This could be circling the wagons to cater to its older viewers. The median age for SVU on Peacock is about 45 vs 65 on NBC. I'd shocked if Days didn't skew a lot older.

2 minutes ago, bongobong said:

This could be circling the wagons to cater to its older viewers. The median age for SVU on Peacock is about 45 vs 65 on NBC. I'd shocked if Days didn't skew a lot older.

You're probably right, but I'd think there are some others on the canvas who are in a younger age group and would appeal to older viewers even less (does anyone care about Stephanie or Alex?)

33 minutes ago, Errol said:

The show just has no money. IMO, luck has gotten it through these last five years. They should have made changes in the writing YEARS ago. The 2020 shutdown should have been used to make said changes, but they instead kept it status quo. They should have also done something when they let the entire cast go a few years ago. Again, nope.

Funny enough, the entire cast being cut from contract happened right before COVID struck, and it seemed like they invited nearly everyone who was signed back to re-sign new contracts, which was a mistake; they easily should have used the time from airing the episodes filmed pre-COVID and gone back to a regular shooting schedule. Instead, we went from six months tape-to-air to ten-plus months. Ridiculous.

November 2019: Contract cast released, due to "scheduling reasons" (per People's reporting)
February 2020: Cast returns to set
March 2020: Production suspended, indefinitely (per Deadline Hollywood, they had material that could air "through October")
September 2020: Cast returns to set

And then we had a two-week suspension in October 2020, due to a positive COVID test on set ⏤ which did not surprise me, given Corday's remarks about allowing actors to film love scenes should they want to ⏤ and then we had the suspension. 😬 IIRC, they were about six to eight weeks out when they returned to set in September, which was amazing. And then the cast who did leave the soap and opted not to return post-COVID ended up returning anyway, likely because of the pandemic and the uncertainty of securing work during that time (i.e., Camila Banus, Galen Gering).

Am I naive to hope that fan backlash may prompt Days to reverse course and rehire all of them?

23 minutes ago, AbcNbc247 said:

Am I naive to hope that fan backlash may prompt Days to reverse course and rehire all of them?

Who knows; this is also the soap that continuously fires the same actors over and over again (*cough*Nadia Bjorlin*cough*) to save some pennies and then brings them back so they can do it over and over again. Rinse-recycle-repeat.

1 hour ago, Errol said:

The show just has no money. IMO, luck has gotten it through these last five years. They should have made changes in the writing YEARS ago. The 2020 shutdown should have been used to make said changes, but they instead kept it status quo. They should have also done something when they let the entire cast go a few years ago. Again, nope.

ICAM.

As I've intimated in other threads, DAYS has needed fresh blood - meaning, new characters and families (who are integrated gradually) - since the late '90's, if not sooner. The Bradys, the DiMeras, even the Hortons (or, the Hortons that haven't been retroactively killed off) are just plain played out. For all the good that JER did in raising the show's ratings, he also wrecked the core of the show to the point where there's no way one could re-ground and reset the show unless they commit to a massive cast exodus that would make Nina Laemmle's Valentine's Day Massacre look like just another Tuesday in Salem.

Wow! I didn't see this coming. Usually shows are cutting their older veteran characters, not the next generation of characters.

I'm sure we'll be seeing their last episodes right as the holiday season commences in October/November 2026.

Typical DAYS. Whenever they have a viable young couple played by actors who don’t seem ready to bolt for another gig they always end up rewarding them with a firing. The few times this year that I’ve tuned back in Johnny and Chanel were one of the couples I watched for. Their firing definitely feels misguided.

I wasn’t as impressed by Holly and Tate but they invested so much time into them just feels like a waste especially if the actors weren’t trying to leave the show.

Why is this show always shooting itself in the foot 😂

Will there be more cuts? Are they trying to bring some vets back?

They are almost a year ahead of what is playing so those two couples will probably get a lot of story in that time. Maybe by then it will feel right to let them go.

The reverse of this is when young couples are front burnered and go through so much story in a few years that they are prematurely played out but stay onscreen for more marriages/divorces and affairs .

2 hours ago, Marlenafan01 said:

Will there be more cuts?

I'm sure there will be.

I am not saddened by this as I feel like these characters should have gone with RC. But, with this probably being done more to save money and not to make changes on screen, I can see why this is disheartening to some. These characters should have been written as the next generation of Days, but sadly they received horrible writing, and I personally can't see a path moving forward where they work at all on screen at this point. All four actors are good, and I am sure they could work anywhere else, wonder if Y&R will pick any of them up? They already hired a few Days cast offs.

2 hours ago, Marlenafan01 said:

Will there be more cuts? Are they trying to bring some vets back?

I hope there are more cuts. The cast is too big, and filled with characters who are well past their expiration date. It would be interesting if Days was doing this to bring back vets. Bo and Hope maybe. It probably is budget directed though. It does sound like the budget is slashed with each renewal they receive, they have to save money somewhere, and having 30 something cast members, even with small episode guarantees must be tough on a shrinking budget.

Edited Wednesday at 06:30 AM2 days by cody_1990

I'm like everyone else.

Those would be the last people I would remove from the show. And from just my readings and light viewing, Johnny and Chanel seem to central to be cut.

And NO to a Trina recast.

However YES Carson could totally bring his talent and that bubble over to B&B as nuRJ.

9 hours ago, Khan said:

"And ol' man Leo, he just keeps rollin' along..."

THIS.

I remember @carolineg (hi caroline! we miss you in the GH thread) telling me Tate and Holly were one of the younger set she would keep not long ago. They were appealing enough to watch during the various memorial/anniversary months last year, even if as a lapsed fan this last decade-plus who only looks in on the show occasionally I barely understand who tf they are. I do like Chanel and Johnny, well, Johnny has nice nipples.

Given my casual viewing I can hardly dispute @Errol if he feels DAYS has largely survived by luck since the Peacock move. I just figured they were more secure after the last few years and the latest renewal, and tbqh I am so used to these recurring Corday purges of the wrong cast while not overhauling the larger show (which is actually necessary, and which Corday will never do) that I was kind of numb to it. But it's clear the budget is at the bottom.

And you're all right that they should've much more massive changes to the show long ago. I see a lot of worthwhile potential in it still when I've tuned in off and on for weeks at a time in the last year. Unfortunately they're once again firing a ton of it.

Edited Wednesday at 07:14 AM1 day by Vee