DAYS: Will be preempted for 2 weeks for Summer Olympics

[JAS0N47]

The verdict is in: "Days of Our Lives" will be preempted for the entire duration of the 2012 Summer Olympics. As NBC did in 2004, "Days" will be preempted for the 10 weekdays of the Summer Olympics: Monday July 30, Tuesday July 31, Wednesday August 1, Thursday August 2, Friday August 3, Monday August 6, Tuesday August 7, Wednesday August 8, Thursday August 9, and Friday August 10. "2012 Summer Olympics: Daytime" will be airing on all NBC affiliates from 10AM-5PM ET (9AM-4PM CT/MT/PT) each day. Episode # 11894 (airing Friday, July 27, 2012) will be the last episode of "Days" aired until Episode # 11895 airs on Monday, August 13, 2012. Here is the complete airdate schedule of "Days" from now until September 2012:

Episode # DAY Airdate

11792 MON 3/5/12

PREEMPTED TUE 3/6/12 PRESIDENTIAL NEWS CONFERENCE

11793 WED 3/7/12

11794 THU 3/8/12

11795 FRI 3/9/12

11796 MON 3/12/12

11797 TUE 3/13/12

11798 WED 3/14/12

11799 THU 3/15/12

11800 FRI 3/16/12

11801 MON 3/19/12

11802 TUE 3/20/12

11803 WED 3/21/12

11804 THU 3/22/12

11805 FRI 3/23/12

11806 MON 3/26/12

11807 TUE 3/27/12

11808 WED 3/28/12

11809 THU 3/29/12

11810 FRI 3/30/12

11811 MON 4/2/12

11812 TUE 4/3/12

11813 WED 4/4/12

11814 THU 4/5/12

11815 FRI 4/6/12

11816 MON 4/9/12

11817 TUE 4/10/12

11818 WED 4/11/12

11819 THU 4/12/12

11820 FRI 4/13/12

11821 MON 4/16/12

11822 TUE 4/17/12

11823 WED 4/18/12

11824 THU 4/19/12

11825 FRI 4/20/12

11826 MON 4/23/12

11827 TUE 4/24/12

11828 WED 4/25/12

11829 THU 4/26/12

11830 FRI 4/27/12

11831 MON 4/30/12

11832 TUE 5/1/12

11833 WED 5/2/12

11834 THU 5/3/12

11835 FRI 5/4/12

11836 MON 5/7/12

11837 TUE 5/8/12

11838 WED 5/9/12

11839 THU 5/10/12

11840 FRI 5/11/12

11841 MON 5/14/12

11842 TUE 5/15/12

11843 WED 5/16/12

11844 THU 5/17/12

11845 FRI 5/18/12

11846 MON 5/21/12

11847 TUE 5/22/12

11848 WED 5/23/12

11849 THU 5/24/12

11850 FRI 5/25/12

11851 MON 5/28/12

11852 TUE 5/29/12

11853 WED 5/30/12

11854 THU 5/31/12

11855 FRI 6/1/12

11856 MON 6/4/12

11857 TUE 6/5/12

11858 WED 6/6/12

11859 THU 6/7/12

PREEMPTED FRI 6/8/12 FRENCH OPEN TENNIS SEMIFINALS

11860 MON 6/11/12

11861 TUE 6/12/12

11862 WED 6/13/12

11863 THU 6/14/12

11864 FRI 6/15/12

11865 MON 6/18/12

11866 TUE 6/19/12

11867 WED 6/20/12

11868 THU 6/21/12

11869 FRI 6/22/12

11870 MON 6/25/12

11871 TUE 6/26/12

11872 WED 6/27/12

11873 THU 6/28/12

11874 FRI 6/29/12

11875 MON 7/2/12

11876 TUE 7/3/12

11877 WED 7/4/12

11878 THU 7/5/12

11879 FRI 7/6/12

11880 MON 7/9/12

11881 TUE 7/10/12

11882 WED 7/11/12

11883 THU 7/12/12

11884 FRI 7/13/12

11885 MON 7/16/12

11886 TUE 7/17/12

11887 WED 7/18/12

11888 THU 7/19/12

11889 FRI 7/20/12

11890 MON 7/23/12

11891 TUE 7/24/12

11892 WED 7/25/12

11893 THU 7/26/12

11894 FRI 7/27/12

PREEMPTED MON 7/30/12 SUMMER OLYMPICS

PREEMPTED TUE 7/31/12 SUMMER OLYMPICS

PREEMPTED WED 8/1/12 SUMMER OLYMPICS

PREEMPTED THU 8/2/12 SUMMER OLYMPICS

PREEMPTED FRI 8/3/12 SUMMER OLYMPICS

PREEMPTED MON 8/6/12 SUMMER OLYMPICS

PREEMPTED TUE 8/7/12 SUMMER OLYMPICS

PREEMPTED WED 8/8/12 SUMMER OLYMPICS

PREEMPTED THU 8/9/12 SUMMER OLYMPICS

PREEMPTED FRI 8/10/12 SUMMER OLYMPICS

11895 MON 8/13/12

11896 TUE 8/14/12

11897 WED 8/15/12

11898 THU 8/16/12

11899 FRI 8/17/12

11900 MON 8/20/12

11901 TUE 8/21/12

11902 WED 8/22/12

11903 THU 8/23/12

11904 FRI 8/24/12

11905 MON 8/27/12

11906 TUE 8/28/12

11907 WED 8/29/12

11908 THU 8/30/12

11909 FRI 8/31/12

PREEMPTED MON 9/3/12 PGA GOLF DEUTSCHE BANK FINALS

11910 TUE 9/4/12

11911 WED 9/5/12

11912 THU 9/6/12

11913 FRI 9/7/12

11914 MON 9/10/12

11915 TUE 9/11/12

11916 WED 9/12/12

11917 THU 9/13/12

11918 FRI 9/14/12

11919 MON 9/17/12

11920 TUE 9/18/12

11921 WED 9/19/12

11922 THU 9/20/12

11923 FRI 9/21/12

11924 MON 9/24/12

11925 TUE 9/25/12

11926 WED 9/26/12

11927 THU 9/27/12

11928 FRI 9/28/12

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[aMLCproduction]

This sucks .

[darraholic]

It's probably for the best. DAYS would likely air during the middle of the night.

And from a business standpoint.... The Olympics > Days of our Lives. It's really a no-brainer.

TPTB really need to give the show an awesome cliffhanger going into the break. Leave the viewers wanting to come back. They also need to take a full month off shooting. This schedule they're on is beyond ridicoulous.

[Antoyne]

Ratings are going to be AWFUL after.

[jcar03]

There was really no way around it because of the time difference and when key events were going to be scheduled to air. It is better to preempt it entirely instead of moving it to ridiculous times and having people miss episodes.

[JAS0N47]

In any event, there's no space for anything on NBC's schedule, be it daytime, primetime, or late night.

The Olympics will be airing from 12:35AM-5AM, 10AM-5PM, 8PM-12AM each weekday. The only thing airing on the network besides the Olympics for the 2 weeks is a shortened, 3-hour version of "Today" from 7AM-10AM. That leaves just 5.5 hours a day for local news & syndicated programming (5AM-7AM, 5PM-8PM, 12AM-12:35AM), so everything from "Days" to the whole primetime schedule to "Jay Leno", "Jimmy Fallon", etc.... won't be airing.

[Eric83]

I hope DAYS doesn't suffer too much from the break. Hopefully we get a few HUGE cliffhangers.

[Ira]

Even despite it's awfulness, DAYS was really entertaining the last time it got pre-empted for the Olympics. It's probably too much to hope for something really fun and ridiculous that will pull people back. I remember the "Next time on Days" that Friday looked epic, since this was during the whole captive island storyline. But there's not really anything that epic happening on the show now.

I do home they take a lot of time off, though. Because I agree how far ahead they are in shooting is kinda stupid.

[Gray Bunny]

Well I'm sure their cliffhanger won't be anything like 2004's "they're all alive on an island!" reveal... but that's probably a good thing.

[Ira]

This was the big promo for Days returning after the Olympics in 2004:

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[aMLCproduction]

Yes it was this. And a dreadful summer

[Toups]

LMAO at Stephen Wyman's special effects. Lightning bolt! Stormy clouds! Explosion! Swirly effect! Seeing Heather Lindell for those few seconds made me miss her. Her Jan Spears was sexy and devious.

[Max]

DOOL really was at its all time worst in 2004. The s#it that year was even more dreadful than the last two years of AMC & GL, the vampire stuff on PC, and possibly even worse than Passions was in 2004.

Was the soap pre-empted as much in 2008 as it was in 2004 & 2012?

[darraholic]

I don't think DAYS was pre-empted in 2008 because of the time difference of Beijing.

[Ira]

I still say Days is at its worst when its dreadfully BORING. Like Dena's first run in 2003, the one that upset Brash/Cwikly. And then whatever the hell was going on in during that safe house mess up until before the baby switch started really taking shape.

2004 is awful, awful writing but I'll be damned if I wasn't glued to my screen every day.