‘Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist’ Returning To Production In Vancouver

U.S.-based TV series location shoots in British Columbia have begun to restart production after a number of popular shows were put on pause due to shortage of rapid COVID-19 testing capacity in Vancouver last week. The Hollywood Reporter confirmed that production has resumed on CW's Riverdale and Batwoman series in Vancouver, while Warner Bros.

Nellie Andreeva, Dominic Patten Three more Vancouver-based series — the CW’s Riverdale and Batwoman and Netflix’s Maid, all from Warner Bros TV — have been cleared to resume production tomorrow after receiving the delayed COVID-19 tests for their casts and crews.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVUPDATE THURSDAY PM: One more series in Vancouver, the CW/CBS TV Studios’ Charmed, will return to production tomorrow after getting the delayed COVID-19 test results for the cast and crew. There are still a number of shows that have been dark for days due to the backlog.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: Cameras will start rolling again on ABC’s A Million Little Things tomorrow, Thursday, I have learned.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVAs Deadline first reported on Tuesday, most U.S. series filming in Vancouver had to pause or delay production because of delays in COVID-19 test results.

Just as U.S.-based location shoots in Vancouver get back up and running amid the pandemic, the cameras have stopped rolling on a number of popular TV series due to a shortage of COVID-19 testing capacity in the city. Sources at Hollywood studios point to a number of U.S.-based TV series shoots that have paused or delayed production as they rely on local labs for testing.

A delay in COVID-19 tests has halted Vancouver-based TV productions.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: A month after U.S. series began to resume production in Vancouver with COVID-19 protocols amid the pandemic, a number of them have suspended filming.

Netflix has launched its latest production hub by taking a long-term lease on seven soundstages at the Canadian Motion Picture Park studio complex just outside Vancouver. CMPP’s production center in Burnaby, B.C.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: With Batwoman and Riverdale already filming in Vancouver, several more Greg Berlanti  series are gearing up to go back to production. Supergirl is slated to begin filming its sixth and final season in Vancouver next Monday, Sept.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVEveryone’s favorite familiar-slash-vampire hunter on FX’s “What We Do in the Shadows” will soon show off his musical side on the small-screen: Harvey Guillén will recur on the second season of NBC’s “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist,” Variety has learned exclusively.In the multi-episode arc, Guillén will play George, a new programmer who is constantly looking for approval from the titular Zoey (Jane Levy) and his colleagues.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorRiverdale is officially back in production in Vancouver.

The controversy around Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling‘s stance on transgender issues landed decisively in Vancouver on Saturday.

Vancouver Island news anchor Kori Sidaway went viral after calling out a viewer who sent in an unsolicited email, shaming her for her cleavage.