November, Year-To-Date-Rankings Released...10 actors clinch spots in the Top 15 for 2006...Reckell will be the 26th to join the 180+ episodes in a year club next month

With only 20 episodes left to air in December, ten actors have already clinched spots in the Top 15 episode rankings for 2006. Kristian Alfonso (Hope), Peter Reckell (Bo) and Alison Sweeney (Sami) each are appearing on the Top 15 list for the 13th time, since records started to be kept in 1989. Christie Clark (ex-Carrie) appears on the list for the 8th time. Jason Cook (ex-Shawn) and Bryan Dattilo (Lucas) are appearing on the list for the 7th time. Farah Fath (Mimi) and Austin Peck (ex-Austin) appear for the 6th time. Martha Madison (Belle) appears for the 2nd time. Rachel Melvin (Chelsea) is joining the list for the first-time ever, in her first full-year with the show. The final 5 spots on the Top 15 for 2006 will go to 5 of these 8 actors, depending on who appears a lot in December: Deidre Hall (Marlena), Drake Hogestyn (John), Brody Hutzler (Patrick), Lauren Koslow (Kate), Renee Jones (Lexie), Julie Pinson (Billie), James Reynolds (Abe) and James Scott (E.J.). In addition, Peter Reckell (Bo) will become just the 26th actor since 1989 to appear in over 180 episodes in one calendar year. This is the second time Reckell is on the list, having appeared in 191 episodes in 1999. He could break his career record if he appears in at least 16 episodes in December. Also, if Reckell continues to hold the lead, it will be only the second time that he has appeared in the most episodes for the year. He last led for the year in 2002. Additional information on the Top 15 is available directly at http://members.aol.com/jason47b/top15.html

2006 Episode Rankings. Here's how many episodes the top 5 actors have appeared in this year (1/1/06-11/30/06), out of a total of 233 episodes. For the complete list, please visit http://members.aol.com/jason47b

Rank. Actor (Character) # of Episodes

1. Peter Reckell (Bo Brady) 176

2. Kristian Alfonso (Hope Brady) 160

3. Alison Sweeney (Sami Brady) 157

4. Farah Fath (Mimi Lockhart Brady) 146

5. Rachel Melvin (Chelsea Benson) 136

November Episode Rankings. Here's how many episodes the top 5 actors appeared in this month (11/1/06-11/30/06), out of a total of 20 episodes. For the complete list, please visit http://members.aol.com/jason47b

Rank. Actor (Character) # of Episodes

1. Peter Reckell (Bo Brady) 19

2. Kristian Alfonso (Hope Brady) 17

3. Brandon Beemer (Shawn Brady) 13

*. Mary Beth Evans (Kayla Brady Johnson) 13

*. Stephen Nichols (Steve Johnson) 13

Please take a moment and check out the special "Days of Christmas Past" page which was released earlier this week. And take a moment to vote on your favorite "Days" Christmas of the past 20 years. Results will be posted right before Christmas Day!

Thanks for doing that, Jason!!! I'm liking the numbers...Alison Sweeney has had a well-deserved break this month. Hopefully she'll be back in full force next month, though

I can't believe Farah is going to be in the Top 15 for the 6th consecutive year! I do like the other 4 actors in the Top 5 so far this year in Alfonso, Reckell, Melvin, and Sweeney, thanks for posting these Jason!