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'Days Of Our Lives' Casts Conner Floyd As The New Chad DiMera I always thought he should have been given more of a chance on Y&R.

ITA. My teenage self had a huge crush on CN and was so sad when he was replaced. Also, Tubi now has the early seasons to watch on demand as well!

Saddling Billy Flynn with Cane's baggage instead of giving him a fresh new character is just like what B&B did with Rebecca B and making her a....suddenly...much younger Taylor. Both actors deserved so much better.

I tuned in just to see the Billy Flynn reveal. He looked amazing, but... As soon as Amanda said that Dumas wanted to meet with Lily one-on-one, I was like..."Oh, God. Not Cane." Yep. Casting BF as Cane is head-scratcher. As others mentioned, a fresh new character with no baggage would have been so much better. I don't know if we'll ever see Mattie or Charlie again since they SORAS'ed them waaaaaay too soon in the past. Lily and Cane will no way look like they could be parents to people in their mid-20s. The show just continues to be such a snooze under JG.

AHHHH...another good point. We haven't really gotten many "man-candy" shots on this show! What's up with that?? LOL I kinda felt a little disappointed by her posting, too. I mean...it's a soap! You're ALWAYS going to have viewers with differing opinions on how it should go. The point is that they're TALKING ABOUT IT! When they stop talking about the show, that's when you need to worry! Plus, it's the first year of the show. I would think it would be essential to hear what viewers think so far, so that you can adjust as needed. Some things, such as Derek and Ashley, clearly aren't working no matter how you try to spin it. The characters really didn't work from Episode 1. I still think those two characters were sort of forced into the show by the network who wanted at least one white couple, so they're not very thought out. There's a lot I like about the show, but, of course, it's not going to be perfect! The comment sort of came of as "I don't care if you like the show or watch it and your opinions don't matter as an audience." Not a good vibe. Maybe MVJ was having a bad day or something.

YESSSSSSS!!! This. It feels like most characters were already hooked up when the show began. We didn't see any of them falling in love to begin with. Ashely and Derek continue to a be a snoozefest for me, but it would have been more interesting to see them meet in episode 1 and watch their relationship develop. I have no idea how these two met, what they saw in each other, etc etc. A story beat I wish were explored much more was the face that Naomi and Hayley were besties in the past before Hayley hooked up with Bill. How did that REALLY impact Naomi? How was Bill and Hayley's relationship first exposed? Etc etc. It might have been more interesting to have that relationship exposed in the first week versus the two of them already getting married. Still, Naomi and Hayley have had very little interaction to define their relationship.

I thought the show seemed to be floundering the month leading up to the engagement party which at times was downright boring, but since then, they seemed to have found a rhythm that mostly works. I would still slightly pick up some of the pace though or make some of the smaller story beats "bigger" if that makes sense. Sometimes there feels like there's a lack of strong "OMG" drama beats. The one thing that the show is still missing, IMO, is a pair of star-crossed lovers. We really don't have much romance on this show much less a couple we're rooting to get together who are being kept apart by outside sources. For me, this is an essential soap element that the show doesn't have. Since most characters are related to each other in some way, I don't even think there are two characters that could be paired with each other in this way. I think Kat/Tomas/Eva has some potential for a triangle, but that's about it. Does anyone else find there's a lack of romance on this soap?

I may check out some of his work. It's a HUGE loss for DAYS, but you can't blame him for taking a chance on something new.

That's probably the biggest plus that DAYS is bringing to Peacock...these viewers who go to the streaming service five days a week to watch the show and possibly viewing other things on the platform that they may have never watched otherwise. It's about generating daily traffic.

IF that's true, it's 2025, and that's why they call it acting!

Poor NuTed having to wear all of OldTed's clothes. He looked like he was swimming in that sportscoat today! Leslie continues to entertain! Hopefully, they walk a fine line from letting her go too crazy and being written into a corner.

I don't have a problem with NuTed as an actor, but I just have a HARD time buying him and Nicole as Martin's parents. They look waaaaaaaaaay too young. If Nicole and Ted met at a medical conference, they were already doctors. So, they had to be what...late late 20s at the earliest. Martin has to be in his mid-30s. That should put Nicole and Ted in their mid-60s. Physically, they, especially nuTed, appears to be close to Martin's age. NuTed the actor, good for him, just looks reallllly young for his age. I could slightly buy old Ted as Martin's dad, even though, yes, I know that MJ is actually younger than the actor who plays nuTed. I could buy Martin and NuTed as brothers but not father and son. Of course, it's too late to change it, but Martin should have simply been Vernon and Anita's youngest child. It would have made all the timelines work better. Leslie and Eva continue to be the standouts for me! I just find them so entertaining. I felt like the show had hit a lull right before the anniversary party, but ever since then each episode has been mostly entertaining, minus Ashley, that is. I'm intrigued to know Anita's real backstory. She and Vernon have been portrayed as being soooo perfect. There has to be more to the story. Hopefully, now, we'll get some insight.

I ended up being VERY moved by the scenes between Dani and Chelsea today. I think that it's so awesome that not one...but two...of the Dupree grandchildren identify as queer. Since KM came out as queer a bit back, you can't help but wonder how her own personal experience shaped that performance. BRAVO!

Poor Derek comes off as having the IQ of the cornbread at Orphey Gene's, like he's just a walking himbo with nothing going on upstairs.

I actually thought he came off as younger. It's so hard to buy Martin as Nicole and Ted's son unless they had him when they were 12.

She's definitely moving on to bigger and better things. Soooooo...what are the odds that Liam will actually die? If there's a last minute miracle, it's going to feel so been there, done that after the Eric storyline. Truly, Liam as a character is played out. I'd love to see Scott Clifton somewhere in a new role though!

I wonder why CBS seems intent on keeping JG. I've never been able to understand why JG thinks viewers care about all of these random companies and business stories.

I LOVED LD on AW...one of my all time favorite characters! However, on OLTL, her character was pretty pointless from the word go. I think trying to make her this character she played decades before was also a bad choice. She should have been a brand new character that could have been tied into the current canvas better. Rae really had no connections or family on the show. Imagine if she had been brought on as a recast Melinda Cramer, freshly released from the hospital. She would have been tied into a major family, be Kelly's mother, and have some real drama to play opposite RS.

I really didn't start watching the show until season 12 when I was a teen, so I only caught the last three years. I LOVED the show over all though...even that part of 13 that was a bit messy! So, it's been a treat streaming the previous seasons on Plex. I'm amazed at how well so much of the writing holds up over 30 years later. Far better than a lot that we get today! For the most part, stories move along at nice pace with good twists and turns! I just finished season 11, so I'm finally picking up where I started watching all those years before. When I started watching as a teen, Laura had already died, so while she was mentioned pretty often, I didn't have much background with the character. CM was an amazing actress and had chemistry with everyone. So, it's a bit of a headscratcher that they didn't seem to have any idea of what to do with her starting at around season 7. Her scenes at that point are mostly short, brief, and she has very little true story right until the episodes where she's dying in 9. I wonder what it was about the character that the writers couldn't figure out what to do with her. Also, Ben's exit storyline was a bit confusing for me. I never really got who this woman was who was stalking him and this "secret organization." The whole plot seems like it should be on a different show. Michelle Phillips and Nicolette Sheridan have really fun mom/daughter/frenemies chemistry. I remember having a huge crush on PP's Michael and being disappointed when he was written out at the end of season 12.

I think he's just found a formula that makes a ton of money....very fast and cheaply made programs with a dose of eye candy that get enough viewership to turn a nice profit. Didn't I read that they film a whole season of The Oval in two weeks and mostly in one take? If you watch, you can tell. Very long scenes (less camera/lighting set-ups) that repeat the same dialogue over and over. Actors in the same costumes for multiple episodes (less money needed for wardrobe!). Questionable acting ability from some. Etc. etc. He had a movie on Netflix that was supposedly shot in 5 days! You can't crank out a Sinners that way. I agree that most of his shows/movies all feel the same. I get the sense that the reason he doesn't branch out into big budget is that he likes to control every single aspect, too, including the writing. While some of his stuff can be entertaining at times, I don't think he has a "SINNERS" or "GET OUT" in him. That's just not his bag.

I feel bad for BTG. Those were the best episodes they had aired in WEEKS. Are there really that many people watching the soccer games on CBS???

Okay...I'm just going to call it. Ambyr Michelle is the breakout star of this show with the young set hands down! There is no character like Eva that pulls my heart strings, and she's playing it perfectly. If Eva and Leslie are on, it's a good episode! If written properly, Eva and Kat's rivalry is one that could go on for YEARS. Of course, it's fun to speculate about who is really whom, but I could see them developing as frenemies after some time. They really need a guy to tussle over to amp it up. Tomas is pretty, but the actor has got to loosen up some in his scenes, I think. He is improving though. It would be good to introduce a new young man in that story for a foursome. Martin and Smitty finally feel like a real couple to me, too. Hopefully, they locked them into four year contracts.

That would be an AMAZING twist.

I feel like the show has been like this for the past 15 or more years, IMO. Things happen but there are never or RARELY any long-term impacts. Instead, everything (characters, history) is just reset to what it was before. In a couple of months, Hope will be working at Forrester again. No one will ever mention the takeover. Brooke and Ridge will be back together for the millionth time, etc etc. It's hard to get invested in a story when you know this is how the show works.

Martin and Smitty's kids not being there seemed like a glaring omission. Also, Naomi and Jacob weren't there as well. I know some of this is probably budget, but it seems like there could be a way to still have them all there.