Just before showtime, "The Martha Stewart Show" studio is a bustle of activity. Take a look as the producers, crew, audience, and Martha get ready for lights, camera, action!

Garden expert Andrea Mason mists a beautiful fern before the show. She also regularly tends to plants in the greenhouse to make sure they're in good shape for TV.

Backstage, set stylists Kait Taylor, Dani Fiori, and Kelli Bishop are busy at work on current and upcoming projects.

Supervising producers Lisa Wagner (with Martha's dog Sharkey) and Christina Deyo are seen after a producers' meeting with Martha to go over the morning's show. Essential information about the show, guests, projects, and more are contained in the binder that the producers always have on hand.

Head TV chef Nikki Elkins takes care of some last-minute changes in the prep kitchen.

TV chef Nora Singley prepares Everything but the Kitchen Sink cookies.

A look at the show rundown. This document provides a breakdown of the show by segment, including how long each of the carefully timed segments should take.

Martha likes to speak to the audience directly, but she also has a teleprompter that she can refer to.

Audience supervisor Jackie Blais is on the move, coordinating audience members and guests.

Martha's friend Jim Klinko, from Furniture on Consignment in Westport, comes to the first show of every season.

Warm-up artist Joey Kola hands out giveaways to the audience.

One of seven cameras in the studio, this pedestal camera is ready for action.

A peek inside the control room with just minutes to airtime.

Stage manager Joey Meade makes sure everyone's in place and ready to go.

The always-energetic Joey Kola gets the audience pumped up before and throughout the show.

A very colorful and cordial audience greets Martha as she enters the studio.

With cameras rolling, Martha chats with the audience while Sharkey checks out the set.

A camera-mounted teleprompter. If you look closely, you can see that Martha is to introduce the celebrated chef Daniel Humm, although his name is spelled as "Hoomm" for pronunciation.

Chef Daniel Humm poses for a picture with Martha after making his recipe for roast chicken with brioche stuffing.

After the show is over, Martha often holds a quick question-and-answer session with the studio audience.