As a result of a long vacation hiatus on 20th Television, there will be no new episode of “This Is Us” on NBC on Tuesday night.
“No new episodes of #ThisIsUs tonight – Covid-related production delays in LA forced us to delay a few weeks. But the next ones are big and we’re close, so we hope you stay with us. Excuse!” tweeted creator Dan Fogelman.
20th Television, which produces “This Is Us”, declined to comment.
Several studios, including Disney’s 20th and ABC Signature, Netflix, Universal Television, Warner Bros. Television and Sony Pictures Television, decided to postpone production of their Los Angeles-based programs even further amid an increase in COVID-19 cases in the region. At the time of this publication, LA County has exceeded 1 million cases of COVID-19 since the pandemic began. This includes more than 13,900 deaths to date.
“This Is Us” appears to be the first scripted show to postpone a screening date due to the extended break. It is highly possible that the airing dates of other programs will be affected in the near future.
Variety reported exclusively last week that Universal TV shows “Good Girls” and “Never Have I Ever” had their production restarts postponed while the studio reconfigured certain logistics due to production pauses. It was previously reported that UTV shows “Mr. Mayor, ”“ Kenan ”,“ Brooklyn Nine-Nine ”and“ Hacks ”had their production return dates postponed to the week of January 11, although“ Brooklyn Nine-Nine ”should not start shooting until this week too .
No new episode of #These are U.S tonight – Covid-related production delays in LA forced us to delay a few weeks. But the next ones are big and we’re close, so we hope you stay with us. Excuse!
– Dan Fogelman (@Dan_Fogelman) January 19, 2021