Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: Three weeks after resuming production, filming on National Geographic’s Genius: Aretha came to a halt today after a background actor tested positive for COVID-19, sources said.
I hear production was suspended for the day. It is unclear at the moment how long the shutdown will last; such decisions are often made day by day.
Genius studio Touchstone Television declined comment.Genius: Aretha, about the legendary singer Aretha Franklin, had filmed 5 1/2 episodes of its eight-episode order when production shut down mid-March amid the escalating coronavirus outbreak.
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