Haley Bosselman editorNBC’s “Ultimate Slip ‘N’ Slide” has backed out of its post-Olympics Closing Ceremony premiere following a giardia outbreak, a source close to production confirmed to Variety.
The new reality competition had been set to debut right after the Tokyo Olympics finale on Aug. 8 at 10:30 p.m. ET, followed by a second episode on Aug.
9 at 8 p.m ET.As a result of the production pause, the future premiere date for “Ultimate Slip ‘N’ Slide” is still to be determined, with production currently in the process of deciding how they will finish filming the season.
Production was first halted on June 2 after a case of the parasite-induced intestinal infection was reported on set. By June 10, testing showed giardia was also in the.
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