The ongoing wildfires ravaging Southern California have forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of home owners as well as singed the productions of numerous TV series. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Fox’s 24 had to rejigger its plan to shoot scenes with Kiefer Sutherland at the Marine Corps Air Station El Toro when cast and crew became overwhelmed by drifting smoke. Similarly, Cold Case had to rethink a location shoot when strong winds blew over a set, and ABC’s Big Shots scrapped a cycling sequence in Malibu. FX’s The Riches had to make alternate plans when sheriff’s deputies working traffic control at a Santa Clarita location were pulled to, like, save lives instead, while NCIS needed to replace crew members who stayed at home to ward off the flames.

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