‘Love & Hip Hop’ Franchise Allegedly Shut Down Indefinitely Due To COVID-19 Pandemic
There’s potentially sad news for fans of the Love & Hip Hop franchise. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, production has reportedly ceased on all four of the series a part…
SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA – JUNE 15: (L-R) Bambi, Spice, Lil Scrappy and Karlie Redd accept the Best Reality Royalty award for Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta onstage during the 2019 MTV Movie and TV Awards at Barker Hangar on June 15, 2019 in Santa Monica, California.
(Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for MTV)There's potentially sad news for fans of the Love & Hip Hop franchise. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, production has reportedly ceased on all four of the series a part of the VH1 Love & Hip Hop franchise, as OMFG Reality TV reports.
The status of the popular franchise is currently uncertain, like a number of other productions. According to a statement, no new episodes of the Atlanta, New York, Hollywood, or Miami series of Love & Hip Hop will be airing moving forward.
HOLLYWOOD, CA - SEPTEMBER 09: (L-R) TV personalities Amanda Secor, Fizz, Teairra Mari and Nikki Mudarris attend the Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood Premiere Event on September 9, 2014 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Jesse Grant/Getty Images for VH1)
The statement read: “Due to the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic, all production on the ‘Love & Hip Hop’ franchise series has been forcibly shut down. This means that ‘Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood’ season 7, the remaining episodes of ‘Love & Hip Hop: New York’ season 10 and ‘Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta’ season 9 will all be postponed until further notice. This also applies to ‘Love & Hip Hop: Miami’ season 4. It’s still uncertain when and how production will resume.”
NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 28: Rich Dollaz, Tara Wallace, Saigon, Yandy Smith, and Joe Budden appear at the VH1 "Love & Hip Hop" Season 4 Premiere at Stage 48 on October 28, 2013 in New York City. (Photo by Brian Ach/Getty Images for Vh1)
On December 16, 2019, the tenth season of Love & Hip Hop: New York premiered, and the most recent episode of the season aired on March 9, 2020. Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta's ninth season premiered on March 16, 2020, but it has been halted in the middle of the season. The cast of LHHA began filming their confessionals from their homes before news circulated that the production was allegedly being ceased.
Love & Hip Hop: Miami already wrapped for its third season on April 6, 2020. However, it's unclear whether the cast has filmed new episodes for the fourth season. Regarding Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood, its seventh season was supposed to air sometime this year. However, it remains uncertain.
