2 positives about the news

1. Ron and Co. will be out of job soon.

2. No more Robert Scott Wilson

Edited August 4, 20223 yr by Soapsuds

16 minutes ago, Soapsuds said:

1. Ron and Co. will be out of job soon.

Hmmm, I just shudder at what he’d do to Y&R if that opportunity arose. Not that JG is doing a fabulous job, but he’s a whole different kind of awful.

Edited August 4, 20223 yr by Faulkner

5 minutes ago, Vee said:

This is not about soap fans not liking change, lol. Many of us have always felt streaming is the only future for soaps and have been saying so for years, and I was one of them. Nor is it about streaming not being the future - it's already our present. The issue, which many of us already elaborated on at length and you clearly ignored, is that Peacock is a struggling service which does not have a broad enough range of content that will incentivize enough people to sign up for its paid tier for on the strength of DAYS alone (which is NBCU's stated hope here). Hulu is strong, and Netflix is strong; until very, very recently HBO Max also looked strong (and hopefully the rumors about it this week due to Discovery's meddling will prove exaggerated). Peacock? Not so much. And for NBCU to be pinning Peacock's subscriber hopes on DAYS only leaves one loser: DAYS.

Next time listen to what people have been saying before you came along and before injecting your own pre-written editorial.

I agree. If AMC OLTL GL or ATWT were online and 30 minutes. I would watch.

If Days was on Peacock with ads it definitely would survive and grow.

Just now, Faulkner said:

Hmmm, I just shudder at what he’d do to Y&R if that opportunity arose.

Who's getting DID? 😂

Just now, Faulkner said:

Hmmm, I just shudder at what he’d do to Y&R if that opportunity arose.

He'd get it cancelled like ever other show he was HW.

Just now, AbcNbc247 said:

Who's getting DID? 😂

Nikki?

28 minutes ago, JoeCool said:

I am not as forgiving. Yes he inherited the deal but when the deal was up for renewal. He signs an indefinite deal. Corday never should have signed a deal where NBC could move the property to Peacock. Corday owns DAYS. Having an indefinite deal with SONY hampers his ability to control DAYS.  Even if Corday had to agree to move DAYS to Peacock not Peacock Premium.   I think just this will end with DAYS being shelved once the 2 year deal is over and its run on Peacock is over.  There has been no comment from DAYS, Corday or SONY about this. I wonder why. I think because they all know the handwriting is on the wall. Days will end it run on Peacock.

After 57 years, Days has earned the right to end on NBC in 2023 not on some streaming platform.

Apologies if I was unclear. The indefinite deal is the Sony deal that Corday inherited. The litigation between Corday and Sony discussed the contracts signed in 1965 regarding production and distribution of DAYS. That is the deal he inherited - it had nothing to do with him as he was a child at the time and he'd actually sought to terminate it in 2019 when Corday sued Sony claiming Sony had failed to distribute the show to the benefit of its wholly owned Y&R. That litigation did not proceed to trial.

In terms of NBC being able to move the show to Peacock, as @Broderick (hilariously) explained that was very likely a condition of renewal, full stop. It was very likely a take it or leave it deal and Sony as a distribution partner has certainly hampered Corday's ability to market and sell the show - but that's what he inherited and has had to work with from the day he took over in 1986.

I tend to agree that it seems DAYS will end at the end of its 2023 contract and may reincarnate as some kind of arc/weekly series if it's a success, but I think it's time as a daily serial will be over in 2023. 

This is why I said it has all the feelings of a 'soft cancellation'.

 

5 minutes ago, DaytimeFan said:

Apologies if I was unclear. The indefinite deal is the Sony deal that Corday inherited. The litigation between Corday and Sony discussed the contracts signed in 1965 regarding production and distribution of DAYS. That is the deal he inherited - it had nothing to do with him as he was a child at the time and he'd actually sought to terminate it in 2019 when Corday sued Sony claiming Sony had failed to distribute the show to the benefit of its wholly owned Y&R. That litigation did not proceed to trial.

In terms of NBC being able to move the show to Peacock, as @Broderick (hilariously) explained that was very likely a condition of renewal, full stop. It was very likely a take it or leave it deal and Sony as a distribution partner has certainly hampered Corday's ability to market and sell the show - but that's what he inherited and has had to work with from the day he took over in 1986.

I tend to agree that it seems DAYS will end at the end of its 2023 contract and may reincarnate as some kind of arc/weekly series if it's a success, but I think it's time as a daily serial will be over in 2023. 

This is why I said it has all the feelings of a 'soft cancellation'.

 

Please accept my apologies!! I did not realize Corday inherited all that!!! WOW! At least Ken fought. I apologize Ken for calling you a bad businessman. Thank you Ken for Days. I have Ken's book on my shelves somewhere need to read it.

 

Sounds like a take it or leave it deal and Ken wanted to save Days and all the jobs.

 

I wish DAYS would end on NBC.

 

You are a wealth of knowledge on DAYS!! (and probably daytime too!) Thank you!

What should happen is Disney/ABC, Corday Productions, SONY, the Bell Serial Company pioneer and construct an online soap streaming network. Put DAYS, Y&R, GH and B&B on there. Plus bring back AMC and OLTL. Make them all 30 minutes. And have available all the classic vintage shows. I think people would pay for that.

Edited August 4, 20223 yr by JoeCool

34 minutes ago, AbcNbc247 said:

Who's getting DID? 😂

Definitely Sharon

I'm not very optimistic of this move from NBC to Peacock. Knowing the feeling of losing a soap, I would honestly wish that Days could go out with a bang on network TV than endure this prolonged death that seems inevitable on Peacock. 

I want to be optimistic, but a soap opera, one that is on a tight budget and with lackluster storytelling is not going to be draw in anyone. I think an established soap would find it very hard to create draw in a new audience on streaming. Good luck and I hope that Days could be successful in a new platform. 

1 hour ago, AbcNbc247 said:

Who's getting DID? 😂

Sharon. 

Then again, he might find her boring despite her unstable history of mental health. Like Liz on GH, he might particularly care for her character unfortunately. 

Spectrum TV customers can get Peacock Premium for FREE for 1 year and internet customers they can get it FREE for 90 days

Same goes for a few other internet providers

 

 

1 hour ago, JoeCool said:What should happen is Disney/ABC, Corday Productions, SONY, the Bell Serial Company pioneer and construct an online soap streaming network. Put DAYS, Y&R, GH and B&B on there. Plus bring back AMC and OLTL. Make them all 30 minutes. And have available all the classic vintage shows. I think people would pay for that.

I would but Soapnet did not succeed as a free cable channel (although mainly just ABC shows) and was replaced by Disney Junior.  I wish Disney plus or Hulu would put the old ABC soaps on it and NBC could put their old soaps on Peacock and old CBS soaps on Paramount Plus. Not likely though.

Just now, dragonflies said:

Spectrum TV customers can get Peacock Premium for FREE for 1 year and internet customers they can get it FREE for 90 days

Same goes for a few other internet providers

 

 

I don't ever recall spectrum offering this deal when I was looking for cable providers.

1 minute ago, dragonflies said:

Spectrum TV customers can get Peacock Premium for FREE for 1 year and internet customers they can get it FREE for 90 days

Same goes for a few other internet providers

 

 

I haven’t read the past 25 pages but Comcast customers get Peacock Premium for free

2 minutes ago, Soapsuds said:

I don't ever recall spectrum offering this deal when I was looking for cable providers.

It's for the spectrum tv app customers, I don't think it's for the cable ones

https://www.peacocktv.com/spectrumoffer?cid=eml_ehh_538_0122