Real Housewives Of New York Shuts Down Production For Second Time When Cast Member Tests Positive For Coronavirus Production on second time. The first time around, a crew member contracted the virus. This time, a cast member has coronavirus. Deadline reported that production shut down for two weeks the first time that this happened. Apparently, “the positive case stopped plans for a roadtrip to update New York that would cap the season. That trip is now described as ‘postponed.'” The Bravo network has confirmed the show’s second production shut down. Us Weekly claimed that the shutdown has “caused the rest of the cast to become stressed.” An inside source told the magazine, “Production shut down and now everyone is on standstill until the person who has COVID quarantines and then tests negative.”