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Post by sportsgirl on Oct 12, 2020 17:25:04 GMT -5
Production Suspended For 2 Weeks After Positive COVID-19 Test DeadlineEXCLUSIVE: Filming on NBC’s Days of Our Lives has been shut down for the next two weeks after a production team member tested positive for COVID-19. The cast, crew and staff of the daytime drama were just notified of the temporary shutdown in an email from Corday Productions, which co-produces with Sony Pictures TV. Taping is slated to resume October 26. The pause will not delay air dates, and the show’s run of originals on NBC will not be disrupted. The person who received a positive result as part of the production’s stringent testing protocol has been placed in isolation. Preliminary contact tracing has been completed, with the people identified as close contacts to the affected individual placed in quarantine for a period of 14 days. The actions, taken out of an abundance of caution, also include deep cleaning and disinfecting of Days of Our Lives‘ production facilities on the Sony lot. Days of Our Lives suspended taping in mid-March amid an industrywide production shutdown due to the pandemic. Unlike its counterparts, which had episodes in the can to last a couple of months, Days of Our Lives had enough completed originals to take it through early October. As a result, the NBC resumed production September 1, weeks — and in some cases months — after the other broadcast daytime dramas. Of them, CBS’ The Bold and the Beautiful has had brief production pauses related to testing. Reflecting the challenges of filming large-scale TV series during a pandemic, several shows have recently shut down for two weeks following positive COVID tests including ABC/Sony TV’s For Life and NBC/Uni TV’s Chicago Med.
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Post by ProudTVJunkie on Oct 12, 2020 17:48:51 GMT -5
Filming on NBC’s Days of Our Lives has been shut down for the next two weeks after a production team member tested positive for COVID-19. The cast, crew and staff of the daytime drama were just notified of the temporary shutdown in an email from Corday Productions, which produces in association with Sony Pictures TV. Taping is slated to resume October 26. The pause will not delay air dates, and the show’s run of originals on NBC will not be disrupted.
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Post by mae00 on Oct 13, 2020 14:27:05 GMT -5
I saw that. How long have they been back shooting? For 2 weeks to not bother them already, that scares me about the storylines and the quality of them. While the 6 months ahead worked in their favor this time, I really don't want them back to that far ahead again.
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Post by wendylou on Oct 13, 2020 19:41:40 GMT -5
I thought they said shooting resumed September 1 - unless that was changed later. If that's correct then they've been able to shoot for over a month so with the way they shoot, they probably already have quite a few episodes already filmed.
I think this is just reality for a while - in Hollywood, sports, everywhere.
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Post by fluffysmom on Oct 15, 2020 8:00:09 GMT -5
I hope they don't end up filming more than 3 months ahead at the most. At one point they were 7 or 8 months ahead.
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