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Production on ABC’s Mad as Hell has been forced to shut down due to Melbourne’s growing Covid outbreak
Production on the new season of ABC comedy show Mad as Hell has been forced to shut down due to Melbourne’s growing coronavirus outbreak.
Staffers were ready to film an episode of the program, hosted by comedian Shaun Micallef, in front of a live audience before the Covid situation escalated on Thursday.
The ABC told TV Blackbox that all studio audience members were contacted before the scheduled taping and told to stay at home and follow restrictions.
Shut down: Production on the new season of ABC comedy show Mad as Hell has been forced to shut down due to Melbourne ‘s growing coronavirus outbreak. Pictured: Shaun Micallef
The Victorian government’s restrictions will take effect from 11:59pm on Thursday.
Last year, Mad as Hell went ahead with filming but without a studio audience.
As Melbourne’s new lockdown is set to kick in, local TV productions have been thrown into chaos as restrictions take hold for the next week.
Halted: Staffers were ready to film an episode of the program, hosted by comedian Shaun Micallef, in front of a live audience before the Covid situation escalated on Thursday
Stay at home: The ABC told TV Blackbox that all studio audience members were contacted before the scheduled taping and told to stay at home and follow restrictions
Another production likely to be affected is The Real Housewives of Melbourne.
Victoria will enter a stage-three lockdown that will last for seven days, with schools closed and only five reasons to leave home – as a Covid cluster containing the highly infectious Indian strain grows to 26 with 11 new cases overnight.
Health officials and senior government ministers held crisis meetings on Wednesday night and announced a seven-day lockdown on Thursday, beginning at midnight.
Filming on hold: Another production likely to be affected by the stage-three lockdown is The Real Housewives of Melbourne (pictured filming earlier this week)
Lockdown begins: Victoria will enter a stage-three lockdown that will last for seven days, with schools closed and only five reasons to leave home – as a Covid cluster containing the highly infectious Indian strain grows to 26 with 11 new cases overnight
From midnight tonight, people will only be able to leave home to shop for food and essential items, provide or receive care, exercise and to work or study if they can’t from home, and getting vaccinated.
Panic buyers began to strip Melbourne’s supermarket shelves of toilet paper – with shoppers posting pictures of empty shelves just minutes after lockdown was announced.
There are now 80 exposure sites across Melbourne and regional Victoria, including the MCG and Marvel Stadium.
Restrictions: From midnight tonight, people will only be able to leave home to shop for food and essential items, provide or receive care, exercise and to work or study if they can’t from home, and getting vaccinated
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