Not a dream, not an imaginary story, folks.

Like sands through the hourglass, another iconic TV title is switching to streaming: NBC’s Days of our Lives will become a Peacock exclusive starting September 12, Vulture has learned. The move will end the show’s 57-year run on broadcast television and also marks the exit of NBC from a genre it pioneered 73 years ago with the launch in 1949 of These Are My Children, widely credited as TV’s first-ever daytime sudser. It comes as two other major broadcast titles — Thursday Night Football and ABC’s Dancing with the Stars — prepare to shift to streaming this fall.

In the case of Days, there has been industry speculation about it jumping to Peacock for some time now. The series, produced by Corday Prods. in association with Sony Pictures Television, has dodged cancellation multiple times over the past 15 years, with Sony and NBC often engaged in very last-minute negotiations to hammer out deals which make financial sense to both parties. Days has been the least-watched of the four remaining network daytime dramas for years now, making it increasingly difficult for NBC execs to justify keeping the show around absent reduced license fees (which Sony has largely been able to deliver).

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“This programming shift benefits both Peacock and NBC and is reflective of our broader strategy to utilize our portfolio to maximize reach and strengthen engagement with viewers,” Mark Lazarus, chairman, NBCUniversal Television and Streaming said of the decision. “With a large percentage of the Days of Our Lives audience already watching digitally, this move enables us to build the show’s loyal fanbase on streaming while simultaneously bolstering the network daytime offering with an urgent, live programming opportunity for partners and consumers.” NBC will fill the gap left by Days with a new one-hour news program, NBC News Daily, anchored by Kate Snow, Aaron Gilchrist, Vicky Nguyen and Morgan Radford.

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1 hour ago, Liberty City said:

I wish Peacock worked better on my streaming device. Makes streaming Days of Our Lives difficult.

Today Peacocktv 'bubbled' the sound for the whole show, audio a real mess & I was trying to hear what words were said & how.

2 hours ago, Liberty City said:

I wish Peacock worked better on my streaming device. Makes streaming Days of Our Lives difficult.

Must be your internet service. I’ve never had a problem streaming Peacock.

By the way, we constantly heard about filmed scenes on NBC that had to be cut for time. Why couldn’t those scenes be shown now? 

1 hour ago, ranger1rg said:

way, we constantly heard about filmed scenes on NBC that had to be cut for time. Why couldn’t those scenes be shown now? 

I figure that they could even go back to a 42 min. show instead of a 36 min. show if they want to unless they need to allow more ad time for Canada or something like that.

4 hours ago, ranger1rg said:

By the way, we constantly heard about filmed scenes on NBC that had to be cut for time. Why couldn’t those scenes be shown now? 

For some reason, they stopped posting cut scenes on the YouTube channel. Thankfully, that probably won’t happen anymore due to the Peacock change 

5 hours ago, ranger1rg said:

Must be your internet service. I’ve never had a problem streaming Peacock.

It has nothing to do with my internet, because Hulu, Netflix et al all perform fine. It's simply Paramount+ and Peacock that my PS4 don't want to stream properly; I've uninstalled and re-installed the apps multiple times. I've no issue with them on my computer, but that's not where I stream from.

5 hours ago, Tonksadora said:

I figure that they could even go back to a 42 min. show instead of a 36 min. show if they want to unless they need to allow more ad time for Canada or something like that.

It's already been announced the episodes debuting in February will be longer in length. But these were intended for airing on NBC, so they're remaining about an average run of 36 minutes.

1 hour ago, Liberty City said:

It's already been announced the episodes debuting in February will be longer in length. But these were intended for airing on NBC, so they're remaining about an average run of 36 minutes.

The last I heard Ken Corday had talked about the possibility which sounded good.

26 minutes ago, Liberty City said:

It's already been announced the episodes debuting in February will be longer in length. But these were intended for airing on NBC, so they're remaining about an average run of 36 minutes.

It hasn't been announced - Corday just commented that being on Peacock they don't have to worry about episode length. But at the same time, they still sell the show to syndication in other countries. So they'll still have to take that into consideration when cutting the episodes.

1 hour ago, te. said:

It hasn't been announced - Corday just commented that being on Peacock they don't have to worry about episode length. But at the same time, they still sell the show to syndication in other countries. So they'll still have to take that into consideration when cutting the episodes.

It seems DAYS always cuts a lot of extra scenes anyhow to make its runtime. Perhaps going forward, the Peacock episodes will include everything and the syndicated episodes elsewhere will have its usual cuts for time. 

Meanwhile, will we finally get to hear Marlena drop the F--- bomb or some other choice words to her enemies? That'd be nice

3 minutes ago, Gray Bunny said:

Meanwhile, will we finally get to hear Marlena drop the F--- bomb or some other choice words to her enemies? That'd be nice

I just want full frontals or else I'll stop watching 

52 minutes ago, te. said:

I just want full frontals or else I'll stop watching 

Will Horton please!!😍

I doubt it though. If we seeing anything it will a butt backside!!

56 minutes ago, Gray Bunny said:

 

Meanwhile, will we finally get to hear Marlena drop the F--- bomb or some other choice words to her enemies? That'd be nice

And she'll probably say sh!t too!

2 hours ago, Liberty City said:

It has nothing to do with my internet, because Hulu, Netflix et al all perform fine. It's simply Paramount+ and Peacock that my PS4 don't want to stream properly; I've uninstalled and re-installed the apps multiple times. I've no issue with them on my computer, but that's not where I stream from.

 

Get a Roku or Amazon fire stick and watch it that way. I've never had a problem watching Peacock that way.

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22 minutes ago, Soapsuds said:

Will Horton please!!😍

Idk man. He doesn't seem like the type, like the rest of the Days cast 😂😂

Just now, AbcNbc247 said:

Idk man. He doesn't seem like the type, like the rest of the Days cast 😂😂

I know but I could die happy!!😂😍❤

35 minutes ago, Soapsuds said:

I doubt it though. If we seeing anything it will a butt backside!!

We may get a tease of it... but I don't know if they're going there... yet, especially since Eric Martsolf said he showed his backside on A Very Salem Christmas, but, at the last minute, they re-cut the scene to remove the nudity.

They're not putting nudity on DAYS as long as Corday and NBC are in charge and a large cut of the demographic is pushing 60-70, lol. Give up your wet dreams now.

19 hours ago, Soapsuds said:

MBE says they are 8 months ahead. Insane!!

But Greg Rikaart later says he thinks it's more like 4-6 months. I hope he's closer to the truth.