DAYS: NABET crew members (audio/lighting/video depts.) have been laid off

[marceline]

Yeah. I think it's just a matter now of waiting for the announcement.

[Vee]

Wait: Who the [!@#$%^&*] is going to crew this show? Josh Taylor and Bryan Dattillo?

In other news, that music video just brings so much [!@#$%^&*] back.

[DramatistDreamer]

Sorry to say but I was thinking the exact same thing when I read this announcement. NBC has been terrific at decimating every last one of its Daytime soaps, show by show over the last few decades. Days would be the piece de resistance.

[Khan]

Well, it's not like they don't have much time on their hands.

[DaytimeFan]

I agree this is the final nail in DAYS' coffin. The ratings are bad, the studio space is leased, the crew's been laid off...

I just hope Lauren Koslow is on the phone NOW with her agent to get a meeting with Brad Bell.

[wingwalker]

That's sad to here. Loosing your job around Christmas time is not cool.

[Jane1978]

I´m sure if NBC wanted they could give these people a new deal. They had to know for atleast 2 months now, ever since Corday announced the plan to move fell through. This just feels like the network decided these people just aren´t necessary for the approx. 4+ months of taping needed for the show to finish its current contract. There is still a chance atleast some of them could be hired directly by Corday Productions, but they would have to be paid directly from the show's budget and I´m not sure that´s possible even if Corday wanted. Still, someone has to do the job and because it seems NBC has washed its hands with "it's not our studio, so it's not our problem", it will be up to Corday to find the cheapest replacement possible. In both ways it's another dent into show's budget because jobs which were essentially outsourced and paid by NBC till now will have to be paid directly by Corday.

[gtru1981]

I think this is the last leg for the show. I expect it to be canceled in 2013.

[marceline]

Shall we start the pool on when the announcement comes?

[Eric83]

So NBC paid these people's salaries and now that they are laid off Corday has to find the money to pay people to do these jobs?

[Y&RWorldTurner]

That's what it sounds like - the union involved had a deal with NBC when they owned the studio, which has since expired.

DAYS now has to scramble to find replacements, and pay for them out of their own pocket. Given that DAYS has a shoe string budget to begin with, and the low ratings, it probably doesn't look too good for the show.

[Bright Eyes]

So these firings will take affect on-screen sometime in mid to late March, I presume.

[Eric83]

Wow. They better start the finale storyboards NOW!

[Khan]

Unless Ken Corday miraculously finds the cash needed to hire a new crew, I don't expect DAYS to last much longer (on-air) than March 2013. At best, they'll find enough money to hire a sort of "skeleton crew" to keep the show going long enough to write and produce a proper (if rushed) ending. However, even under those circumstances, it can't be a long-term solution, or else DAYS will run seriously over budget.

Worst-case scenario: DAYS stops production immediately, and abruptly; a final airdate is announced; and viewers are left hanging in the worst way ever.

[marceline]

Yikes. That would officially be the worst cancellation scenario ever. Worse even than the ABC/PP debacle.

They shoot that far ahead?