Members soapfan770 Posted March 13, 2020 Members Share Posted March 13, 2020 Weird question but was Days really the only soap to actually acknowledge 9/11? I don’t recall any other soaps doing much about it on air other than Days at that time for their Christmas episode that year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chris B Posted March 13, 2020 Members Share Posted March 13, 2020 CBS has shut down production on most of it's series, including Dynasty which films out of Atlanta. They get to wrap up the episode they're filming now and whatever was left to be filmed (likely 1-2 episode per show) will be scrapped due to the cost of resuming filming after a break. Grey's Anatomy is shut down as are Netflix shows. You can't tell me soaps aren't far behind. DAYS of course will be fine, but I wonder what would happen with the other three soaps. They only have like a 3-4 week backlog of episodes right? If production is halted you also have to consider the time it would take them to resume and have enough episodes ready to film. This could be a mess. I know in the UK and Australia soaps have taken regular hiatuses so it might not be a bad idea to craft cliffhangers and simply announce that they will be taking a break. We'll have a better chance of regaining viewers that way as opposed to just ending on regular episodes. Of course we have to h ope they care enough to even do that and then promote the shows when they return. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vee Posted March 13, 2020 Members Share Posted March 13, 2020 It's coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paul Raven Posted March 13, 2020 Members Share Posted March 13, 2020 Well this could work in Days favor if it is the only daytime soap still airing. What would ABC/CBS program instead? They could go to 3 eps aweek say MTW and air classic eps the other 2 days. That would give them a little breathing space... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fevuh Posted March 13, 2020 Members Share Posted March 13, 2020 I don't watch but this will be weird. No current sports to watch, reruns for the forseeable future when they're out of new episodes for all primetime shows, talk shows with no audience and I wonder if celebrities will stop booking talk shows just because of fear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fevuh Posted March 13, 2020 Members Share Posted March 13, 2020 Does anyone know for sure how far in advance exactly each show shoots? I know DAYS is like 6 or 8 months in advance. But I was reading for the others it's about 3 weeks or a month. I thought at one point (this is years ago)...most were shooting Christmas episodes in September....so it was like 2.5 to 3 months. Are Y&R and B&B and GH now at 1 month or 3 weeks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members te. Posted March 13, 2020 Members Share Posted March 13, 2020 As awful as it is to say this, but Days really could just benefit from shutting down for a few months, period. Soon it'll be the only soap running and then it'll catch up in production. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Aback Posted March 13, 2020 Members Share Posted March 13, 2020 Soaps will have to take a long break. Even DAYS will run out of episodes, trust me. The networks will become CNN-like all-news outlets. People are gonna crave news and updates. Rightly so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Toups Posted March 13, 2020 Administrator Share Posted March 13, 2020 So many shows are shutting down. I can’t see the soaps continuing to tape. I’m surprised they haven’t announced it yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DAYS Posted March 13, 2020 Members Share Posted March 13, 2020 Do you think the ratings would go up due to coronavirus? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DramatistDreamer Posted March 13, 2020 Author Members Share Posted March 13, 2020 I'm surprised by this too. I know that this is an industry where the fans and public are often among the last to know but this is a pandemic not a ratings call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Darn Posted March 13, 2020 Members Share Posted March 13, 2020 That would make sense. Soap ratings used to increase over winter breaks and summers, not so much anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Aback Posted March 13, 2020 Members Share Posted March 13, 2020 Ratings won't go up. The shows will be pre-empted even if there's still a bunch of unaired episodes. Networks will broadcast news. The real ratings maker is the coronavirus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Vee Posted March 13, 2020 Members Share Posted March 13, 2020 GH's suspended production. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DramatistDreamer Posted March 13, 2020 Author Members Share Posted March 13, 2020 Your move, Y&R. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts