DAYS: Head Writer Ron Carlivati Departing Peacock Soap After Seven Years

[soapfan770]

Well said, I’ll co-sign to all of this.

[Contessa Donatella]

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[Marco Dane]

Curious at what actors it was lol

[Contessa Donatella]

I actually know 2 people who say they like him, really. TWO. 

[AbcNbc247]

A lot of people have suggested that Mo was the one who led the charge against him.

[Vee]

LMAOO! Oh, Days.

[DRW50]

Thanks. I guess he got his wish with DAYS becoming just like Passions - that worked out so well.

(the contortions made for that show just because it was popular with a young demo is a great example of what helped nearly kill off the genre).

I am probably not being fair to Dante's Cove, as at its peak it had better writing than anything he's done since about 2009.

I can't remember who mentioned it above but now I DO wonder if all this Body & Soul stuff was meant to be some kind of window into his exit.

[Dr Neil Curtis]

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[Bright Eyes]

Weird to think that by the time his last episode airs, we'll be 3/4 months into The Gates.

[Melroser]

Since DAYS has been on Peacock, I have only had the streaming service for a couple of months early this year. (I wanted a NFL game and knew Traitors2 was coming up. Cancelled after Traitors2). Even then, I never bothered to watch more than a couple of episodes here-and-there. Nothing made me want to watch. It wasn't DAYS to me anymore. 

With that said...

I wish this change would shut down production for a few months to let the new writing team completely restructure the show. Take the time to really outline the next year, storyline project into the future, etc.. Do it right and not this fly by the pants whims that seem to have been done in recent years. Work BTS to see what actors, if any, would be wiling to come aboard again. The less time between "taking over" and the new vision the better. If I were still watching, I personally wouldn't care if characters (like the aforementioned Leo) disappeared and we were told about what happened to them offscreen. With a fresh patch of new characters appearing/old characters returning at once. Why waste the time transitioning? lol 

[carolineg]

In real life? Or his writing?   Ron has had some good stories throughout the years.  He relies on the same old same old hacks like DID, but I enjoyed some of his early GH work and his early Days work.  I particularly liked the John/Marlena wedding where Marlena was shot.  

I heard Mo wasn't a fan as well.

[Vee]

Maurice was one. Daytime Confidential in their prime (when Jamey was still there) was in Ron's pocket and very close to him, and spent most of that period subtweeting about shady actors betraying him not long before/after he was fired. The impression I got is the group may have included NLG, Stafford and others. Either way a lot of actors were (rightly) unhappy, the show was a debacle in 2015 especially and Ron was fired.

I will never get over the DC meltdown in that period where Jamey went on a totally unhinged high-volume rant comparing Ron in-depth to Gloria Monty in 1991 with actors turning on her. He never seemed to grasp that in both cases the casts had good reason. (He also briefly admitted while speaking too quickly that he'd 'lied' that Ron's recent stories were good to be supportive, then walked it back)

[Errol]

Ron isn't going to GH. They have a different plan in place.

[Vee]

I'm afraid I won't be shocked if Varni asks him back given the current circumstances. I wonder if he and Frank can bury the hatchet, assuming they haven't already.

Ron might be able to juice GH for a few months, but I don't want him back there long-term. At the very least not without a strong co-HW, which he has never had and I don't think ever will.

Ohhhh, dish! Can we play Charades?

[AbcNbc247]

Jeez, Jamey’s more pathetic than I thought lol

I’m hoping now more than ever that he follows Ron out the door.