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Deadline: https://deadline.com/2024/11/days-of-our-lives-renewed-season-61-peacock-1236164834/

More to come per the TvLine article... 

Edited November 1, 20241 yr by te.

Great news!

This also means that we’re getting an official 60th Anniversary episode 😃😃😃

7 minutes ago, AbcNbc247 said:

Great news!

This also means that we’re getting an official 60th Anniversary episode 😃😃😃

I'm just happy that the new regime at least gets a year to try and sell their vision for the show. 

7 minutes ago, te. said:

I'm just happy that the new regime at least gets a year to try and sell their vision for the show. 

Can’t wait to see their work.

I was wondering, what is behind them not trying to do a little more of an adult show, is it DAYS or Peacock or both? There doesn't seem to be much nudity or cursing on any of the shows on Peacock, or at least I'm not aware of any. Is that why DAYS doesn't go there, Peacock doesn't allow that for their shows in general?

12 minutes ago, Jdee43 said:

I was wondering, what is behind them not trying to do a little more of an adult show, is it DAYS or Peacock or both? There doesn't seem to be much nudity or cursing on any of the shows on Peacock, or at least I'm not aware of any. Is that why DAYS doesn't go there, Peacock doesn't allow that for their shows in general?

I think it's partially due to it still being on-air in [some] places, plus, when they did nudity for A Very Salem Christmas, it was removed, as NBC didn't think it would have been well-received.

Great news!!! Giving the incoming writers a chance to show what they can do!!!

1 hour ago, Jdee43 said:

I was wondering, what is behind them not trying to do a little more of an adult show, is it DAYS or Peacock or both? There doesn't seem to be much nudity or cursing on any of the shows on Peacock, or at least I'm not aware of any. Is that why DAYS doesn't go there, Peacock doesn't allow that for their shows in general?

They seemed to push it a little more in 2023. Ron let all his pets have oral sex 😂😂😂

But this year, there hasn’t been much 

"DAYS" CONTRACT RENEWAL DATES:

Here's a look back at the dates that "Days of Our Lives" renewals have been announced since 1998:

11/1/24...One Year (October 2025-September 2026)
3/15/23...Two Years (October 2023-September 2025)
5/11/21...Two Years (October 2021-September 2023)
1/29/20...One Year (October 2020-September 2021)
1/8/19...One Year (October 2019-September 2020)
3/8/18...One Year (October 2018-September 2019)
2/21/17...One Year (October 2017-September 2018)
2/11/16...One Year (October 2016-September 2017)
1/22/14...Two Years (October 2014-September 2016)
1/9/13...One Year (October 2013-September 2014)
11/8/10...Two Years (October 2011-September 2013)
3/19/10...One Year Automatic Pick-Up (October 2010-September 2011)
11/11/08...18 Months (April 2009-September 2010)
6/2/03...Five Years (April 2004-March 2009)
9/25/98...Five Years (April 1999-March 2004)

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FULL PEACOCK PRESS RELEASE:

PEACOCK RENEWS LONG-RUNNING SOAP DAYS OF OUR LIVES FOR 61st SEASON

Beloved Series News Released Ahead of Annual Fan Event “Day of Days”

www.peacocktv.com/stream-tv/days-of-our-lives

Peacock’s DAYS OF OUR LIVES has been picked up for its 61st season. The latest renewal for the venerable soap will take one of television’s most iconic and trailblazing drama series through another season.

The renewal comes on the eve of “Day of Days,” the annual fan event at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles being held on Saturday, November 2, where the show’s 60th season will be celebrated.

Peacock is the exclusive home of DAYS OF OUR LIVES, making it the ultimate destination for daytime fans to access the past season and new episodes every weekday. The series has consistently been a top 10 title since its exclusive move to Peacock in 2022. On December 2, DAYS will reach its 15,000th episode.

DAYS OF OUR LIVES is produced by Corday Productions Inc. in association with Sony Pictures Television.

The complimentary event has some exciting surprises lined up in honor of the milestone season and will offer fans the opportunity to meet their favorite cast members in person, participate in autograph signings, pose in photo opps featuring backdrops from the series and much more throughout the day. For the first time ever, in conjunction with Sony Pictures Consumer Products, the event will have celebratory merchandise for sale on site.

DAYS OF OUR LIVES has garnered 62 Emmy® Awards and 392 nominations, including most recently making Daytime history with Dick Van Dyke’s win for his guest star appearance, as well as multiple People’s Choice Awards, GLAAD Media Awards and Prism Awards. With its mix of classic genre traditions and groundbreaking narratives reflecting modern life, the show remains a perennial favorite among viewers of all ages.

Edited November 2, 20241 yr by JAS0N47

For as much as I complain about Days, I would miss it if it was gone.  I'm happy for the cast and crew.

5 hours ago, JAS0N47 said:

The series has consistently been a top 10 title since its exclusive move to Peacock in 2022.

This means DAYS will at least have survived four years on streaming and considering almost everyone thought this was just a way to dump the show before cancellation that's pretty good. I'd assume the biggest danger to it being cancelled at this point is Peacock folding/merging with another streamer and it doesn't fit with the new vision.

With that said, considering how much these streamers pay for eight episode series, DAYS producing so many episodes for a fraction of that sum and drawing people into the app on a daily basis must seem pretty good.

8 hours ago, te. said:

This means DAYS will at least have survived four years on streaming and considering almost everyone thought this was just a way to dump the show before cancellation that's pretty good. I'd assume the biggest danger to it being cancelled at this point is Peacock folding/merging with another streamer and it doesn't fit with the new vision.

With that said, considering how much these streamers pay for eight episode series, DAYS producing so many episodes for a fraction of that sum and drawing people into the app on a daily basis must seem pretty good.

Agreed all around. My biggest concern for Days, given this renewal, is that Peacock will go to hell and Days will disappear with it. Otherwise, it HAS to be valuable that this cheap show gets this many people to open the app every single day.

I just checked Peacock and Days is trending at #8 today. 

That's gotta be doing something, even if Peacock is losing money

37 minutes ago, AbcNbc247 said:

That's gotta be doing something, even if Peacock is losing money

Is it losing money, though? Everywhere I have looked, I've seen that subscriptions have gone up with recent streaming events.

4 minutes ago, Liberty City said:

Is it losing money, though? Everywhere I have looked, I've seen that subscriptions have gone up with recent streaming events.

They get plenty of ad revenue from me.

But @j swift posted an article somewhere on here that said something like that.

13 minutes ago, Liberty City said:

Is it losing money, though? Everywhere I have looked, I've seen that subscriptions have gone up with recent streaming events.

Peacock only has around 1.2% of the market share and is really only beating P+ and Pluto TV. 

Mind you D+ only has ~2% and Hulu ~3%. So it's tight between non-Netflix streamers. 

 

This is the closest chart from June I could find from a quick Google: 

 

Regardless, something's gotta give eventually and these streamers will eventually fold into each other at least those with a pay tier that's losing money. I guess stuff like Tubi and Pluto might not since they're FAST, but at the same time Pluto is from Viacom and could just fold into being a free tier of P+...

Edited November 2, 20241 yr by te.