For once, the Fort Worth Zoo was not the cause of traffic nightmares on South University Boulevard.

This week that honor went to the production crew working on the upcoming third season of Taylor Sheridan’s “Lioness,” which shut down the stretch between West Lancaster Avenue and Interstate 30 on March 24 and 25.

Some motorists looking to get around the blockage used Montgomery Street, although the traffic wasn’t much better there.

Other than the third season of a thrilling, high stakes television show made by a Paschal High School grad whose success promotes the city and gives the average Fort Worth resident a warm sense of pride, what did we get for the inconvenience of having a major thoroughfare blocked for two days?

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The cost of doing business

101 Studios, the production company doing the filming of the show, paid the city of Fort Worth $250 to shut the street down for two days.

That’s the same as what the city of Dallas charges for commercial filming and a little less than the $312 the city of Los Angeles charges, according to FilmLA

Over 20 Fort Worth police officers were on the scene for the two days of filming, Fort Worth Film Commissioner Taylor Hardy said in an email to the Star-Telegram.

All of them were working in an off duty capacity, police spokesperson Officer Cynthia Wood said in an email to the Star-Telegram.

Hardy said that officers working on this set were paid “very competitive hourly rates,” and that 101 Studios pays “hundreds of thousands” to police each season.

Filming for Season 3 of “Lioness” in Fort Worth started in October 2025 and wrapped up this week.

The barricades, traffic cones and signage are all paid for by the production company and provided by a third party company rather than the city, Hardy said. That company also provides the traffic control plan and charges for pickup and delivery of its equipment.

Any businesses affected by a street closure are compensated by the production company, Hardy said.

101 Studios spent $250,000 in location fees in Fort Worth this season, she said.

The production team will usually have someone go door-to-door to let neighbors know filming is happening.

“The 101 Studios team have been great partners and work hard to coordinate with the community to minimize impact during closures,” Hardy said.