CBS Studios pushed the return-to-production dates for five shows of the current holiday break, among others NCIS and NCIS: Los Angeles. The news comes a day after Deadline reported that the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health had encouraged the film and TV industry to halt production for several weeks during the continuing increase in coronavirus cases throughout province and a few hours after the stay. home order for Southern California has been extended until January 16th.
A number of other TV studios and streamers are also investigating the situation, including the availability of talent and other logistics, with additional production delays possible, I hear.
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According to sources, CBS Studios delayed the start of production by a week for its series, which is expected to return on January 4, NCIS, NCIS LA and Seal Team – all for CBS – Why women kill (CBS All Access) and Diary of a future president (Disney +). They will now return on January 11, along with other series that previously began filming later in January.
“Although music, TV and film productions are allowed, we urge you to strongly consider interrupting work for a few weeks during this catastrophic boom in Covid cases,” the health department said in the letter. was sent to the department’s industry contacts on 24 December. and made public by FilmLA December 28th. “Identify and delay higher-risk activities, and focus on lower-risk work, if at all possible.”
At the request of the Department of Health, FilmLA reminded filmmakers that “travel is not currently for production purposes.” Although the state allows travel for productions, it increases the COVID risk, “by making people more likely to end up in vehicles or indoors in less controlled environments”, along with people in remote areas. “Hospitals are full almost everywhere,” the message warned, urging filmmakers to “keep the cast and crew close to home.”
Los Angeles reached another bad milestone today when the province surpassed 7,000 coronavirus-related hospitalizations for the first time. There are currently 7181 people in the hospital due to the contagious disease. According to Los Angeles public health officials, the latest hospitalization numbers represent nearly a 1,000% increase from October 29, when the province experienced 750 hospitalizations in Covid-19. LA County’s ICU capacity is 0%.
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