They’ll have to completely refocus if they want to be viable on premium.  As much as it pains me, they cannot have the vets headline.  While I thought OLTL 2.0 was, by far, the most modern soap I’ve ever seen, their vets like Blair and Tea were edgy and Viki, Clint, and Dorian were versatile.  Sappy caper stories with J&M and S&K will not work on subscription-based streaming where people are used to, well, not that.  They need a diverse, younger cast.  They did get it right in “Beyond Salem” (Chapter 1) featuring WilSon, Leo and Eli & Lani.  This does sound like the end… they need to start mapping out a just-in-case finale. 😭😭😭

Crazy that $5.00 a month has changed everyone’s attitudes from cautiously optimistic to doomsday.  Lol 😫

Edited August 3, 20223 yr by DynamiteKiddo

Just now, Errol said:

There's one bright side. At least DAYS isn't being replaced by a fifth hour of The Today Show even though it is still another news hour.   With NBC giving its stations the option to carry "NBC News Daily" or air local news.

With the cancellation of Ellen we already get two hours of local news in Texas. I doubt they would air a third but who knows.

3 minutes ago, ArizonaDaze said:

Well this is interesting. I have Comcast so as of this moment I have peacock premium so will be able to continue . I started watching in 1965 (yes, I'm old, 79 next week) but know how to stream so will continue watching regardless.  I'd like to see a smaller cast and a lot less of the current Sci fi stuff that's airing now. 

Happy Birthday in Advance! Yes I would love if they cut the crap! But I'm not sure A smaller Cast would work, if anything they should try to renew the writing team

7 minutes ago, Joseph said:

I feel for you guys, Here in Brazil we don't have soaps so while not the same I know the feeling because during the pandemic "Chaves" something I watched since I can remember was taken off the air, it was painful because never before I realized how much that silly little comedy was part of my life, It really must suck!!!! The only bright side I can see is the possibility of They making classic episodes available

Dallas and As The World Turns were the hardest cancellations for me. 

5 minutes ago, Soapsuds said:

If they didn't tape 20 years ahead then they could have a goodbye episode/week join us now on Peacock.

And as they don't seem to have thought very much ahead, it probably won't happen and It will suck big time! Yeah my dream of sewing Deidre get that Emmy will probably die on the way

6 minutes ago, DynamiteKiddo said:

They’ll have to completely refocus if they want to be viable on premium.  As much as it pains me, they cannot have the vets headline.  While I thought OLTL 2.0 was, by far, the most modern soap I’ve ever seen, their vets like Blair and Tea were edgy and Viki, Clint, and Dorian were versatile.  Sappy caper stories with J&M and S&K will not work on subscription-based streaming where people are used to, well, not that.  They need a diverse, younger cast.  They did get it right in “Beyond Salem” (Chapter 1) featuring WilSon, Leo and Eli & Lani.  This does sound like the end… they need to start mapping out a just-in-case finale. 😭😭😭

Crazy that $5.00 a month has changed everyone’s attitudes from cautiously optimistic to doomsday.  Lol 😫

I agree with your post too. They're going to have to change things up because the current Days is not good enough to be on premium tier. 

God only knows how far ahead they are with the scripts, too… those are already paid for, they won’t scrap or even revise them.  We won’t get the freedom that Peacock will open up for the writing for forever.

Current Days isn't good enough for anything 

ReRon also needs to GO 

1 minute ago, dragonflies said:

Current Days isn't good enough for anything 

ReRon also needs to GO 

Yup and after I posted today that nothing was being done about Days and the news comes out.😂

2 minutes ago, DynamiteKiddo said:

God only knows how far ahead they are with the scripts, too… those are already paid for, they won’t scrap or even revise them.  We won’t get the freedom that Peacock will open up for the writing for forever.

The actor who played Andrew Donovan on Beyond Salem 2 said at the time they were filming BS2 the regular show was taping eight months ahead.

Edited August 3, 20223 yr by Soapsuds

In Los Angeles the NBC affiliate already announced that they're replacing Ellen with local news, From 5am to 2pm (Kelly Clarkson) and then 3-7 it will be 13 hours of news.  As a long time Angelno I can tell you not enough happens to support thirteen hours of news, unless they follow a car chase for an hour or two..

https://www.adweek.com/tvspy/knbc-adding-news-to-replace-ellen-airing-network-newscast-at-330/242334/#

Is this the news that @Errol teased a few months ago? Or is it just a coincidence?

 

Edited August 3, 20223 yr by j swift

The final NBC episode is Friday September 9. That's almost 15 years to the date that Days became NBC's only daytime drama (September 10, 2007). Days NBC run will total 56 years 305 days (November 8, 1965 to September 9, 2022). 

2 days after my birthday lol. 

I mean it's a sloppy way to do it but at least they are trying to put it on streaming and not just outright axing it. Even if it doesn't last, it was a last ditch effort 

2 minutes ago, kalbir said:

The final NBC episode is Friday September 9. That's almost 15 years to the date that Days became NBC's only daytime drama (September 10, 2007). Days NBC run will total 56 years 305 days (November 8, 1965 to September 9, 2022). 

I'm pretty afraid of that, Only 4 soaps left and now one is being exiled to Streaming, I hope and will be praying it turns out to be an Experiment and if it doesn't work out, NBC will get it back on the schedule, It would also help if Fans would make some sound and boycott the substitute programs, I can only hope for that since they seem to have done that out of the blue

8 minutes ago, j swift said:

In Los Angeles the local NBC affiliate already announced that they're replacing Ellen with local news, From 5am to 2pm (Kelly Clarkson) and then 3-7 it will be 13 hours of news.  As a long time Angelno I can tell you not enough happens to support thirteen hours of news, unless they follow a car chase for an hour or two..

https://www.adweek.com/tvspy/knbc-adding-news-to-replace-ellen-airing-network-newscast-at-330/242334/#

Is this the news that @Errol teased a few months ago? Or is it just a coincidence?

 

Totally a coincidence.

32 minutes ago, AbcNbc247 said:

I just hope that whatever they're trying to do works out in the end.

Same here. It be a shame to see it ultimately cancelled a year from now….hopefully Days can become a limited series or drop a batch of episodes once a month to binge watch, as streaming five days a week seems very improbable in the long week. 

Overall it’s unbelievable to me that one of the historical big 3 network’s is finally dropping soaps for good. I knew this almost happened to ABC a decade ago but still the end of an era for sure. At least Days still has  the last laugh over that shitty Jeff Zucker’s dire “prediction” back in 2007.