LOS ANGELES — Production on Mischa Barton's new series "The Beautiful Life" has been pushed back a week, although the production halt is reportedly not tied to the actress being placed under an involuntary psychiatric hold last Wednesday.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the delay is due to some of the show's sets not being completed on time. Production on the CW series will now begin on July 31, the trade paper said.
Barton, 23, remains hospitalized after police were called to her home last week for a "medical issue." The actress was placed under an involuntary psychiatric hold and is currently being treated at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
There is still no word on when Barton might be released from the hospital.
Barton's hospitalization caused her to miss the premiere of her new film, "Homecoming," held last Thursday in New York City.
"I'm very concerned about [Mischa]," the film's producer, Austin Stark, told People on Monday. "First and foremost, we hope she gets better. I don't know exactly what happened ... I wish she wasn't going through the turmoil that she is right now."
Barton was also hospitalized in May 2007 after she became sick at a Memorial Day barbeque with friends. At the end of the year, the former "O.C." star hit a lowpoint when she was arrested in West Hollywood for DUI, marijuana possession and driving without a license. Barton, who was sentenced to 36 months probation, alcohol education classes and a fine, later revealed that she entered rehab shortly after her arrest.
"I wanted to prove to the court that I would take it completely seriously, so I went to rehab to prove I was sober," she told the U.K.'s Marie Claire in November. "It really helped in getting the more serious aspects of my case dropped because, you know, that's what they want to hear; you're not an alcoholic and you don't have a problem. So I did it in the most low-key way possible — I didn't make a fuss about it and I didn't tell a lot of my friends. I just did the program and got through it."
Barton's return to television in "Beautiful Life" revolves around a group of models living together in a coed residence in New York. The series, which is executive produced by Ashton Kutcher, is scheduled to premiere on Sept. 16.
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