--- title: California Wildfires Shut Down Production on Westworld, SWAT description: Raging wildfires in Southern California have shut down production on at least two shows, HBO's 'Westworld' and CBS' 'S.W.A.T.' canonical: https://time.com/5052610/california-wildfires-shut-down-production-on-westworld-swat-shows/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-12-06T22:13:02.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:24.524Z og:title: California Wildfires Are Halting Production for Westworld og:description: The HBO show and shows like SWAT have halted og:url: https://time.com/5052610/california-wildfires-shut-down-production-on-westworld-swat-shows/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltea1c359100c6498f/6988aa18cd1bba4ed4702b6a/161017_em_cordcutter_westworld.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2100 og:image:height: 1181 og:image:alt: 161017_EM_CordCutter_Westworld og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: California Wildfires Are Halting Production for Westworld twitter:description: The HBO show and shows like SWAT have halted twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltea1c359100c6498f/6988aa18cd1bba4ed4702b6a/161017_em_cordcutter_westworld.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # California Wildfires Are Halting Production on Shows like _Westworld_ and _SWAT_ > Sponsored content. 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Johnson/HBO  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Dec 6, 2017 10:13 PM UTC Deadly and destructive [wildfires raging in Southern California](http://time.com/5050729/california-wildfire-google-earth/) have paused production on the sets of HBO’s _Westworld_ and CBS’ _S.W.A.T._ since Monday. Both shows film near Santa Clarita, where the Rye fire is currently burning, one of multiple wildfires that have caused Ventura County and the cities of Santa Paula and Ventura to declare the blazes [“a state of local emergency.”](http://time.com/thomas-fire-california-wildfire/) Both _Westworld_ and _S.W.A.T._ halted filming on Tuesday due to the safety concerns, although HBO confirmed to [_CNN_](http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/06/entertainment/westworld-production-resumes-fires/index.html) that _Westworld_‘s production is scheduled to begin again on Wednesday, with a fire safety officer on set. _S.W.A.T._ announced the suspension of filming via their writers’ room Twitter, citing that the “safety of cast and crew come first.” > [](https://twitter.com/SWATWritersRoom/status/938126646229569537) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5052610/california-wildfires-shut-down-production-on-westworld-swat-shows/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5052610/california-wildfires-shut-down-production-on-westworld-swat-shows/"},"headline":"California Wildfires Are Halting Production on Shows like Westworld and SWAT","datePublished":"2017-12-06T22:13:02.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:47:24.524Z","description":"Raging wildfires in Southern California have shut down production on at least two shows, HBO's 'Westworld' and CBS' 'S.W.A.T.'","url":"https://time.com/5052610/california-wildfires-shut-down-production-on-westworld-swat-shows/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","viral","westworld"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltea1c359100c6498f/6988aa18cd1bba4ed4702b6a/161017_em_cordcutter_westworld.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltea1c359100c6498f/6988aa18cd1bba4ed4702b6a/161017_em_cordcutter_westworld.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"161017_EM_CordCutter_Westworld","caption":"161017_EM_CordCutter_Westworld","creditText":"John P. 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