"DAYS" WRAPS PRODUCTION, AWAITS WORD FROM NBC...

 

"Days of Our Lives" wrapped production yesterday, managing to still finish taping its season on time, even though pandemic delays caused the show to tape 112 episodes over the past 14 weeks straight without any breaks. "Days" now awaits word of a renewal from NBC.

Edited May 5, 20214 yr by JAS0N47

37 minutes ago, John said:

If Come Deals-How can they gurantee the amount of money actors will get without a deal in place to renew the show

 

They likely do not make a guarantee of exact pay. A range is not out of the ordinary. As well, Corday is working with a budget in mind, so Corday would have reasonable knowledge of what kind of money he'd be working with overall - the talent budget is only a part of the overall production budget, and note that Deadline said If-Come deals were being made with 'key' cast members - not everyone. There is likely talent who will be given 'take it or leave it' deals if the show is renewed and others who Corday does not feel need to be secured in advance.  

I wish Sony would just sell their interest in the show. Sony has always felt like the problem to me with both DAYS and Y&R.

 

I'm assuming NBC wants to keep the show (Today isn't setting the news world on fire, let's be honest so no more expansion; they have no replacements in development). But just how much lower can the damn budget go? lol 

 

And if a game show ever did replace it, the show would be a 'name' not some new development.

Edited April 24, 20214 yr by KMan101

49 minutes ago, KMan101 said:

I wish Sony would just sell their interest in the show. Sony has always felt like the problem to me with both DAYS and Y&R.

 

I'm assuming NBC wants to keep the show (Today isn't setting the news world on fire, let's be honest so no more expansion; they have no replacements in development). But just how much lower can the damn budget go? lol 

 

And if a game show ever did replace it, the show would be a 'name' not some new development.

 

Sony is bullish when it comes to getting their shows renewed by the networks. Has been for a long time. So bullish they are literally throwing incentives at the networks to keep their shows on the air even when they make little profit, including sharing ownership, if necessary, for a program (see: The Goldbergs for ABC, The Blacklist for NBC). If they are losing money and make absolutely no profit off of DAYS then I can't blame them for cutting and cutting where they have to. If the ratings continue to dwindle for "Days of our Lives" and the show is unprofitable, who is the show being made for then? A business needs money to function and profit from other programs can't continue footing the bill just so fans of a 57-year-old show are happy.

 

For instance, for the longest time this website had been in the red and I could have shut it down at any minute because there were many times where I couldn't afford to keep it going. I've had to make adjustments where I could to cut costs without sacrificing the reader/subscriber experience. If I didn't have a source of personal income outside of the site, and had the ability to use some of it for the site, the SON Community and the main portion of Soap Opera Network would have been shuttered a long time ago. Essentially, it was on borrowed time. This is the same thing for "DAYS." How much more can Sony do to find ways to make a dollar on a product that is losing its value the longer it is on? Unless there is a huge increase in social media buzz, magazine covers or similar due to a huge storyline that resonates with the masses, this show is just going to continue chugging along on a bare bones budget (worse than a high school play) just so no one gets blamed by the fans for canceling such an iconic show.

 

@KMan101 Apologies. My response above veered off of why I quoted your post. Was mostly a long rant.

 

 

1 hour ago, Errol said:

 

Sony is bullish when it comes to getting their shows renewed by the networks. Has been for a long time. So bullish they are literally throwing incentives at the networks to keep their shows on the air even when they make little profit, including sharing ownership, if necessary, for a program (see: The Goldbergs for ABC, The Blacklist for NBC). If they are losing money and make absolutely no profit off of DAYS then I can't blame them for cutting and cutting where they have to. If the ratings continue to dwindle for "Days of our Lives" and the show is unprofitable, who is the show being made for then? A business needs money to function and profit from other programs can't continue footing the bill just so fans of a 57-year-old show are happy.

 

For instance, for the longest time this website had been in the red and I could have shut it down at any minute because there were many times where I couldn't afford to keep it going. I've had to make adjustments where I could to cut costs without sacrificing the reader/subscriber experience. If I didn't have a source of personal income outside of the site, and had the ability to use some of it for the site, the SON Community and the main portion of Soap Opera Network would have been shuttered a long time ago. Essentially, it was on borrowed time. This is the same thing for "DAYS." How much more can Sony do to find ways to make a dollar on a product that is losing its value the longer it is on? Unless there is a huge increase in social media buzz, magazine covers or similar due to a huge storyline that resonates with the masses, this show is just going to continue chugging along on a bare bones budget (worse than a high school play) just so no one gets blamed by the fans for canceling such an iconic show.

 

@KMan101 Apologies. My response above veered off of why I quoted your post. Was mostly a long rant.

 

 

 

No worries. I appreciate the information and your rant LOL

Tamara Braun (Ava) confirmed that "Days" was back in production today. As reported last month, "Days" completed taping its current contract on April 16 and had went dark pending renewal. With "Days" back in production today, all signs point to a renewal, but NBC has yet to confirm the news.

Well, that's good to hear.

Unless they're returning to film the series finale?

 

This renewal has been handled so bizarrely I'm at a loss as to what NBC/Sony/Corday are thinking. 

11 hours ago, DaytimeFan said:

Unless they're returning to film the series finale?

 

This renewal has been handled so bizarrely I'm at a loss as to what NBC/Sony/Corday are thinking. 

That's what I'm thinking...this has been handled in such an odd way. I also wouldn't be surprised if they did a surprise Peacock announcement.

 

   

Well, hopefully this is a good sign. It should be, right? LOL

Renewed for 2 Years!

 

https://tvline.com/2021/05/11/days-of-our-lives-renewed-two-years-season-57-58-nbc/

HOLY WOW 2 years???

TWO YEARS?!  Hell yeah!!!

WOW! That is incredible news! So pleased for the cast and crew. 

i mean, we're in a pandemic and LOTS of people were/are home, so they were probably seeing uptics in viewer metrics we don't have access to and are probably able to get some decent coin from selling adds right now. I'm not really surprised. I watched is a few days ago, and the commecials they were running were for actual products, not just for drugs or promos for primetime. LOL 

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