Entire 'DAYS OF OUR LIVES' Cast Fired

[left-of-center2012]

TVLine has learned exclusively that the producers of Days of Our Lives have released the entire cast from their contracts, with the venerable soap set to go on an indefinite hiatus at month’s end. While the NBC sudser has not been cancelled, the unprecedented — and decidedly ominous — move comes at a precarious time for ratings-challenged Days and the vanishing soap genre as a whole. It also comes as Sony Pictures Television and NBC are in negotiations to renew series.

An insider cautions that because Days shoots eight months in advance, the show will have enough episodes in the can when it stops production at the end of November to last through Summer 2020. If NBC does renew Days, production is expected to resume in March. But by releasing the contracted cast members from from their commitment to the show, producers have no guarantee who — if anyone — will return.

“It’s actually a shrewd — if cynical — business move,” sniffs one insider. “If Days gets picked up, [Corday] can offer the actors new contacts at a reduced rate and with a ‘take-it-or-leave’ it attitude. Worst case scenario, they lose half their cast. Best case scenario [for Corday Productions], everyone agrees to return at a lower salary.”

https://tvline.com/2019/11/12/days-of-our-lives-cancelled-cast-fired-season-56/

[donkeypoofed]

1. Oh no.

[democratisphere]

2. Another corporate screwing.

Nothing is ever done with any decency.

[melm00se]

3. the time of daytime soap operas

is long past.

These daytime programs were very popular when households were single income entities. Since the mid 1970s and on, with more and more women working, the daytime soap opera has been on a decline. The days of high single/low double digit ratings (and subsequent advertising dollars) are gone.

Of the 4 remaining daytime soaps, Days of Our Lives has been in 4th place (or last place) since 2011.

The next soap opera to bite the dust will be General Hospital.

[left-of-center2012]

4. Back in the day ...

I'm 73 now, and recall my mother watching "Search For Tomorrow"
and "As the World Turns"
back in the 1950s and 1960s.

[catchnrelease]

5. I didn't realize it was still on!

I thought it had gone off the air years ago. My mom and grandma used to watch it and I'd sometimes see it when they had it on. I remember Macdonald Carey was the patriarch of the main family, wow, that's a flashback, lol. 'Doug' and 'Julie' were the on/off lovers that could really never get together altho' I think they did in the end. (and they were married in real life)

So funny to think about all of that from so many years ago!