Posted on 11/12/2019 2:51:45 PM PST by Beave Meister
The long-running daytime soap's future is in flux, though it will continue airing for the remainder of the current season. The future of NBC's daytime soap Days of Our Lives is in doubt after the entire cast was released from their contracts.
The 55-year-old drama — the longest-running entertainment show in NBC's history — will go on an indefinite hiatus at the end of November, although enough episodes have been banked to play out the rest of the 2019-20 season.
NBC and Sony Pictures TV, which distributes the show, declined comment. Calls to producer Corday Productions were not returned.
Corday, which carries the contracts with the cast, made the call to release the actors. Days of Our Lives was renewed for 2019-20 in January; should it be picked up again, production would likely resume in the spring — but the cast would have to negotiate new contracts. Sony Pictures TV and NBC had been in talks for another season when Corday released the cast.
Corday also sued Sony earlier this year, claiming the studio hadn't put forth its best efforts at distributing Days of Our Lives. The claim said Sony made a decision to "eliminate any competition to its wholly owned series The Young and the Restless. … In the annals of Hollywood television, it is difficult to identify a distributor more guilty of blatant conflict of interest, deceit, perfidy, and abuse of market power."
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Not all, some will be trans and a few with disabilities, physical or mental, or a combination of whatever PC trend they are pandering to.
That’s hilarious. My wife watches Y And R and we do that all the time! Lol
That was such a great show, acknowledged by the X-Files as a chief influence when they had Roy in several episodes.
The thing about soaps is that they have lots of things happening in every segment, but nothing really evolves from year to year.
The Invaders deserved a longer run with some kind of victory by architect David Vincent.
“Wondering if I am the only person who hasn’t watched a single episode.”
no. there’s at least two ...
That’d be one hell of a binge watch.
Thought soap operas ended years ago.
How many NBC affiliates don’t carry it? I’m trying to understand the “distributor” argument. Perhaps they mean foreign distribution? Or if there isn’t an NBC affiliate in a given market, or if the NBC affiliate doesn’t carry the show, is the distributor supposed to convince one of the independent channels to carry it instead?
I’d rather it happened to those you mentioned. Way better for the country.
They ought to get rid of Dark Shadows and some of the others while they’re at it...
In the annals of Hollywood television, it is difficult to identify a distributor more guilty of blatant conflict of interest, deceit, perfidy, and abuse of market power."
Sounds almost like a soap....
The nation’s welfare parasites have migrated to “Ellen”.
Follow the money. Just like evening tv is reality shows,daytime will be 10 different versions of “The View”. It’s simple economics. They’re cheaper to produce.
And they never work but always have time for affairs.
OMG. Guard your women and children!
And... All My Children.
My wife has watched that show for 50 plus years. Her mother hooked her...LOL
SOAP is my only soap opera.
Fun Fact: The composers of the theme song for Days of Our Lives were Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart, with assistance from Charles Albertine. Tommy and Bobby composed the basic melody on an organ. Charles later added the signature flute heard at the beginning.
If you are of a certain age, you may recall that Boyce & Hart had a few hits in the 1960’s.
Their biggest single being; “I Wonder What She’s Doin’ Tonight?”. They wrote a few for The Monkeys: “Last Train To Clarksville”, “I’m Not Your Stepping Stone!”,Theme song for The Monkeys.
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