‘Shameless’ production panic as 18 COVID tests return positive in laboratory

Phew! That’s the key word after “Shameless” had to deal with a massive COVID-19 outbreak following tons of false positive results on set …

Production sources with first-hand knowledge of the situation tell TMZ … the set went into full panic mode after recent COVID tests revealed 18 positive results. We are told the production feared they had a massive outbreak on their hands.

Our sources say there was a lab error … and in the end, those 18 positive results weren’t positive at all. It doesn’t appear to be a flaw in the testing method … we’re told it was a lab error.

It’s also unclear whether production has halted to deal with what was initially thought to be an epidemic … which our sources said declined last week. The show recently shot big stages with up to 200 extras.

We were told they had also filmed on location in various parts of Los Angeles as well as on the field of Warner Bros.

When production resumed, the show’s executive producer, John wells, revealed that the pandemic would be incorporated into the 11th and final season of the hit Showtime series.