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Here's a look at the ratings for the series Deidre Hall did just before joining "Days" in June 1976. "Electra Woman & Dyna Girl" aired from September 1976-December 1976 as a segment of "The Krofft Supershow." Wikipedia lists the only first-run episodes of Deidre's segment as airing from 9/11/76-12/25/76, so I posted those weeks below:

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 2/9/76-2/13/76 & 2/16/76-2/20/76:

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 1/26/76-1/30/76 & 2/2/76-2/6/76:

I can never say for certain until the info arrives, but that is the plan. I also recently got 1994-1995, so those charts will be going up at some point once I get them all done. You already have the OJ Simpson preemption data, but this will be the first time it appears in chart form like all of 1976-1993.

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 1/12/76-1/16/76 & 1/19/76-1/23/76:

January 1977-March 1977 are not in at the moment, so hopefully those will be coming later this year. So, we now have weekly ratings for January 1976-December 1976 and April 1977-Present.

Welcome back, ratings fans! 1976 is now in. FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 12/29/75-1/2/76 & 1/5/76-1/9/76:

FIRST POST-WGA STRIKE EPISODE AIRED TODAY (MAY 17), WITH SCRIPT WRITER BEING CREDITED...REST OF "DAYS" WRITING TEAM TO RETURN TO CREDITS IN COMING WEEKS... Today (May 17) was the first episode written by a "Days" script writer (Sonja Alarr) since December 1 (the last script written before the WGA strike started in May 2023). Look for the rest of the "Days" writing team to return to the credits in the coming weeks.

What was inserted into today's episode? I have yet to get a response from the publicist, but I did ask her a few weeks ago if there was an insert episode added at some point between May and December, since one of the sites reported # 15,000 was going to air on 12/3, while I have it scheduled to air on 12/2.

They switched to the 10-episodes-a-week tape schedule last year, so an entire year can be taped in 26 weeks. The only two things that make Greg's statement questionable is that means there would only be 8 dark weeks through Christmas Day. But, that is do-able. Also, Days is only renewed into Sept. 2025, so they would need to renew the show before anything for Sept/Oct 2025 is written.

That would mean they would be taping 26 of the next 34 weeks (with 8 dark weeks), since it would takes 26 weeks to tape all 260 episodes of 2025. Plus, they are yet to be renewed past Aug/Sep 2025, so a renewal announcement would have to happen for them to complete taping 2025 by the end of this year.

Reading the whole story, the hit-and-run part of the charge was actually for her hitting a parked car just before she got into the accident, so it wasn't that she hit the injured driver and then ran. She couldn't have since her car was destroyed. "Also dismissed was a hit-and-run charge resulting from Pullos running into a parked car just before the freeway crash. But though prosecutors dropped that count, she will still have to pay restitution to the owner of the car she damaged."

DAILY CAST CHART: Review each day's cast list from April 2024 at http://www.jason47.com/days/castcharts2024.html 2024 Episode Rankings. Here's how many episodes each actor has appeared in this year (1/1/24-4/30/24), out of a total of 87 episodes. http://www.jason47.com Rank. Actor (Character) # of Episodes 1. Tamara Braun (Ava Vitali) 41 *. Steve Burton (Harris Michaels) 41 3. Emily O'Brien (Theresa Donovan) 40 4. Eric Martsolf (Brady Black) 38 5. Jackee Harry (Paulina Price Carver) 34 6. Blake Berris (Everett Lynch) 33 *. Drake Hogestyn (John Black) 33 8. Brandon Barash (Stefan DiMera) 31 9. Dan Feuerriegel (EJ DiMera) 30 *. Deidre Hall (Marlena Black) 30 *. Abigail Klein (Stephanie Johnson) 30 12. Stephen Nichols (Steve Johnson) 29 *. Robert Scott Wilson (Alex Kiriakis) 29 14. Raven Bowens (Chanel DiMera) 28 *. Arianne Zucker (Nicole DiMera) 28 16. Billy Flynn (Chad DiMera) 26 17. Lucas Adams (Tripp Johnson) 25 *. Galen Gering (Rafe Hernandez) 25 *. Victoria Grace (Wendy Shin) 25 *. Ashley Puzemis (Holly Jonas) 25 *. Greg Vaughan (Eric Brady) 25 22. Carson Boatman (Johnny DiMera) 24 *. Elia Cantu (Jada Hunter) 24 *. James Reynolds (Abe Carver) 24 25. Linsey Godfrey (Sarah Horton) 23 26. John Kapelos (Konstantin Meleounis) 22 27. Paul Telfer (Xander Cook Kiriakis) 21 28. Suzanne Rogers (Maggie Kiriakis) 20 29. Jessica Serfaty (Sloan Petersen Brady) 19 30. Jamie Martin Mann (Tate Black) 18 31. Mary Beth Evans (Kayla Johnson) 17 *. Greg Rikaart (Leo Stark) 17 33. Susan Seaforth Hayes (Julie Williams) 15 34. Stacy Haiduk (Kristen DiMera) 14 *. Lauren Koslow (Kate Brady) 14 *. Josh Taylor (Roman Brady) 14 37. Christy St. John (Officer Rebecca Goldman) 11 38. James Read (Clyde Weston) 10 39. Bryan Dattilo (Lucas Horton) 9 40. Cary Christopher (Thomas DiMera) 6 *. Wally Kurth (Justin Kiriakis) 6 42. Tina Huang (Melinda Trask) 5 *. Finley Rose Slater (Rachel Black) 5 44. Leo Howard (Tate Black) 4 *. Brian Molina (Officer Phillips) 4 *. Sal Stowers (Lani Price-Grant) 4 47. Lamon Archey (Eli Grant) 3 *. Natasha Hall (Sloan Petersen Brady) 3 49. Autumn Gendron (Charlotte DiMera) 2 *. Bill Hayes (Doug Williams) 2 *. Boise Holmes (Father Bernard) 2 52. Tremayne Norris (Officer Phillips) 1 April Episode Rankings. Here's how many episodes each actor has appeared in this month (4/1/24-4/30/24), out of a total of 22 episodes. http://www.jason47.com Rank. Actor (Character) # of Episodes 1. Tamara Braun (Ava Vitali) 10 2. Carson Boatman (Johnny DiMera) 9 *. Dan Feuerriegel (EJ DiMera) 9 *. Jackee Harry (Paulina Price Carver) 9 *. John Kapelos (Konstantin Meleounis) 9 6. Blake Berris (Everett Lynch) 8 *. Raven Bowens (Chanel DiMera) 8 *. Steve Burton (Harris Michaels) 8 *. Abigail Klein (Stephanie Johnson) 8 *. Eric Martsolf (Brady Black) 8 *. Emily O'Brien (Theresa Donovan) 8 *. Suzanne Rogers (Maggie Kiriakis) 8 *. Arianne Zucker (Nicole DiMera) 8 14. Billy Flynn (Chad DiMera) 7 *. Stacy Haiduk (Kristen DiMera) 7 *. Drake Hogestyn (John Black) 7 *. Susan Seaforth Hayes (Julie Williams) 7 *. Ashley Puzemis (Holly Jonas) 7 19. Linsey Godfrey (Sarah Horton) 6 *. Deidre Hall (Marlena Black) 6 *. Jessica Serfaty (Sloan Petersen Brady) 6 *. Paul Telfer (Xander Cook Kiriakis) 6 *. Greg Vaughan (Eric Brady) 6 *. Robert Scott Wilson (Alex Kiriakis) 6 25. Lucas Adams (Tripp Johnson) 5 *. Brandon Barash (Stefan DiMera) 5 *. Elia Cantu (Jada Hunter) 5 *. Victoria Grace (Wendy Shin) 5 *. James Reynolds (Abe Carver) 5 30. Mary Beth Evans (Kayla Johnson) 4 *. Galen Gering (Rafe Hernandez) 4 *. Leo Howard (Tate Black) 4 *. Stephen Nichols (Steve Johnson) 4 *. Greg Rikaart (Leo Stark) 4 35. Finley Rose Slater (Rachel Black) 3 36. Cary Christopher (Thomas DiMera) 2 *. Lauren Koslow (Kate Brady) 2 *. Jamie Martin Mann (Tate Black) 2 *. James Read (Clyde Weston) 2 *. Josh Taylor (Roman Brady) 2 41. Bryan Dattilo (Lucas Horton) 1 Credited guest stars appearing in less than 5 episodes: Karole Foreman (Judge Dabney) Madelyn Kientz (Sophia Choi) SET TOTALS: April 2024 Brady Pub...19 Horton Town Square...16 DiMera Mansion...11 Kiriakis Study...8 Sloan's Apartment...6 Small Park...6 Wendy's Apartment...6 Establishing Shots of Hospital...6 Horton Cabin...5 Paulina's Hospital Room...5 Spectator Office...5 Establishing Shots of Smith Island...5 Konstatin's Bedroom (Kiriakis)...4 Establishing Shots of Police Station...4 Establishing Shots of Townhouse...4 Alex's Apartment...3 The Bistro at Saxton's...3 Nurses' Station...3 Titan Office...3 Xander & Sarah's Apartment...3 Establishing Shots of Spectator...3 Establishing Shots of Titan...3 Black Patch Office...2 Clyde's Phone Limbo...2 Everett's Salem Inn Room...2 Hospital Exam Room...2 Kayla's Townhouse...2 Kristen's Bedroom (DiMera)...2 Marlena's Office...2 Marlena's Townhouse...2 Paulina's Apartment...2 Paulina's Office...2 Rafe's Office...2 Ava's Bedroom...1 Black Limbo...1 Detective Area...1 Gravesite (Abigail's)...1 Harris' Brady Pub Room...1 Hearing Room...1 Holly's Bedroom (DiMera)...1 Horton Living Room...1 Interrogation Room...1 Johnny & Chanel's Salem Inn Room...1 Kayla's Office...1 Leo's Salem Inn Room...1 Priest's Cell...1 Salem Halfway House Visiting Room...1 Small Bar...1 Sweet Bits Kitchen...1 DIRECTORS & SCRIPT WRITERS: 4/1/24: Noel Maxam 4/2/24: David Shaughnessy 4/3/24: Scott McKinsey 4/4/24: Noel Maxam 4/5/24: Noel Maxam 4/8/24: Sonia Blangiardo Goins 4/9/24: Scott McKinsey 4/10/24: Noel Maxam 4/11/24: Noel Maxam 4/12/24: Scott McKinsey 4/15/24: Sonia Blangiardo Goins 4/16/24: Angela Tessinari 4/17/24: Sonia Blangiardo Goins 4/18/24: David Shaughnessy 4/19/24: Angela Tessinari 4/22/24: Noel Maxam 4/23/24: Angela Tessinari 4/24/24: Noel Maxam 4/25/24: Angela Tessinari 4/26/24: Scott McKinsey 4/29/24: Angela Tessinari 4/30/24: Angela Tessinari http://www.jason47.com

Here's a look back at the last scene of Marla Adams as Dr. Claire McIntyre on "Days" in 1999, from Episode # 8621, as well as some additional paperwork from Marla's time on the show.

I have every issue in a few filing cabinets, so as long as you don't request a ton of things, if you want me to scan a few of your most-wanted items, I could do that.

HAPPY 15,000 EPISODES, "DAYS OF OUR LIVES"!

Did you say you saw Billy Flynn in a photo? I missed him. Besides him, the only ones I didn't see there today in photos are Drake, Eric Martsolf, Jessica Serfaty, Lucas Adams and Emily O'Brien, as well as the previously announced AnnaLynne McCord and Al Calderon. Andrea McKinnon is the show's publicist now, so they do have a PR department again. She used to work for the show a long time ago.

BURBANK STUDIOS TODAY...WEEK OF 15,000TH EPISODE TAPING From our Burbank friend who sometimes sends in photos, here are some photos today outside the Burbank Studios gate and parking lot, also showing Studios 2 and 4 where "Days" tapes.

Lanna Saunders worked as long as she could until her MS got too bad, so there was no final Marie episode written. Marie's last episode as a contract character was April 8, 1985. Maree Cheatham reprised the role for brief visits in 1994, 1996 and 2010.

FROM THE VAULT: JULIE/STEVE SCENE...EPISODE # 3231...AUGUST 24, 1978... Here's a look at the Olson sibling dynamic between Julie and Steve from Episode # 3231, which aired August 24, 1978. Susan Seaforth Hayes & Stephen Schnetzer are taping their first scene together this week since December 1979.

It was a plot point written in 1993 that didn't exist in the 1970's, to help tie Kate and Lucas to another storyline in Salem. Same as for John's storyline and Tori Narita. Both involved time frames when the characters (Bill in 1977 and John in 1990's) were on-screen and viewers were watching them each day. Then these two women who had never existed on-screen at the time (Kate Roberts and Tori Narita) were supposedly having affairs with the Salem men, but we just didn't see it on-air. In Bill's case, it totally upended the whole plot point of the 1970's storyline. He specifically never had an affair (with Kate Winograd, the non-existent Kate Roberts, or any other character), it was just that Laura thought he had done so.

But what keeps getting lost to history since not many of us were watching in the 1970's is that the whole Bill/Kate Winograd storyline was about NOT having an affair. The whole gist of Kate Winograd was that she would NEVER have an affair with a married man. That's why she left Salem. She was in love with Bill but could never take her feelings further due to him being married to Laura. Laura MISTAKINGLY thinking that Bill and Kate were having an affair is what set in motion what happened to Laura psychologically thereafter.

Maureen Russell does point out in her book that she has compiled the dates based on the TAPE dates of the production charts. So, technically, her dates are correct based on that. It's just that for the actors who finish taping in December of a certain year, they will continue airing into January of the next year. So, I did make those discoveries of which actors actually did that when getting all of the scripts.

THE THREE FACES OF STEPHEN OLSON... Here's a look at the three actors to have played Julie's brother, Stephen Olson: Flip Mark played Steve for 2 episodes in November 1965. James Carroll Jordan played Steve for 10 episodes in July and August 1972 (pictured with Mark Tapscott as Bob, Nancy Wickwire as Phyllis and Karin Wolfe as Mary); and Stephen Schnetzer (pictured with Susan Seaforth Hayes as Julie) played Steve for 115 episodes from June 1978 to December 1979. After a 45-year absence from the Salem canvas, Stephen Schnetzer will be taping his first episode of "Days" since 1979 this coming week, which will air much later in 2024. Click here to read this 2015 interview I did with the original Steve, Flip Mark: http://www.jason47.com/days/interviewflipmark.html

Upon additional research, here's more info: I checked the Christmas 1979 Soap Digest synopsis, and right after they detail the Stephen/Mary 12/25/79 scenes is this one sentence: "Bill informs Alice that Stephen flew to Paris after receiving an urgent phone call from someone in France." The weekly newspaper for 12/31/79-1/4/80 notes: "Steve went to Paris." (That looks like to have happened off-screen, with it, per Digest, being Bill who tells Alice about it). Then, in the next Soap Digest issue (for January 1980 episodes): "When Trish learns that Stephen flew to Paris after receiving an urgent phone call from a man, she fears Stephen will tell Durant about the diamonds she stole from him. Trish worries what she'll do if Durant comes to Salem." Then "When Julie mentions that Stephen took a cane with him to France, Mickey expresses puzzlement." In February 1980, the character of Mimi (Stephen's smuggling partner) returns for 5 episodes: Mimi flies in from France and tells Trish that she has merchandise that belongs to Durant. Trish gives her the diamonds. I do see the discrepancy between the final year of Schnetzer (most say 1980, while my records say 12/25/79). The Maureen Russell book says 1980, and I just checked the production notecards, which say 1/80. But, Stephen is not listed on any script, either in January 1980 or any episode in 1980. His last episode was 12/25/79. My guess is, since Russell worked off the weekly production cast charts, perhaps he was originally scheduled to appear in a January 1980 episode, or be part of the Mimi storyline in February 1980, but they ended up only using Mimi to finish out that storyline. Russell compiled her cast list from 1965-1994 using the weekly cast charts, while I compiled my cast list from 1965-1983 by checking each and every script cast list (for the characters) (and for most of the 1965-1975 episodes, also the daily master telecast reports that Days had to submit to NBC for the actor names), and then from my own personal viewings of the episodes from 1984-present.