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I think this change ends the casual viewer…and may cause those who were getting bored or are bored to move on, ofc less likely to get hate watching if you have to pay. The one thing that gets me is the whole Beyond Salem was successful behind paywall, but part of that had to do with people who may not be on Days proper for months to come so they cannot capitalize. Agree if they did post complete library of 20th century episodes, I would be happily surprised.

With individual streamers existing now for major companies, Netflix and Hulu may have issues as they lose back catalog. Hulu may also be in trouble with NBC pulling their shows to Peacock and Disney+ added some shows that are more graphic than GH, so it isn’t the destination that it once was. The European equivalent has everything both Family Friendly and not on Hulu and Disney Plus too, so it goes back to contracts. It may be a known brand, but it may be less for streaming network shows and if there are not enough originals people may unsubscribe if all they use it for is time shifting shows that are now on other streaming sites. 
 

getting back to Days since the show is streaming only in the US thankfully Canadians can still watch, they should start making the format more palatable for online viewing. There is no need to flashback to something that happened a day or week before typically unless they are giving new information. With how far ahead they are we probably won’t get changes for a long time which makes it more annoying.

I do wonder if Days and Peacock will provide help to set up the app, as it is not available on all smarttvs, and if you only have a phone watching something longer is a pain. So they should team with Roku or something….

If I watch days it is on tv right now is not entertaining enough to spend time to stream. 

If SNL ends with a retirement of Lorne Michaels that is fine supposedly SNL was one of the most popular things on Peacock as they have back catalog. 
 

I can see local stations being upset as they will get the irate calls when Days stops airing on their affiliate in September.

To download anything on Peacock you have to have ad-free $9.99 per month service..that is also called premium like the $4.99 it is strange.

I can see some local stations as upset if Days brings people to their local news broadcasts or if someone is home and they just leave the tv on without switching channels.

They should have announced it at upfronts when NBC and the other traditional networks, streaming channels, and cable had an afternoon or day to promote their programming. Waiting barely a month is crazy, as advertisers would have paid for time on Days on NBC not for local programming or a news show. if advertisers did know surprised it didn’t leak.

If they start charging Comcast people for premium they will lose some of them, as Comcast mentions in their bills how it is a part of the subscription and originally it was added when they dumped other movie stations. They eliminated NBCsportsNet and Olympic Channel too, so a lot less events are available on tv as it is. 
 
When it comes to getting rid of recurring younger performers I wonder if this situation was a way to cut the cast and save money. And Corday knew the possibility for some time.

I thought it was interesting as to who was the focus in the last of the episodes…

Did anyone else get these extremely anti Supreme Court decision ads during the show on Peacock?

I wish it had been for Hillary instead of Amanda but glad for the fan shout out.

If you live long enough and your show doesn’t go off the air you get an Emmy? Poor Katherine Kelly Lang…

I forgot that Character I liked Ted in other shows but he wasn’t memorable to me on OLTL…

Nice to see acting clips not having for supporting was annoying 

When did Ron write for Ted King?

Having a song from 1990, was kind of appropriate for the tribute as many of those people were in daytime when that was a hit.

If they said they could not air anything before the show was HD I could accept that excuse. Music being embedded or being paid for one use is a real thing. That is what happened with WKRP in Cincinnati they didn’t have rights beyond airing on regular tv, and stripping out the music cost a lot, so it took years for them to secure the rights to the majority of the soundtrack.

The in memory of was during the tech Emmy’s that wasn’t really promoted. Again NATAS does something disrespectful considering this event was smaller.

Since this is a standalone episode I do not understand why they keep pushing the date except to not air it on a day with hearings…

I was a it is 1988 and a writing strike so of course it made less sense apologist for Santa Barbara.

Good for the actor Chris and his family moving away as they really could not depend on GH to be their main source of income.

The issue with the Roger return story on GL was The whole time he was on that island wearing the mask. That part of the story was weak, like Blake or anyone else never saw even a photo of Roger like Fletcher the reporter, oh please, and Alex is not that dumb, and it only got really good once everyone was in Springfield. 

Betty Rea retired around 1995…she had been in daytime for decades at that point.

Thank you for getting Erika’s statement Errol.

SID had quotes from Gina Tognoni, Frank Dicoupolous and Robert Newman https://www.soapsindepth.com/gallery/guiding-light/a-special-tribute-to-soap-star-jerry-verdorn 

SOD posted a roundup with others already shared and included an email statement from Amanda Setton. https://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/stars-react-to-jerry-verdorns-passing/  

soapshub had a long statement from Michael O’Leary who found over the phone from Grant Alexander and one from Kim Zimmer in two different articles.

Sorry my cut and paste is broken… 

Mark Lawson aka Brody on OLTL commented on Bree’s insta no idea how to share that…he mentions the last day of OLTL. There are some who won’t say anything and that is okay as I would rather someone not be forced to comment.

This years in memory of segment is going to be difficult and I hope they don’t screw it up or else they will have a lot of upset viewers. I think and hope we will hear from certain people eventually through others. I could see Kristen posting for her brother and with his own cancer battle… anyway I am expecting to hear from some of the guys at Gl perhaps Courtney Simon will tweet on behalf of Peter as they shared a dressing room for years and irl friends.

 Betterforgotten that clip today is even more poignant than it was back then…

My favorite scene of Jerry on OLTL was the one that aired on the same day where Erika had lines about being a soap fan from the end of the program. I thought it summed up his career in soaps in a way being about the experience and those important people you meet along the way being important even if over the years the relationship had changed. I didn’t see that as about Clint, and well he had to look away, to compose himself. 

I don’t know what my favorite Ross scene was, but I appreciate the laughter not that Ross wasn’t a serious character but there were some where you just knew he was having fun whether the material was serious or not.