While Days of Our Lives is NBC’s last remaining soap opera, the ratings have dropped a lot over the years and it’s been the lowest-rated network soap for years. Could it be cancelled? Will it be renewed for 2017-18? Stay tuned.
Set in the Mid-western town of Salem, Days of Our Lives revolves around the members of the Brady, Horton, and DiMera families — along with their friends, enemies, and lovers. Castmembers include Kristian Alfonso, John Aniston, Camila Banus, Nadia Bjorlin, Bryan Dattilo, Judi Evans, Mary Beth Evans, Billy Flynn, Galen Gering, Deidre Hall, Drake Hogestyn, Vincent Irizarry, Olive Rose Keegan, Lauren Koslow, Wally Kurth, Jen Lilley, Martha Madison, Eric Martsolf, Joseph Mascolo, Peggy McCay, Casey Moss, Stephen Nichols, Thaao Penghlis, Kyler Pettis, Melissa Reeves, James Reynolds, Suzanne Rogers, Christopher Sean, Josh Taylor, Robert Scott Wilson, and Arianne Zucker.
The ratings are typically the best indication of a show’s likelihood of staying on the air. The higher the ratings, the better the chances for survival. This chart will be updated as new ratings data becomes available. You can see how the ratings for the four soap operas compare here.
2/21/17 update: NBC has renewed Days of Our Lives for the 2017-18 season. Details here.
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For comparisons: The 2015-16 season of Days of Our Lives averaged a 0.69 rating in the 18-49 female demographic with 2.38 million total viewers.
Raw data courtesy Soap Opera Network.
What do you think? Do you still like the Days of Our Lives TV series? Would you like to see it cancelled or renewed for additional seasons?
I really like the show I hope it continues.
I really like the show and would be very disappointed if it were gone.
Please do not cancel Days of Our Lives. I have been watching since about 1965-1966. I feel like the characters are friends and family. I would not watch anything in its place.
Please don’t cancel Days. I have watched the show for most of the 50 years it has been on tv. My mother watched it faithfully until she past. My daughter also watches.
I love DOOL!! I recorded it for years & now I DVR it. I would NEVER watch Megan Kelly!!!!! Please do not end this show!!!!!
Please do not cancel Days of Our Lives. I have always taped this show so I can watch it when I get home from work. It is annoying enough when it is pre-empted for sporting events. I am glad Meghan Kelly is gone from Fox, I REALLY do NOT want her to replace my favorite daytime show!
I have watched DOOL since the beginning. Even during my working career days, I rarely missed an episode. I go to Salem for an hour to escape and be with so many of the characters that seem like family. Please don’t cancel it for another afternoon talk show.
Please do not take Days Of Our Lives off the air. My friend and I have been watching it for 50 years ! We are faithful to it. If we have to miss it for some reason, we call eachother to find out what happened. We love all the people on Days Of Our Lives. Please don’t take them away from us.
I love Days of Our Lives and have been watching it for around 50 years! I am so sad to hear it might go off the air! I like the current story lines. Although it would be nice, but I guess boring, to have at least one couple have a lasting, faithful relationship like Tom and Alice had. I know that bringing back E. J. DiMera would skyrocket ratings. I and countless others love him and think he is an exceptional actor. And not to mention easy on the eyes! Well, I hope you don’t cancel Days. It would leave… Read more »
Please don’t cancel this show! I began watching this show one summer when I loss the use of my legs as a teenager. I had nothing to do but watch tv and I began to watch soap operas. I love DOOL and have continued to watch it ever since and I am now 47. My teenage son has watched it with me for years and we love to watch it together. Please keep DOOL going!!
Renew “DAY’S”. Don’t cancel?? My favoriyte show.
Renew “DAY’S”. My day revolves around the show. Don’t cancel!!
DO NOT CANCEL DAYS OF OUR LIVES!!! It’s bad enough that anytime anything happens in the world it seems to happen while DOOL is on and NBC feels obligated to interrupt it with “Breaking News” which 99% of the time could have waited for the regular news!! How many networks can say they have viewers that have watched this show for 49 years? I THINK NONE…Its the one show a lot of us have grown to love year after year, and has become a part of our days, a part of our weeks, a part of our lives. Daytime television… Read more »
I absolutely love this show! I schedule my day around it! Please don’t cancel it
Please do not cancel DOOL ,I have been watching this soap for 48 years and I would,just hate to see the show go for another stupid talk show we don’t need another talk show ,stick her somewhere else ,and let us ladies have at least one show to ourselves to watch while the kids are in school and we have peace and quiet for at least an hour out of our day.So please, please,please don’t let some talk show host take the place of what is a lesson to some of us !!!!!