There’s no need to worry about Days of Our Lives being cancelled right now. In May 2021, the venerable soap opera was renewed for two years by NBC, through the 58th season (2022-23). How long will Days continue after that? Could it move to the Peacock streaming service as an exclusively online series? Stay tuned. *Status update below.
Premiering on November 8th of 1965, Days of Our Lives is set in the fictitious Midwestern town of Salem. It revolves around the members of the Brady, Horton, and DiMera families — along with their friends, enemies, and lovers. Castmembers include Lucas Adams, Lamon Archey, Lindsay Arnold, Camila Banus, Brandon Barash, Brandon Beemer, Nadia Bjorlin, Raven Bowens, Tamara Braun, Bryan Dattilo, Mary Beth Evans, Dan Feuerriegel, Billy Flynn, Galen Gering, Stacy Haiduk, Deidre Hall, Jackée Harry, Drake Hogestyn, Jay Kenneth Johnson, Lauren Koslow, Martha Madison, Eric Martsolf, Marci Miller, Stephen Nichols, Emily O’Brien, James Reynolds, Suzanne Rogers, Sal Stowers, Alison Sweeney, Josh Taylor, Paul Telfer, 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.
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Note: Days did not air during NBC’s coverage of the Winter Olympics.
For comparisons: The 2020-21 season of Days of Our Lives averaged a 0.30 rating in the 18-49 female demographic with 1.70 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?
*8/2/2022 update: Days of Our Lives is moving to Peacock in September.
Please end the devil saga on Days of Our Lives. It’s depressing and lacks creativity.
Time to replace the producers and writers. Need people who actually want to make Days great again. Bring it back to first place in the weekly daytime ratings not always the bottom. Producers who want to keep the great actors, not treat them like crap. It’s got to start at the top and work it’s way down. Stop repeating constantly, bed swapping, etc. Bring new material.
Good to see I have so many fans here. But all good things must come to an end… plus I needed to get back to Hell in time for my annual New Years Evil party….
So long Salem, it’s been fun. See y’all in Hell!!
I’m so sorry and disappointed. 50 years a fan. I will miss it. Additionally absolutely NO to Peacock.
I still enjoy the show but it’s becoming very repetitious and a little boring… The storylines just seem to drag on for too much time either need some new writers or some new ideas…..And the commercials take up more time than the show does
To be fair, the commercials take up slightly less time than the show. Right now they’re at about 37 minutes of actual show in 60 minutes of airtime. But yes, it’s ridiculous to sit through all of that. Especially since most of them are Big Pharma ads.
Much less ads on Peacock, of course. Zero ads, if you know how to configure your network properly.
Please come up with a better story line rather then Marlena playing devil again.
This show is so depressing never happy story lines.
I’m so over it and have been refusing to watch at this time.
Plus I sure don’t want the devil to have anything to do with Ben and Ciaras baby this is so stupid!! Surly you can come up with better idea than this
I have always liked days of our lives and have watched it on and off since it’s been on, but I HATE this with marlena and the devil please stop it, or I am going to stop watching t!!!
This show has become absolutely ridiculous and pathetic. Storylines are boring and predictable. This soap has really run its course. Cancel it!
I hate the devil inside Marlena – it show she is weak on God to allow the Devil inside her twice!
I love Days and have been watching on and off since it began. Along with many, I dislike the storyline with satan once again possessing Marlena. Hopefully, it won’t last too long because I think it is hurting the ratings.
Renewal
I’ve been watching this show since it began. I’m in my 70’s.
I hate the idiotic & repetitive story with Marlena being possessed. Why in the world would they rehash a tale that stunk yrs ago? I record the show so I can zip thru it. And please give Brady “someone”. So sick of him trying to get Chloe back. Very boring! Also… I MISS SAMMY!
I LOVE Days of Our Lives…..
This show is one of my guilty pleasures. Have been a fan since 1976. However, I do not like the current storyline of Marlena being possessed. They tackled this same storyline 25 years ago. I didnt like it then, and I dont like it now. And I hear it will be playing out at least through the holidays. UGH!
Today was my last day watching Days. I stopped watching for about 5 years when Marlena was possessed in the 90s and recently when they recycled that storyline. Watched today as I read that Marlena was back to normal. However, I see that Johnny is now possessed. What is wrong with the writers that they can come up with new storylines, and why this particular one? I have removed it from my DVR and will not wait out this ridiculous story.
Better storylines on Days of our lives.