Filming Continues In Essex County For NBC Television Show

MONTCLAIR, NJ — Just a week after filming in Essex County Branch Brook Park, filmmakers continued shooting in Montclair for the upcoming NBC series “The Enemy Within,” a report says.

The show’s production company, Universal Television, captured footage in the area of 45 Gates Avenue in Montclair on Monday, Feb. 4, and Tuesday, Feb. 5, a town spokesperson told Montclair Local.

On-street parking was restricted on Gates, Hawthorne and South Fullerton avenues for the duration of the filming, Montclair Local reported. (Read the full article here)

On Wednesday, Jan. 30, Essex County officials closed Branch Brook Park to the public and vehicle traffic to accommodate shooting for the same series, authorities said.

Filming in the county-run park, which is located in Newark and Belleville, was expected to cause detours and traffic delays, officials said.

• See related article: Filming For 'The Enemy Within' At Branch Brook Park, Officials Say

According to the show’s YouTube summary:

“In this character-based psychological thriller, Erica Shepherd (Jennifer Carpenter), a brilliant former CIA operative now known as one of the most notorious traitors in recent American history, is serving life in a Supermax prison. Against every fiber of his being, but with nowhere else to turn, FBI agent Will Keaton (Morris Chestnut) enlists Shepherd to help track down a fiercely dangerous and elusive criminal she knows all too well. While Shepherd and Keaton have different motivations for bringing the enemy to justice, they both know that to catch a spy...they must think like one.”

The series premiers Monday, Feb. 25 on NBC.

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Photo: YouTube / The Enemy Within