Hang onto your seats soap fans! Dr. Marlena Evans and the Brady and Horton families may be in trouble again — and this time, there may not be an escape!
An industry source has recently reported that NBC is considering canceling the long-running soap opera, Days of Our Lives. NBC has aired the soap for all of its incredible 40+ year run but does not actually own the series.
Word is that NBC feels that the licensing fee it pays to the production company is too high (based on the show’s ratings). If a lower fee can’t be negotiated, the series may end at the end. One source has said that the current contract runs until 2009 but there is a clause in it that would allow NBC to terminate the show as early as the Spring of 2007.
I’ll be on the lookout for new developments. Stay tuned . . .
please give it a chance to get better!
The storyline is really as upsetting to me. CPS taking Belle/Shawn daughter away just took the cake. Lately I’ve been seeing horror stories about CPS and really don’t trust them in the real world. Victor has his nerves to do this and I was starting to like Victor but lately his character is turning back to the nasty person he is. This just doesn’t make any damn sense at all to take a child from the mother and she didn’t do anything wrong? Bo should and need to put Victor in his place!!!!!!
Please do not cancel DOOL. It has been around for so long, and it is a great show to watch. It’s been watched in my family for generations. I think several people would be devastated if you dropped this show. You’ve ran it for 40+ years, so why stop now? Please negotiate something to keep all of these millions of fans happy.
Please don’t cancel Days! I love the show and have watched it for as long as I can remember. My Mom has watched it from day one and got me started on it. I grew up with Days. I don’t ever remember it not being on the air! Please leave it on for many years to come!!!!
I just heard this news and it made me sick to my stomach. I saw the very first episode of Days, remember it very well. I may have only been 5 at the time, but the hourglass and Grandma Horton had me hooked. Days of Our Lives is my drug. I need my daily fix! DOOL has a dedicated and loyal fanbase across the globe. You can’t rip our hearts out for the sake of a few bucks. Go back to black and white, go back to a half hour show, go back to just the Horton family, but PLEASE… Read more »
How could I function if I didn’t have my daily dose of “Days”! The characters are my family, and I think they all do a fantastic job of portraying who they are. When my children were babies I would have them watch it with me, then put them down for a nap. They are now 41 and 43 and STILL want to know what’s happening on “Days”! Please, please don’t take it off the air!
I, too, have been watching Days Of Our Lives since its inception, and I’m both furious and heartbroken at the thought that my favorite soap could be cancelled! My personal feeling is that they could have raised the ratings through the roof if they had gone with a EJ DiMera/Sami Brady pairing instead of boring us to tears with thrusting Sami back into the arms of the abusive and immature Lucas Roberts! Alison Sweeney and newcomer James Scott sizzled with chemistry over the summer and man of the fans were hyped to see a forbidden love story between a Brady… Read more »
i cant figure out where to go to name hopes baby. name her DESJIA (PRONOUNCED) DEJA.
Do not cancel days, bring back some of the older cast members like Vivia and Lawerence Alamain. Put on more love scenes. I have been watching days since 1982 the cast members are like my family. it would be a shame to see it end.
Val.
I have been watching this show since Susan killed David. I remember all the stories that the show has had. Where is Bill and Laura anyway? The were good together. Julie has a brother Steve. What has he been doing? Also Julie is a grandmother.Doug sure could sing let him sing at Maggies restraunt.That needs to be picked up a bit. I want to see Sami happy with Lucas. John and Marlena are great together and shows that when two people love each other like they do any kind of problem can be solved.
I have been watching this show since Susan killed David. I remember all the stories that the show has had. Where is Bill and Laura anyway? The were good together. Julie has a brother Steve. What has he been doing? Also Julie is a grandmother.Doug sure could sing let him sing at Maggies restraunt.That needs to be picked up a bit. I want to see Sami happy with Lucas. John and Marlena are great together and shows that when two people love each other like they do any kind of problem can be solved.
I have been watching the show since I was 5 with my mom and i feel i cant live with out my daily enter tain ment
I have watched this soap for as long as I can remember. I remember laying in my bed for nap and hearing it going in the living room. I agree with all the above. There are many reasons Days of Our Lives is shrinking in the ratings department. The biggest reason I hear other people speak about is, Days does not tackle real issues. Reality is a huge part of TV now days. When you watch a soap, part of you wants to feel some type of connection with the situations. Passions draws you in with Ethan and Teresa, but… Read more »
I have been watching days since my early teens. I even scheduled my college coures around the daily show. I too feel it is the ONLY soap worthy of watching these days. Now that there is a new writer I hope to see more locations shot and better story lines for the characters. The actors are wonderful but does there have to be so much chaos with all the characters at the same time.
Lisa
SODA (Save Our Days Advocate)
Please….PLEASE DON’T CANCEL “Days of Our Lives.” I have been watching this shop since the mid 60’s. It’s the only soap I feel worthy of my time. I know all the cast and would feel so-o-o lost without this daily program. The actors are excellent and what’s more, the writers have improved dramatically over the past few years. I stay glued to the TV set while Days is on because of the mystic and intrigue of the show. Believe me when I say, “you would wound thousands of viewers by cancelling ‘Days.'” My friends and I talk about what’s happening… Read more »