Sadly, the California wildfires are nonetheless raging, and town is making an attempt to choose again up amid this large pure catastrophe. The fires additionally triggered manufacturing delays for exhibits like NCIS, Gray’s Anatomy, S.W.A.T. and extra. Now, the aforementioned Shemar Moore-led CBS present is going through one other pause due to a distinct hearth.
In the beginning of January, 1000’s of individuals evacuated to security and misplaced their houses within the fires, and lots of LA-based productions suspended filming, together with S.W.A.T. This occurred due to the Palisades and Eaton fires, which broke out on January 7.
In keeping with Cal Fireplace, the Palisades Fireplace is 72% contained whereas the Eaton Fireplace is 95% contained. So, manufacturing on exhibits like S.W.A.T. resumed as firefighters continued to work to totally put out these fires. Nevertheless, Moore’s present particularly needed to hit pause once more, per Deadline, due to The Hughes wildfire.
The Hughes hearth began on January 22, in keeping with Cal Fireplace, and it’s over 10,000 acres large. Deadline famous that it broke out at 10:30 a.m. close to Santa Clarita by Castaic Lake. By the early night, it had expanded to 9,400 acres. It’s at the moment 14% contained, and it’s triggered 31,000 evacuations and shut down a part of the 5 freeway. S.W.A.T. movies close to there, and it needed to pause its manufacturing as a result of this aggressive hearth.
This replace comes amid a reasonably large shakeup of CBS’s Friday evening lineup. Earlier than the mid-season break, this primetime programming was made up of S.W.A.T., Fireplace Nation and Blue Bloods. Nevertheless, the Tom Selleck-led procedural got here to an finish in December. Now, the night will run on this order: NCIS: Sydney, Fireplace Nation and S.W.A.T.
Nevertheless, the fires and different occasions have made it so this lineup has confronted a number of adjustments right here and there. Through the first week of January, the hearth drama starring Max Thieriot delayed a rerun, and the NCIS spinoff aired an additional encore episode as an alternative. Then, NCIS: Sydney delayed its mid-season premiere as a result of a “soon-to-be-announced particular.”
Nevertheless, by February, all three exhibits needs to be airing new episodes weekly on the 2025 TV schedule.
It’s price noting although that S.W.A.T.’s launch plan might doubtlessly be altered as a result of its two delays. Nevertheless, on the time of this writing, we don’t know if any episodes can be pushed again. At present, Shemar Moore’s present is scheduled to come back again on Friday, January 31 at 10 p.m. ET.
If that adjustments, we’ll remember to let . Within the meantime, you’ll be able to stream S.W.A.T. and the remainder of CBS’s Friday evening lineup with a Paramount+ subscription.
We right here at CinemaBlend lengthen our condolences and nicely needs to these impacted by the California wildfires. As we be taught extra about how the leisure business is impacted by them, we’ll maintain you posted.