{"id":25256,"date":"2021-08-20T20:12:18","date_gmt":"2021-08-21T00:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=25256"},"modified":"2021-08-20T20:12:18","modified_gmt":"2021-08-21T00:12:18","slug":"nine-crew-members-on-big-brother-have-tested-positive-for-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/08\/20\/nine-crew-members-on-big-brother-have-tested-positive-for-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Nine crew members on &#8220;Big Brother&#8221; have tested positive for COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25257\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/big-brother-23-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/big-brother-23-logo.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/big-brother-23-logo-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>The entertainment news magazine, <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2021\/08\/big-brother-positive-covid-tests-production-not-impacted-season-23-1234818574\/\">DEADLINE<\/a>, reports that LA County\u2019s COVID database on Thursday showed 9 positive tests on Stage 18 of the CBS Studio Center (aka CBS Radford) in Studio City.<\/p>\n<p>The outbreak is tied to CBS\u2019 <strong><em>Big Brother<\/em><\/strong>, which is producing its 23rd season of the hit summer reality show.\u00a0 The nine positive tests for crew members had been registered over several weeks since July 26, with most of those impacted already back at work after being quarantined and subsequently cleared, Nellie Andreeva of DEADLINE reports. 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