DAYS OF OUR LIVES Moves to Peacock From NBC on September 12

[Soapsuds]

Great scoop Vee!! @Errol?? You got beat!!

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So only three soaps left on air.

Maybe they'll get more money for the show on peacock and finally fire Ron Carlivati.

 

[dragonflies]

Could this be their way of just phasing it out at some point??

So Canadian viewers won't be able to see it?

[Toups]

DAYS has one year left - this is the trial period now.   If it fails, DAYS is likely done. 

[Taoboi]

My thought as well. 

[Gray Bunny]

That’s my guess/fear. Things will get scaled back until it’s quietly cancelled altogether. 
 

we knew this would happen one day, but it seems too fast, especially considering the new fall season is just over a month away. Don’t local stations plan out their daytime schedule months in advance? Does this mean a bunch of NBC stations will have lame infomercials in their place? (Or just add another hour of local news) 

[Taoboi]

Ooo...did not even think of that as well. 

[Vee]

As much as I would love for soaps to continue five days a week daily year round on streaming, I think if they have a future there it will have to be seasonally-based, with blocks of episodes parceled out at a time. For me the ideal has always been (and I've been saying this for years) 6-8 weeks of daily half hour eps per season, take a break, come back and continue various long-running plot threads and storylines while closing out others with each arc. I think that's the future. It's something not totally dissimilar to what Linda Gottlieb experimented with at OLTL when she first started in '91, but it didn't work because of the nature of the daily medium on network at that time and because of the story choices.

Of course, if GH or DAYS could sustain themselves streaming daily I wouldn't complain.

[Soapsuds]

Will it be free or will Days be on premium like Beyond Salem?

Of course this was the reason..

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).

But it gets replaced by another cheap ripoff Today/GMA part 1 billion. These networks are clueless and lazy.

[Vee]

It could very well be a Passions DirecTV situation. But I also think the Beyond Salem spinoffs have indicated a real commitment to giving it a try in a new medium, at least.

[Soapsuds]

Fast? How long has Ron and Corday had to fix it? He ruined his parents legacy.

[teplin]

DAYS is being replaced by a 5th hour of Today ... supposedly.

Edited August 3, 2022 by teplin

[dragonflies]

So I think they'll reduce the cast A LOT and could they even got to a HALF HOUR like BOLD?

[Taoboi]

DirecTV *shivers*

[Soapsuds]

Ridiculous!  Its cheap that's why!

[lucaslesann23]

5 bucks I think