DEADLINE: Days of our Lives Misconduct Investigation Against Co-EP Albert Alarr

[Liberty City]

Sonia Blangiardo is the person they asked for.

[janea4old]

Janet Spellman-Drucker in November 2015 interviewed for Days 50th anniversary

[DaytimeFan]

Classic PR 101…

Deliver news late Friday so that it dies over the weekend. 
 

 

[Contessa Donatella]

From another outlet:

‘Days Of Our Lives’ Co-Executive Producer/Director Albert Alarr Fired – Deadline

 

Edited August 5, 2023 by Donna L. Bridges

[JAS0N47]

JANET SPELLMAN-DRUCKER NAMED CO-EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF "DAYS OF OUR LIVES"...

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Janet Spellman-Drucker, whose first job at "Days of Our Lives" in March 1984 was to answer the phone, is now the new Co-Executive Producer! Spellman-Drucker has steadily risen in the ranks at "Days" over the last 39 years. She first joined "Days" in March 1984 as a production associate. The next year, in 1985, she started splitting her roles, as both a Production Associate and Associate Director. She was promoted to an Assistant to the Producers in August 1988. Spellman-Drucker was named an Associate Producer in December 1989. She was promoted to Coordinating Producer in October 1993. She then became the show's Senior Coordinating Producer from November 1997 until August 2015, when she was named Producer. Spellman-Drucker was again promoted, this time to Senior Producer, in September 2020, the role she held until being named Co-Executive Producer tonight. She directed her first episode of "Days" on June 27, 2022, and has since directed a total of 15 episodes, her most recent directed-episode airing on July 24 Spellman-Drucker was born September 3, 1960. She becomes just the fourth woman in the history of "Days of Our Lives" to be an Executive Producer, joining Betty Corday (1966-1987), Shelley Curtis (1989) and Lisa De Cazotte (2012-2015). In a 2015 interview, she stated that "Days became such a wonderful place, it became my family...I've grown up here." Congratulations, Janet!

[DRW50]

Thanks for everyone on social media who kept the pressure on, including you @JAS0N47 who has been such an advocate for the show over the years. I'm sorry it took THIS much from both fans and cast to get to where they now are, and I don't imagine it's going to be all that easy there even now, but still, considering how hard it was to even know if he would be let go, this is a positive moment and a sign someone there is listening when push comes to shove.

[JAS0N47]

Thanks, it's been such a sad week posting about Days like this. So, I am so glad it is all over. It was such a pleasure typing up the Janet press release just now. I hadn't announced it, but if you hadn't noticed, I had stopped doing any publicity posts about Days since the cast petition was announced. I would have continued my suspension of any Days publicity (weekly guest stars, episode stats, casting news, etc...) until Alarr was fired.

[lucaslesann23]

I had a weird feeling watching all the soaps, I'm glad its over too. And yes good to Cast, Crew and, fans for not letting up.

[edgeofnik]

About time! Thrilled for the cast and crew.

DAYS will always hold a special place for me - even though I only bop in and out during the past few years. It truly saddened me that these folks were working under these unacceptable conditions. Glad it was exposed and everyone rallied behind them.

[Contessa Donatella]

Ding Dong The Wretch Is Gone! 

[JAS0N47]

And with his "Days" writer wife on strike, they now go from two paychecks to none.

[Errol]

Do we know if she's on strike? There's no guarantee that she's automatically out of a job, too, since technically she didn't do anything wrong, although I can't imagine her staying knowing that her husband was accused of the things he was accused of, regardless of whether the people speaking out were anonymous or not.

[Toups]

Thanks for posting Janet's history at DAYS.  What stood out to me is that she didn't get a promotion for almost 20 years.  I'm happy she will be getting the chance to run the show now. 

 

Albert getting fired at the end of the week was an easy prediction to make. And Janet being promoted as the most logical choice.

 

 

[Jeff]

Woohoo!

[soapfan770]

Thank god as when I was last posted I was very concerned that something had stalled out.

I’m glad the cast and social media were able to get the word out as if the cast hadn’t I’m quite sure the misery would have continued unchecked unfortunately. Even as Days has moved over to Peacock it has been good to see a loyal fan base that had stepped up.