsed her performance at the Super Bowl. They made this whole thing up to look like the Super Bowl, and she worked on it for a long time to nail it right.

A lot of bands, before they go out on tour, come to studios like this to rehearse and get their songs down before they go out on the road. Just gives you an idea.

By the way, this is one of the most technologically advanced studios in the world. It's massive; it's the size of a city block! It's absolutely huge.

Now, what happens dressing room-wise is that hopefully all the wardrobe is there. It's already been steamed; it's ready to go. But I'm going to put on makeup first before I put on my suit.

And yes, the wardrobe is here; that's good. See that?

Here we go into makeup. Now, obviously, I don't have to do a lot of hair work. These co-hosts have a lot of hair to work with, so they have to spend a lot of time doing their hair. You know, like hours.

Hours! That looks pretty good.

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The showrunner... well, the big guy.

Well, I mean, really? Yeah, absolutely!

That's the thing. So this is the guy that's running the show here. But I mean, there's also a showrunner that's underneath the guy that's running the show.

I mean, what is the pecking order anyways?

You, yeah, awesome! Look at that; isn't that great?

This guy's such a politician; I can't wait to tax him. That's going to be fantastic. I'm very happy that we've come this far, and everything looks amazing to me. Everybody's just helping us so, so much get this together, and um, we're gonna have a great show.

I want to have a good time. I believe in having a good time when you're making television. You know, we're not saving the world, and we might add a little smile for the world, so let's have a good time.

And, uh, I appreciate you.

Alright.

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So let's get right to it and start resolving these money cases right now.

Right? You know, that was our first rehearsal. We've learned a lot about how to block this show, but we've got to make some changes, obviously.

What I want to get is more kind of the rolling feeling of how it flows together, and the only way to do that is just keep rehearsing, rehearsing, rehearsing to get the kind of the ebb and the flow of how it works.

Also, we're going to adjust the set a little bit here because it kind of feels a little different than we thought it would. I also want to move the prompter to a different place so it kind of works a little better on the flow of the show.

It's all about flow, particularly in a new show. You don't really find your rhythm until you're, you know, you're into it. It takes time; it takes time.

But the amazing thing about shooting TV is when it's really working, you don't even notice the cameras anymore; you're just right into the story. And that was starting to happen here today, so I know we're on to something pretty good here.

And we were just rehearsing, but I was getting really into it, and so I like that. I know this is going to work out; it's terrific. It's a great feeling.

It takes a long time to get in the groove. I keep saying that over and over again, but it does; it really does. Because we're all working on this thing for the very first time.

But watch in a couple of days how it just starts to click. That's what I love about making TV.

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