ABC gave back an hour to its affiliates to encourage them to air "Katie." A few years before, they canceled "Port Charles" and gave back that half-hour to encourage their affiliates to air "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" It is very likely that CBS, which has more daytime network programming than any other network right now (4 1/2 to ABC's soon-to-be 3, and NBC's 1), will also give back an hour to its affiliates to encourage them to air its more potentially-lucrative syndicated show in an effort to ensure its success. That would still leave CBS with 3 1/2 hours of daytime network programming, still more than any other network.

Well, I disagree with you...we'll see who is more prescient when next fall rolls around.

You are forgetting that NBC actually programs 5 hours during the daytime (4 hours for "Today" and 1 for "Days of Our Lives"), while CBS has 6.5 hours and ABC has 6 hours. As far as ABC canceling "Port Charles" and giving the time slot back to affiliates to encourage them to air "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?", well, that's the first I'm hearing of it.

The fact that "Katie" is airing on all 8 of the ABC O&O affiliates (including the three largest TV markets in the USA: NYC, LA, and Chicago) as well as a host of other ABC affiliates not owned by the network, it is in the network's best interest to give back an hour...how is it in CBS's best interest to give an hour back to affiliates for "The Jeff Probst Show", especially when it will not be airing on CBS in New York or Los Angeles? The doesn't make any sense.

OLTL got its lowest ratings by far on Monday. That was the day that, on the West Coast at least, they preempted the show for the Conrad Murray verdict. The verdict was announced at 1, when OLTL comes on. Anyone know how that is calculated?

Oh DAYS Anyone know if NBC has the option to cancel it in 2012 or is DAYS good until 2013?

Wow You know it's bad if YOU of all people is asking this. But I see it to. Days ship has sailed. You hear that soap suds. I admit it. I do think Days is done when it's lease on life is done as well as GH.

Alright, so NBC doesn't have an option in the contract to cancel it in 2012? They must wait until the 2013 to cancel it? If that is true, should we be "worried" about DAYS' ratings right now? Or is this a period where ratings "don't matter" (whether they are high or low), that the window period that NBC will look at is late 2012/early 2013 when they decide to renew DAYS or not, so that's when ratings will "matter"?

I think they r good until 2012 with a 2013 option. Should we be worried? Hell to the yes! Corday won't be able to afford all this folks he brought back with numbers like this. Esp during sweeps. SO cuts are going to have to be made again. MARDAR needs to go straight JER on that ass and SOON!!!

DAYS' ship sailed the moment they decided to go ahead with this reboot, because you know what's going to happen now? In order to address this latest ratings decline, the new team will have to come up with insane stories that make the JER2, Tom Langan and Sally Sussman Morina eras look like classic RYAN'S HOPE, putting the show right back in the hole that Ed Scott, Gary Tomlin and even Hoagy Sheffer tried to pull it out of.

Frankly, the only thing that'll give DAYS even half a chance is if someone at the show, in cahoots with NBC, goes to Ken Corday and tells him just to sign the checks and keep his mouth shut.

DAYS' ship sailed the moment they decided to go ahead with this reboot, because you know what's going to happen now? In order to address this latest ratings decline, the new team will have to come up with insane stories that make the JER2, Tom Langan and Sally Sussman Morina eras look like classic RYAN'S HOPE, putting the show right back in the hole that Ed Scott, Gary Tomlin and even Hoagy Sheffer tried to pull it out of.

Nail. Head.

Days is good to 2013, they already picked up the one year option.

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Days is good to 3013, they already picked up the one year option.

Wow another 1000 years?

Wow another 1000 years?

YES!

NBC is that confident! LOL.

Corday has to pay them a fee if it dips below a specific (very low) rating anyways.

YES!

NBC is that confident! LOL.

Corday has to pay them a fee if it dips below a specific (very low) rating anyways.

Oh is that how the contract works? Interesting. So Corday pays a penalty if the ratings dip...but ultimately, so long as he can pay that fee he can keep DAYS on the air till 2013. Corday's an idiot, but he's an idiot whose invested in his show.

Wow another 1000 years?

They took OLTL's Gigi's advice, "Don't give up!".

Days is safe till the 50th then it will be gone...next year there will be only 3 soaps left. NBC wont get rid of Days.

Days is safe till the 50th then it will be gone...next year there will be only 3 soaps left. NBC wont get rid of Days.

I doubt it. Ratings so far have dropped precipitously and syndicated programming is far cheaper.

NBC constantly has so many other problems that they may not focus on DAYS for a while - either that or their other attempts at syndicated programming or talk/panel stuff have left them wary.

NBC constantly has so many other problems that they may not focus on DAYS for a while - either that or their other attempts at syndicated programming or talk/panel stuff have left them wary.

I'm not convinced that the NBC O&O's would turn down an attractive syndicated program in exchange for DAYS. The current DAYS contract is up in 2013, there is a bonus year till 2014...if DAYS gets that 2014 pickup then I could see them picking it up for one more year, 2015, get it to 50 years on NBC and let that be the end of it simply out of sentimentality and because it isn't the financial disaster that much of their programming is.

However, NBC, being a disaster, may also look to cut their losses and really lean out. In that case, DAYS is dead in 2013.