‘Abbott Elementary’, ‘Hacks’, ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ & ‘NCIS’ Among Series Pausing Production Amid LA Fires – 2nd Update

Nellie Andreeva

8 January 2025 at 2:40 pm·2-min read

UPDATED with more production shutdowns: As the Hollywood community and the rest of Los Angeles are waking up to post-apocalyptic skies, images of utter devastation from the ongoing wind-driven wildfires, more evacuation orders and school closures, scripted TV series are suspending production for the day Wednesday in impacted areas.

Warner Bros. has closed production on its Burbank-located lot for Wednesday amid strong winds and fires not too far from the Los Angeles suburb. That affects the Warner Bros. TV series Abbott Elementary, All American and The Pitt, which were shooting today, as well as multi-camera sitcoms Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage and the upcoming Leanne Morgan project, which had table reads/rehearsals scheduled.

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The sets of 20th Television’s Grey’s Anatomy and Doctor Odyssey will be dark today today.

Also out of an abundance of caution, CBS Studios opted to wrap their LA productions for the day Wednesday morning. That includes NCIS, which films in Santa Clarita, and NCIS: Origins, which shoots on the Paramount lot. The studio’s LA-based sitcoms, The Neighborhood and Poppa’s House, were not scheduled to tape today and are working remotely.

Universal Studio Group’s Hacks, which just won two Golden Globes Sunday, Happy’s Place, Loot, Suits LA and Ted will not film today due to NBCUniversal closing the lower lot at Universal Studios for the day.

The company also is closing the Universal Studios theme park Wednesday with fires nearby.

The fires are also affecting late-night, with ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live and CBS’ After Midnight suspending tapings for the day.

There have been a slew of events canceled amid the fires, including tonight’s premiere of the new Max medical drama The Pitt and an in-person press event for ABC’s new comedy Shifting Gears, also today. Prime Video’s Fallout, which films in Santa Clarita, pushed restart of production after the holiday break by a couple of days out of precaution.

We will update with information on more production suspensions if/when it becomes available.

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