DAYS: Behind the Scenes, Articles/Photos

[Paul Raven]

Days 1970's DOD covers.

Edited September 25, 2014 by Paul Raven

[amybrickwallace]

Those are great! Thanks for posting them.

[KateW]

Despite dominating the Soap Opera Digest awards in the 1980s and 1990s, Days does not seem to do as well at the Daytime Emmys. Listed below are Days wins and nominations at the Daytime Emmys:

Winners

1974: Macdonald Carey (Lead Actor)

1975: Macdonald Carey (Lead Actor), Susan Flannery (Lead Actress)

1979: Suzanne Rogers (Supporting Actress)

1986: Leann Hunley (Supporting Actress)

1988: Billy Warlock (Younger Actor)

2009: Tamara Braun (Supporting Actress), Darin Brooks (Younger Actor)

2012: Chandler Massey (Younger Actor)

2013: Chandler Massey (Younger Actor)

2014: Eileen Davidson (Lead Actress), Eric Martsolf (Supporting Actor), Chandler Massey (Younger Actor)

Nominations

1975: Bill Hayes (Lead Actor), Susan Seaforth Hayes (Lead Actress)

1976: Macdonald Carey (Lead Actor), Bill Hayes (Lead Actor), Susan Seaforth Hayes (Lead Actress)

1978: Susan Seaforth Hayes (Lead Actress)

1979: Jed Allan (Lead Actor), John Clarke (Lead Actor), Susan Seaforth Hayes (Lead Actress), Joseph Gallison (Supporting Actor), Frances Reid (Supporting Actress)

1980: Deidre Hall (Supporting Actress)

1984: Deidre Hall (Lead Actress)
1985: Deidre Hall (Lead Actress), Kristian Alfonso (Younger Actress), Lisa Truesel (Younger Actress)

1986: Peggy McCay (Lead Actress)

1987: Frances Reid (Lead Actress), Peggy McCay (Supporting Actress), Billy Warlock (Younger Actor)

1988: Stephen Nichols (Lead Actor), Arleen Sorkin (Supporting Actress)

1989: Joseph Campanella (Supporting Actor), Jane Elliot (Supporting Actress), Arleen Sorkin (Supporting Actress), Darrell Utley (Younger Actor)

1990: Charlotte Ross (Younger Actress)

1991: Charlotte Ross (Younger Actress)

1992: Melissa Reeves (Younger Actress)

1997: Christie Clark (Younger Actress)

1998: Eileen Davidson (Lead Actress), Jensen Ackles (Younger Actor), Christie Clark (Younger Actress)

1999: Jensen Ackles (Younger Actor)

2000: Patrika Darbo (Supporting Actress), Jensen Ackles (Younger Actor)

2003: Kyle Lowder (Younger Actor)

2004: James Reynolds (Supporting Actor)

2008: Thaao Penghlis (Lead Actor), Judi Evans (Supporting Actress), Darin Brooks (Younger Actor), Rachel Melvin (Younger Actress)

2009: Peter Reckell (Lead Actor), Blake Berris (Younger Actor), Rachel Melvin (Younger Actress)

2010: James Scott (Lead Actor), Arianne Zucker (Supporting Actress), Dylan Patton (Younger Actor), Molly Burnett (Younger Actress), Shelly Hennig (Younger Actress)

2011: James Scott (Lead Actor), Chandler Massey (Younger Actor)

2012: Crystal Chappell (Lead Actress), Matthew Ashford (Supporting Actor), Molly Burnett (Younger Actress), Shelly Hennig (Younger Actress)

2013: Peggy McCay (Lead Actress), Arianne Zucker (Supporting Actress), Freddie Smith (Younger Actor)

2014: Arianne Zucker (Lead Actress)

[jam6242]

This an article about various characters instead of the actors. The magazine is dated April 1976 but I believe most of the events occurred in 1975. Interesting that the article refers to Bill's rape of Laura as a "brief encounter."

[DRW50]

Thanks for sharing this with us.

The Anderson family sounds so fascinating - a seemingly "normal" family decimated by neuroses. I wish the show hadn't given up on them.

[amybrickwallace]

Yes, great article. Thanks!!

[vetsoapfan]

And I remember reading that when she did start on GH, the ratings actually dipped, LOL.

It wasn't her fault by any stretch of the imagination; she was wonderful as Lesley, but networks delude themselves when they imagine that taking popular performers from other networks and plunking them down into new roles on other soaps is going to make a major difference in the ratings.

[amybrickwallace]

Yes, and ABC would learn that again a couple of years later when they brought Jacquie Courtney and George Reinholt to OLTL from AW. Then again, they had been fired from AW and it sounds like Denise Alexander left DAYS of her own accord.

[cassadine1991]

They still haven't.learned, look at GH now

[Paul Raven]

Variety reported in Oct 64 that Screen Gems were pitching two nightime serials to ABC 'West Wind' and 'Days of Our Lives'.At the same time, it stated, they were pitching Days to NBC for daytime.

So it seems that in the wake of Peyton Place, the producers felt that Days had a shot at primetime but were hedging their bets. I'm pretty sure Days was always intended for daytime and this proposal would have modified the original concept.

[amybrickwallace]

Yes, cassadine1991, those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it!!

[JAS0N47]

JASON47'S FROM THE VAULT: 45 YEARS AGO TODAY:

Here's the master telecast report for Episode # 996, which was taped at the Burbank studios exactly 45 years ago today: October 8, 1969. The episode was scheduled to air on October 20, 1969, but due to some baseball preemptions, it actually aired on October 23, 1969.

[amybrickwallace]

A vintage treasure indeed. Thanks for posting it!!

[JAS0N47]

Glad you enjoyed it! I have most of these for all the 1960s and 1970s episodes, so I post them from time-to-time.

[DRW50]

Thanks. This is terrific.

I thought I recognized the name Dick Gittings, so I went and looked - I think he filled in for Mark Tapscott as Bob Anderson when Mark had a heart attack.