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

[Soapsuds]

Hopefully Paula will quickly fix things. I know her previous HW stint at Days was well received.

Edited July 21, 2024 by Soapsuds

[Adriana]

Paula cwikly was the reason Abe and Lexie had Theo so I expect we will see his character return and for the people who want Ciara and Ben again knowing Paula cwikly writing for Days I would expect only Ciara would be brought back they could easily have them divorce off screen 

One thing about Paula cwikly writing was she used character's history 

[Adriana]

I definitely expect Leo's character will be knowing how Paula cwikly wrote for Days and Leo's character was only the center of attention because of Ron same goes for Alex and Theresa Characters as well 

[dragonflies]

Does being in the top 10 really mean that much, given how many viewers are watching it though? is out of millions? hundreds of thousands, thousands? To me that doesn't mean a whole lot unless we having something to go by. 

[Contessa Donatella]

Being regularly & consistently in their Top 10 has to mean something even if we don't know the numbers especially since there's no way to know the numbers! 

[Sapounopera]

On the other hand... when someone like GH Liz is single, viewers demand that she gets a love interest. 

The truth is that some people stay single out of choice and I would like to see that on a soap. I am bored with couples acting like lovesick teens and I believe that some of the most interesting soap stories were not love stories. 

[Maxim]

Ameeen

[Antoyne]

This is such great news. One thing I enjoyed about the scab writers is that the show no longer felt like a comedy. If the new writers can return that feeling to the show, it’s a win for me.

I would not wish RC on Y&R but I am morbidly curious to see what he could do considering how boring Griffith is.

[Adriana]

Stuff Paula cwikly did during her first tenure at Days 

Bo and Hope stuff with Larry 

Abe and Lexie love triangle with Brandon 

Sami and Brandon stuff 

Shawn and Belle as teenagers 

Brady and Chloe and Phillip love triangle as teenagers 

Kate and Roman stuff 

Nicole and Victor stuff 

Family moments between different characters 

Parties at the Dimera mansion 

Lexie's pregnancy stuff with Theo which led to more drama between Abe and Brandon at the time 

 

 

[Khan]

Knowing Ron, he'd probably give Sharon DID, among other travesties.

[j swift]

All the speculation about RonC joining other soaps makes me wonder if he'd really take a job where he would not be the headwriter?  After being at the helm on three soaps, I question if he would want to take a step backward career-wise. 

Edited July 22, 2024 by j swift

[Soapsuds]

He'd turn Kevin gay and make him gossip queen of Genoa City local newspaper.

Kevin would flirt with every man in Genoa City.

Kevin would be paired with Fen played by Zach Tinker.

Kevin would yell and scream at how horrible Gloria was as a mother.

Kevin would invite his bestie Jackie Cox to brunch.

[janea4old]

Most of that except for Fen. Fen is Michael's son and Kevin's nephew.

[Soapsuds]

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Then Kevin runs into a lookalike that is a dead ringer for Fen.

[Chris B]

When Days joined Peacock they cited needing programming that could drive year round subscriptions. They would find success with short limited series and people would cancel after it was over. Days gives them what they were looking for and the first quarter after they added Days showed a big jump in subscribers.

Nobody is going to come right out and say a soap is the reason for their success, but the signs are all there. It's probably the cheapest show they have other than reality tv and it drives subscriptions. There is a reason we're also getting The Gates. I strongly believe the soaps overall a lot more successful on streaming than we realize, for the exact same reason: year round subscriptions.

Every streaming network was wasting hundreds of millions of dollars on these prestige shows which didn't give them the returns they wanted. Those days are largely over post-strike. Max is even getting back into the network swing of things with a 16 episode medical drama, which will be released weekly and will have a normal budget.