The holiday production hiatus, or "hiatus", is a common practice in
Los Angeles, California
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,
British Columbia
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, and other places that regularly
produce television and movie content. This is concurrent with the
hiatus in programming between halves of a regular
television season
A television show, TV program (), or simply a TV show, is the general reference to any content produced for viewing on a television set that is broadcast via over-the-air, satellite, and cable, or distributed digitally on streaming platfo ...
,
winter break for schools, and the peak of the
Christmas and holiday season
The Christmas season or the festive season, also known as the holiday season or the holidays, is an annual period generally spanning from November or December to early January. Incorporating Christmas Day and New Year's Day, the various celebrat ...
. During the initial phases of the
COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ...
, the hiatus was extended, at least in Los Angeles, to accommodate a surge in infections. Hiatus may also start earlier, to accommodate writing and casting issues and needs.
References
Film production
Christmas in California
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