DAYS: December 2023 Discussion Thread

[Soapsuds]

[Contessa Donatella]

Well, I give it all up to Ari right now, absolutely. But, also I can give some pluses to DanF & also to NuTate & NuHolly, neither of whom's names I have claimed yet. Plus, Suzanne Rogers gives 100% every time she walks in a room. Also SSH does, too. 

[j swift]

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[Contessa Donatella]

I think Steven is taken in by Jamey's being a tweeter. Not a good excuse. I know. 

Oh, no! Not that song, not that singer! Is there a GIF hitting him with a cream pie? 

Edited December 9, 2023 by Donna L. Bridges
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[TEdgeofNight]

Giddens is back already??? Damn. He’s right up Ron’s behind. Bad news.

I’ve been saying all along that Janet should not have been named Co-ep. She was there the whole time that the crap was going on and did nothing to help the situation. You know that people went to her because she was next in line from the fired guy. 

Edited December 10, 2023 by TEdgeofNight

[janea4old]

CORRECTION -- I thought Jamey didn't mention Sistas,
but he *did*.  I missed it the first time I listened.

Jamey does mention Sistas for one minute near the end.  Jamey said he wrote 6 episodes of Season 7 of Sistas, which will air in 2024.
He says this from 1:01:35 to 1:02:40 of the LocherRoom interview.
He says Ron Carlivati allowed him to do both.

As you may know, Sal Stowers (DAYS' Lani Price) is currently airing on Season 6B of Sistas right now.
Jamey says she's also in Season 7.

Edited December 10, 2023 by janea4old

[Lye-C]

The lack of story for John and Marlena is frustrating. They should be front and centre. Hopefully the scabs (who are all former Days writers apparently) will give them good material. 

[carolineg]

John/Marlena go through story peaks and valleys.  I would love to see John/Marlena everyday and we practically did see Marlena every day last month.  Ron loves Marlena, so I am not too worried about them getting a story again.

[Lye-C]

Hopefully Jamey’s return means nepo hire Henry Newman (and ideally his mom) is gone. For me, Days’ biggest writing problem are the script writers who simply do not know or understand these characters and their history. In addition, Fran is a terrible script editor who can’t even keep the day-to-day continuity straight. Show her the door. Fire all the scriptwriters and breakdown writers and replace them with previous Days writers.

 

 

Marlena was shown nearly daily last month because the fired guy was burning through Dee’s guarantees. Same with Lauren.

[carolineg]

How do you know this?  I am not doubting you or anything, but does it burn through guarantees when half the scenes appeared to be shot in the same day at the pub?  

[Lye-C]

It might have all been filmed in one day but it counts as individual episodes, thus burning through their guarantees. Notice Lauren came off contract immediately after appearing almost every day for a month. Info comes from an administrator at another soap board I frequent (the one with the crown).

[carolineg]

Interesting.  I don't visit Daytime Royalty very often because..vibes.  Anyhow, I do love John/Malena and welcome to the board!

[Lye-C]

Thank you! I’m more of a lurker there myself because their BTS info tends to be accurate and reliable (if coming from an admin).

[carolineg]

Yeah.  Got it.  I really will be bummed if they used all Deidre's guarantees because they barely use Drake as it is.   I have faith that it will work out because Ron seems to love Marlena and she's pretty pivotal to a lot that's going on even in a supporting role.

[Lye-C]

Fired guy hated Marlena and John and literally said it’s “not fair” that they have so many family connections. Well, that’s what happens when your leading lady has been in 5000+ episodes! So yeah, he was why John and Marlena rarely get family scenes. For example, fired guy is responsible for Johnny being in the Dimera bubble and not interacting much with his grandmother. Fired guy was also a Patch fan which is why Patch and Kayla are so often paired with John and Marlena (to try to make his faves relevant).