Despite entering a new year, the country remains bombarded by the threat of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Deadline, multiple television networks have paused their return to production due to the record-setting infection rates in southern California. Many studios hoped to safely resume filming after the holiday hiatus. But the latest reports forced officials of the L.A. County Department of Public Health to request studios to refrain from taping for a few weeks.
Most TV productions were set to resume taping as early as January 4, according to Deadline. With the delay, many will be pushed to begin on January 11 or later. The new filming schedule for series across broadcast and streaming networks is listed below:
The week of January 11:
- NCIS (CBS)
- NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS)
- Seal Team (CBS)
- Bob ❤️ Abishola (CBS)
- B Positive (CBS)
- Mom (CBS)
- Why Women Kill (CBS All Access)
- Diary of a Future President (Disney+)
- All American (The CW)
- Call Me Kat (FOX)
- Shameless (Showtime)
- You (Netflix)
- Mr. Mayor (NBC)
- Kenan (NBC)
- Good Girls (NBC)
- Never Have I Ever (Netflix)
- Hacks (HBO Max)
- The Goldbergs (ABC)
- Atypical (Netflix)
- Jeopardy!
- Wheel of Fortune
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show
The week of January 18:
- Grey’s Anatomy (ABC)
- Stations 19 (ABC)
- American Housewife (ABC)
- Black-ish (ABC)
- Mixed-ish (ABC)
- Rebel (ABC)
- This Is Us (NBC)
- 9-1-1 (Fox)
- 9-1-1: Lone Star (Fox)
- Last Man Standing (Fox)
- American Crime Story: Impeachment (FX)
- American Horror Story (FX)
- Mayans M.C. (FX)
- Big Shot (Disney+)
- The Orville (Hulu)
- Love, Victor (Hulu) via Deadline
Some shows were unaffected by the delays. According to Deadline, Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune were originally scheduled to resume taping on January 11 along with CBS’s Young Sheldon and Netflix’s Lucifer. CBS’s All Rise, which resumes airing new episodes Mon., January 4, is scheduled to finish season two production on January 22.
According to Deadline, health officials reported a day-record of 20,414 new infections on January 1. This was an increase of more than 5,000 cases compared to data recorded the day before. Officials had hoped the spread had slowed with infection rates being averaged around 13,000-15,000 a day. The number of new cases had not been that high since peaking at 21,411 on December 16. Reports attribute most of the spike to recent Christmas traveling and gatherings.