Mandy Moore, Hannah Zeile in This Is Us.Photo: nbc
This Is Usfans will have to wait a little while longer for a new episode thanks to thenovel coronavirus(COVID-19) pandemic.
Creator Dan Fogelmanshared on TwitterTuesday that because of “Covid-related production delays,” the cast and crew were “forced” to delay production, meaning that there won’t be a new episode as usual on Tuesday night.
“No new episode of #ThisIsUs tonight - Covid-related production delays in LA have forced us to delay a few weeks,” Fogelman, 44, wrote. “But the next few are big ones, and we are close, so we hope you’ll hang in there with us. Sorry!”
The officialThis Is UsTwitter account alsoshared the news, writing, “No new episode tonight, fam. We’ll be back in two weeks on @NBC,” and invited fans to catch up via the NBC app.
20th Century Television declined to comment.
Los Angeles is currently the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic withmore than 1 million cases, and the state of Californiasurpassed 3 million casesof the deadly virus on Tuesday.
Chris Sullivan, Chrissy Metz in This Is Us.NBC
While studios are technically still allowed to film with precautions in place, last month the L.A. County Department of Public Health encouraged Hollywood “to strongly consider pausing work for a few weeks during this catastrophic surge in COVID cases,” theLos Angeles Timesreported.
Several major studios extended their holiday hiatus into January.
This Is Usproduction was previously delayed over the summer because of the pandemic, causing the show’s autumn premiere date to fall a few weeks later than normal.
Sterling K. Brown, Susan Kelechi Watson, Vien Hong.NBC
The Emmy-nominated drama hasn’t shied away fromincluding the pandemic in the fifth season’s narrative.
This Is Usis scheduled to return Feb. 2 at 9 p.m. ET on NBC.
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