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[BetterForgotten]

The rest of this year should be interesting with speculation, castings, and production/writing team announcements…

[Bright Eyes]

Beautiful news to have confirmed! I'll be chomping at the bit for casting info.

[Liberty City]

Pretty sure, which hopefully means control here will be better than the other two.

[Gray Bunny]

Congrats! Looking forward to this playing out. 

Meanwhile, I wonder what the chances would ever be for NBC Universal to bring DAYS back to network TV.  In any event, I could see them suddenly beefing up the Carver family again. Paging Dr. Jonah Carver. 

[dragonflies]

Just no recycled head writer's please 

Someone mentioned can "Gates" be their last name of the core family or just the "gated community" or possibly both? 

[LondonScribe]

Now that the show is definitely a go, I’ll join in the conversation more often.

[Liberty City]

Well, I'm certain Val Jean will be head writer for a long while.

[DRW50]

I love Dark Shadows, but that was revived multiple times and just didn't work. 

I can't argue with you, and to be honest I don't expect either show to return, but I do think the basic core of each show along with their longevity and history could still work today. I think GL in particular had something special - there was always a streak of instability and wildness alongside the tradition. It's America, essentially. When I listen to radio episodes from 1950, Meta's neuroses and her toxic relationships hold up just as well today as they did at the time. 

[Manny]

Wow! Congratulations on getting this off the ground! I must say, I was skeptical til the last moment. But I am very happy they are investing in a new soap. I just hope they give a real shot and not bolt at the first drop of ratings.

Lets see who gets cast

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[Soaplovers]

January 2025 is far enough into the future where TPTB can get that Bible written, casting, sets, studio space, writers, and a strong EP/producer between now and then.

[1974mdp]

OMG...this is so awesome! I honestly never thought we'd get the premiere of another daytime soap in the US.

[Toups]

Yay!  January 2025 is sooner than I expected.  They gotta put it behind Y&R. 

[Khan]

Yippee!!

[AbcNbc247]

The irony is still so delicious

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I’m looking forward to this and I really hope it works out. And hopefully, it’ll inspire some other soap writers, etc. to pitch their ideas as well. 

[Planet Soap]

This is a testment to how the fans have kept the genre alive through pure dedication and nostalgia despite the the genre's quality erosion and near total collapse.

I could feel the nostalgia effect driving change around 2017 when we saw returns of charachters like Sheila Carter & Jason Morga, as well as the relaunch of B&B's classic intros.Y&R's charachter history episodes, holiday classics and pandemic classics were also proof of nostalgia's power in soaps.