Days of Our Lives may be dying a slow death worthy of the best soap opera tragedies ever filmed. Can it be resuscitated?
This beloved soap opera has been a staple of daytime TV for over four decades. Finding itself in such troubled waters now is devastating for cast and fans alike.
Deidre Hall and Drake Hogestyn Lost in the Latest Negotiations
In November of 2008, NBC reached an agreement with Sony Pictures to keep Daysof Our Lives on the air for another eighteen months. Longtime DAYS vets, Deidre Hall (Marlena Evans) and Drake Hogestyn (John Black) are out, as is co-executive producer, Ed Scott, fired last April. Such major changes can reinvigorate a flailing program or deal it a deathblow.
The Gutting of Salem Affects Loyal Fans
The loss of cherished characters leaves gaping holes in the population, and the remaining residents of the fictional Salem suddenly find themselves forced into conversations with people they have no reason to associate with. These interactions consume minutes but add nothing to the characters’ lives. Lesser characters now get more screen time but no material with which to make the most of it.
Loyal fans are flooding Internet message boards with their disappointment and distaste. The loss of Shawn and Belle, Jack and Jennifer, Marlena and John and other core Salemites, along with the reduction of screen time for Bo and Hope, Patch and Kayla, Roman, Abe, Caroline, Victor and other vets, has left DOOL littered with super-couple offspring and newcomers who have short contracts and no future. The characters that remain are routinely stripped of any hint of likeability via scripts that plunge them into unnatural situations and unbelievable pairings. If the viewers don’t care about the characters, a soap opera fails.
Writer’s Block Hurts Cast and Viewers
Days of Our Lives suffers from many concerns, but no issue looms larger than that of stale writing. The cast is the face of the show, but the writers are the heartbeat. If the writing flatlines, so does the soap. The best writing in recent memory aired during the writer’s strike that began in November 2007 and ended in February 2008. DAYS came alive. With the actors and actresses having meaty words and sharp action to hang their talents on, the storylines moved and upcoming episodes were eagerly anticipated. Then the strike ended and Days was soon back to the repetitive, uninspired material that keeps the characters one-dimensional and mired in soap opera quicksand.
Fumbles at the Top
Executive producer, Ken Corday, Sony Pictures and NBC have all fumbled the ball.
Agonizingly slow, sub-par writing is accepted as the norm, and even when an interesting new character is introduced, he or she is ultimately sacrificed. Nick and Morgan were two recent characters who brought something fresh and alive to their scenes. But both were given the boot while frivolous characters with few redeeming qualities, like Melanie, were given the green light. With each such misstep, the fans grow more disenchanted.
Saving a Once Great Soap
DAYS deserves to be rescued, but if the show is to be saved, the writers, producers, owners and network, must recognize important differences and act on them. There is a subtle but vital difference between slow and plodding. There is a glaring difference between bland and colorful. Failing to address those differences is what keeps DAYS clinging to life support.
The Danger Remains - Is the Sand in the Hourglass Running Out?
Recent rating upticks in the 18-34 and 18-49 women’s demographic may prove to be the final nail in the coffin if those successes are viewed as validation. Such an assumption may lead to even more complacency until all that is wrong with DAYS sneaks up on the unsuspecting powers-that-be and delivers the fatal blow once and for all.
If a blackjack player fails to hit a 16 when the dealer has a face card showing, then goes on to win the hand, it reinforces his instinct to hold on to that 16 the next time the same scenario presents itself. But in the long run, as any successful blackjack player knows, that’s just bad playing. A hand or two may be won, but the odds are deeply stacked against survival in the long run.
Such is the danger for Days of Our Lives. Those in charge have forgotten what really works and are making decisions that plant the seeds of demise. And just like the owner of the badly played blackjack hand, unless meaningful changes are made, Days of Our Lives may be just a few grains of sand away from finding itself flat broke and out of the game.
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I couldn' have said it better myself..Days has found the Black Hole of all
Soaps......Could it be any worse....Deidre and Drake leaving is a
disaster......The Sami/Nicole story ridiculous.....Couples are breaking
apart.......Lucas never has made a choice that he could live with as far as
the opposite sex..Dr. Dan is the Salem Pervert. His credentials should be
redone.......Daniel should be ousted out of Salem. How dumb do the
writers' think we are.......Nothing makes sense on the show any
longer.......So there, I had my Rant......ShaSha
Jan 7, 2009 8:10 AM
Guest :
I triple dog dare TPTB give up the reins to the fans for 3 months! You'll
have the ratings you want then!
Jan 7, 2009 10:11 AM
Guest :
Having been a viewer & fan for 43 yrs, I am sicken to see Days go by
the wayside like Another World & Santa Barbara, gone are the days when
writers took pride in the storylines. Getting rid of the vets is a sure
fire way of getting rid of long time viewers. Days doesn't hold my
attention anymore, the only reason why I am still watching with one eye
open is because I'm addicted to Days, like any addiction the viewers &
fans will be weened off, that is what I find myself doing weening myself
off from Days. Corday, your parents gave us what we wanted, you are not
doing the same, so good luck with you teen storylines. The don't hold my
interest & have no substance. I keep asking myself if Days can be
saved, my heart wants to believe that it can but my head is saying no, not
unless the writers really put pin to paper or should I say start striking
the keys on the keyboard to write stories that have some substance &
bring back the key characters. I have to agree with one of the guest who
say give us 3 months, some of us would write a storyline that would take
Days where it once was, to the top.
Jan 7, 2009 10:51 AM
Guest :
I think they were stupid to fire Sheffer and they should hire someone who
loves soaps like Tom Consiullo to write. GIVE him the reins and all
decision making power, other than getting rid of the vets and I think we
would have a great soap again.
Jan 7, 2009 11:42 AM
Guest :
Well let me just say I totally agree with your wonderfully written article
and it says what we fans have said for awhile, that the writting of this
once great show is terrible. Ken C and Dena H are systematically
destroying this show. As a big John and Marlena fan who has watch Days
since day 1 Jan 23 is my last day to watch this show for ever!!!
Jan 7, 2009 12:54 PM
Guest :
Someone needs to send a copy of this article to the Powers that Be at the
network and the soap. The author of this piece is right on target.
Jan 7, 2009 1:32 PM
Guest :
Perfectly said! I have been a Days fan for over 30 years and with that
said,I am done with Days as of 1/23/09(J&M/Deidre & Drake last
airdate)and there is so many like us out there that don't go to boards or
Days web sites that feel the same way,enough is enough,Ken C.,you can have
your over kill of the young people with pointless storys,pointless dialogue
& pointless charactors! *Days should be on top with
J&M,Stefano,Bope,Tony & Anna,Steve & Kayla and the rest of the
stronger Vets with very strong plot
storys(love,passion,friendship,family,adventure),But Ken C. killed that
with the past(2001)& persent writers team,Ken C.would save money,if he
hired FanFic writers,they know the history of Days! Ken C.Parents
cared about the Viewers/Fans and their show,Ken C. don't,he has proven that
with all the lies and having pointless charactor(waste of money)and not
using the Vets more and geting back to basic of what a Soap is really
about! Sorry for the rant and Good Luck to the rest of the
Viewers/Fans with the young people show and young dialogue and young storys
that don't make any sense!!
Jan 7, 2009 2:04 PM
Guest :
Excellent article and very true. I am 19 years old I don't want to
watch a teen soap,if I want to watch the teens,I would go to cable and
watch 90210 or O.C.. I watch Days for J&M & the Vets,but
after the 2 top Stars got fired,there is not point of Days,because the rest
of the Vets don't have a great storys,so with that,I to will be done,when
J&M are done. I really don't care about rating scale,but I do know
is that in my age group we don't want to see bed hoping charactors or
senseless storys and dialogue,I alway thought a Soap is about
Passion,Love,Family,Friendship and Adventure(drama plots),but I guess
Ken/Days lost sight of that!
Jan 7, 2009 2:08 PM
Guest :
As a long time Days watcher (34 years),I have to agree with one of the
other guest comments. I don't even know why I watch it other than to scream
out loud "this is so ridiculous!" Why do they keep repeating the
same scenerios just with different characters? It becomes very apparent
when the writers set up a story line exactly where and how it will end
up.....it's been done so many times before with different people. Come on
the fans deserve more than this. I also agree, why do all the good
characters get written off and all the new ones get screen time? We want
the original people we've grown to know and love. Get serious and give the
fans what they deserve for their loyalty...not this nonsense we've had to
put up with lately. Honestly, how can EJ not realize that Nicole is not
really pregnant. He should be able to realize the difference between a baby
and a fake bump. Please, we are not stupid people so don't have us watching
something so ridiculous!! I've said enough...Momma T
Jan 7, 2009 2:30 PM
Guest :
A show that fires its two top stars and number one supercouple deserves to
get canned. Great article.
Jan 7, 2009 5:40 PM
Guest :
I've watched since 1985 but Drake and Deidre's last day will also be my
last day as a viewer. If Corday doesn't appreciate or respect me as a
viewer I see no reason why I should giving him even a few seconds my time
and energy. He made his choice and he chose to keep Dena Higley instead of
the two stars that have brought him good ratings time and time again. Mr
Corday, you deserve to have your show cancelled and I hope it is!
Jan 7, 2009 6:43 PM
Guest :
Great Article. I started watching Days in 1985 (when I was 9) and fell in
love with all the "Supercouples" of the 80's most particularly
Steve and Kayla. Lately, I find myself only watching the clips of Steve and
Kayla on the internet and not watching Days at all. I have no interest in
it as even the other characters (vets) that I would have enjoyed in the
abscense of Steve and Kayla are usually absent from the screen too. I have
no desire to watch Melanie 5 days a week. And while I like Sami, Nicole,
EJ, etc, I have no desire to watch them everyday either. I find myself
easily bored with the show and the lack of balance between the veteran's of
the show and the younger actors thus I chose not to watch most of the time
and feel that the show is just taking up space on my DVR. That's even sad
for me to write. I hope the writers/execs are able to turn this around and
quickly as I am sure I can't be the only long time viewer that feels this
way. Renate
Jan 7, 2009 9:48 PM
Guest :
This article is right on the money.. Bravo you nailed it. The downhill
slide has been happening for awhile, the writing is the worst Ive ever
seen, and ive watched for ver 30 years.. This show or its writers have no
clue how to actually write a "Storyline" Everything just seems to
be random dialog going nowhere. And whats up with the music ?? I swear
The Dr Perv/Chloe scenes with all that background soft porn music makes me
want to puke and I cant hit the FF fast enough, Now they are even playing
it during the Phillip Stephanie scenes... I remember when a couple made
love (Usually MONTHS after you realized they had an attraction to let the
excitement build) They always picked a beautiful song to play, Often with
candles and romance... Now all we get are sleazy sex scenes that happen too
fast, are rushed and prn music plays in the background... Gross..
Im not sure the show can be saved, and I dont think Corday wants to save
it. He knows what the fans want and it seems he goes out of his way to do
the exact opposite. He is a disgrace to his parents legacy, and the
years of loyalty from the fans of this show.
Shame on you Ken
Corday
Jan 8, 2009 1:50 AM
Guest :
In Australia the show jumped four years - I missed Shelle, Broe (luckily
most of the Island of Death with Andre) but once we jumped I started to
lose interest. After 25 years? Now I read more about it on the net
than I watch and frankly I've gone cold turkey. I look in
occasionally in the hopes that something grabs me and pulls me back in but
so far NOTHING! I remember the term SUPER COUPLES - I remember running
home from school and work so I could put the tape in and watch the show. I
remember goosebumps when Steve kissed Kayla for the first time, when Bo
& Hope made love in New Orleans and the moment Marlena realised that
John Black was Roman Brady, her husband. Where are those goosebumps -
certainly not in the crap we are watching now. Not one couple interests
me. Shirtless guys interest me and it seems that I get alot of that
but where's the romance? Where's the passions? Where's my DAYS OF OUR
LIVES?
Jan 8, 2009 5:28 AM
Guest :
It is so sad. I have been a Days viewer and fan for 40 years and I am just
disgusted with the show now. Nothing but young people and laughable
storylines. I agree the sex scenes are a new low. I remember the months
and months of waiting for Steve and Kayla to make love, the reunion of
young Hope and Bo in New Orleans. Now it is just wham, bam and thank you
ma'am. It is a very sad state of affairs, indeed.
Jan 8, 2009 11:26 AM
Guest :
YOU SHOULD HAVE TOOK DAYS OFF THE AIR WITH OUT DEIDRE AND DRAKE EVERY ONES
SOUPLE COUPLE EVERY ONES FAVORITE COUPLE THE BOTH OF THEM ARE VERY GOOD
ACTORS I HAVE WATCHED DAYS THE FRIST DAY DEIDRE CAME ON AND DRAKE TO I WAS
11 I AM 54 NOW . DAYS WAS MY FAVORITE SOAP I USED TO WATCH OTHER SOAPS I
STOPED WATCH OTHER SOAPS 20 YEARS AGO NEVER DAYS BUT NOW THE LAST DAY FOR
DEIDRE&DRAKE WILL BE MY LAST I COULD NAME ABOUT 10 ACTORS ON DAYS YOU
COULD HAVE CUT NOT D&D I NO THAT THEY GET TOP PAY THEY SHOULD THEY ARE
GREAT ACTORS.I LIKE BO&HOPE STEVE&K NICOLE &EJ
STEPHANIE&PHILLIP TONY&ANNA SAMI MAGGIE BRADY LEXIE CAOLINE REFA I
LIKE SHAWN AND BEE AND LITTLE CLAIAR YOU CUT THEM THIS HURT ME SO BAD TO
SEE THEM 3 GO BUT THIS UPSET LETTING DEIDRE AND DRAKE GO THIS IS CRAZY JOHN
AND MARLEANA WAS SOULMATES THEY COULD HAVE HAD GREAT STORYLINES AND THE
BACK BONE COUPLE LIKE ALICE AND TOM WAS BUT THE WRITERS NEVER KEEP THEM
TOGETHER THEY ALWAYS A GOOD COUPLE AND ALL ABOUT FAMILY HAD A GOOD LIFE
WHEN THEY WAS TOGETHER I JUST WILL NOT BE ABLE TO WATCH DAYS ANY MORE I
HOPE ALICE IS OKAY SHE WAS NOT ON THIS PAST CHRISHMAS OR CHRISHMAS OF 2007
I HOPE SHE IS OKAY IT IS ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE DOUG AND JULIE ON EVER NOW AND
THEN THIS SOAP THUR THE YEARS HAS ALWAYS FILL LIKE A FAMILY NOT A SOAP I
HAVE WATCH FOR 43 YEARS I AM REALLY GOING TO MISS IT AND JOHN AND MARLENA.
THIS NEWS ABOUT THEM MESS MY NEW YEAR UP I LOVE THEM SO MUCH AND LIKE JOHN
SAY AND THATS A FACT MISS YOU DAYS AFTER JOHN AND MARLENA LEAVE THANKS FOR
THE MEMORIES OF JOHN AND MARLENA I AM SO HURT OVER THIS.THAT WHY I SAID
DAYS SHOULD HAVE WENT OFF THE AIR IF YOU HAD TO CUT THE BEST TO STAY ON
THEY ARE DAYS. ITS LIKE SUSAN LUCCI IS ALL MY CHILDREN AND NIKKI AND VICTOR
IS THE Y&R THATS MY POINT ABOUT CUTTING DEIDRE AND DRAKE THEY ARE DAYS
OF OUR LIVES
Jan 9, 2009 2:42 PM
Guest :
The head writer must have some dirt on Corday and be threatening him with
it. It is clear that she is top dog and the fans are just a little
nuisance now. She said she hated John and Marlena months ago and refusused
to write for them. Guess she got her revenge.
Jan 12, 2009 2:48 PM
Guest :
Excellent article. I am one of those loyal fans that was channel surfing
back in Mar. 1986 when I noticed a handsome guy wearing an eye patch hiding
in the closet of the apt of a beautiful nurse. I was totally hooked and
wanted to see more. That lasted until Mr. Nichols left the show in 1990.
I continued to watch -- I gave it 2 months thinking he would come back and
then they decided to saddle Kayla with that terrible story so I left. I
followed Ms Evans to GH and shortly after Mr Nichols came on the scene and
I was there. After than I followed MBE to ATWT and then finally my
favourites came back in 2006. All I can say is why have the best in
Daytime been put on the backburner and these useless characters getting all
the airtime??? Well, I stopped watching and I tape and ff everything except
if by any chance Steve & Kayla are on. I watched the show in Nov/08
(just 1 show)I think, us S & K fans were all excited about this love
scene between Steve & Kayla happening (they hadn`t even touched since
Mar.08 -- that is so out of character)and later we found out that the scene
was cut out??? These people, are totally disrespecting what the fans
want. So why should fans keep watching this garbage?? Who the heck wants
Passions #2????? I agree with the John & Marlena fans. My favourites
are Steve & Kayla #1 -- Bo and Hope #2 and John & Marlena #3. The
awesome 6 should be left alone if anyone should be axed its -- Dr. Dan,
Chloe, Nicole and most of all Melanie. I hope tptb read your article
and our comments and turn things around -- I have a feeling that more cuts
are coming in the Spring and it may very well hit another very large
fanbase. Do these people not like fans???? WTHAS&K????
Jan 12, 2009 3:56 PM
Guest :
wow, everybody is right about their comments. i don't want to believe it
but it is true. i have been watching days for 30 plus years. and lately i
have been missing watching days. to day i watched it for the first time in
weeks and i was shocked to see the same things going on. same storys and no
new ones and what is with Dr. pervert. like he just hops to woman and
child. with cloe ? change the storys will you or don't drag them on so
long. i agree the storys when they were on strick was alot more interesting
to watch and they didn't drag on so long. i can understand with sami being
she is pregant and all. the worst mistake you will do is to fase out the
ones that have been on for years, don't you get it that is why we watch it.
john and marlena leaving is the worst mistake you will ever make. they are
really good actors and they do diserve what ever you are paying them. and
the other actors that have been on there for years. just give them better
storys and ones we can relate to. i was heart broken when we lost another
world. i vowed not to every watch another soap except for days. and i have
done that but please don't kick days to the curb. if you want rating and
awards then change the writers not the actors with no actors no soap. think
about it. thanks ....jane
Jan 12, 2009 4:09 PM
Guest :
When my calender on my desktop says 1/23/09 which is Drake Hogestyn's last
day on DAYS thanks to Ken Corday letting him go, it will also be the end of
DAYS for me after 23 years of watching this show. DAYS didn't appreciate
the fact that Drake is the ONLY actor to stay loyal to ONLY DAYS (he turned
down other projects to stay on this show) so they WON'T be getting my
loyalty either. Good luck DAYS, you're going to NEED it
Jan 12, 2009 8:11 PM
Guest :
I have been a loyal viewer of Days from its first episode. It has been a
part of my life for all those years. Part of my day whether or not I am
home I record it if not. John and Marlena are the staples of this show.
The episode on Friday where John is being hynotized and remembers his first
love Marlena. What a wonderful expression on his face. It was the best and
what I always waited to see. I can't imagine what my days will be when
they are gone and I can no longer watch them together. It has been so long
since they actually were together. There are so many fans who look forward
to seeing John and Marlena, Bo and Hope, Patch and Kayla, Maggie, but with
the original Mickey. I really miss seeing Mrs. H. It would be so good if
we could get a chance to get a glimpse of her once again. If the TPTB
would just realize what a jewel they have in Days It could be as it was
when life was so beautiful in the Days of Our Lives. Please reconsider your
decision to forever lose this great show. It will be sorely missed.
Jan 14, 2009 9:19 PM
Guest :
I have watched Days since the first episode. My mother is 83 years old and
we both watch Days and then talk about what happened and what we think will
happen. Just like reading the same book. The firing of the characters of
John and Marlena are the last straw. As someone else said, key players
have been cut and quickly picked up by other soaps. We are left with young
actors and actresses that we have no connection with, no history. Then you
write someone off and then try to replace them with an actor or actress in
their place that you can't connect with, looks nothing like the actor that
was fired. In trying to get younger viewers to the show do you not realize
that it was our mothers, grandmothers, aunts and cousins that got us to
watch in the first place? It is like a tradition. I honestly think that
with digital programming in February and with the economy tumbling that
more people will come back to network tv, out of financial necessity and
the fact that digital programming looks as good as or BETTER than the
satellite services. I think that if Corday would have been patient that in
a few months things will change. I might be wrong, but I don't think so. I
think that digital programming will bring the networks back to the front
and back on top again. But in the mean time Days is "cutting it's
nose off to spite it's face." Firing dedicated players that have been
with the show for years, the same ones that we know everything about, we
know what they like, dislike, we know what they have been through in their
lives, we can connect with them. Instead we are left with young actresses
who for the most part are "green." We have no connection with
them. Who are their parents? Why are they even there? Have they ever
eatten Mrs. Horton's doughnuts? If not, we don't need a dozen of them
running around. Poor acting and no history, no connection. It is sad.
Trying to bring in younger viewers and isolating the older, loyal viewers
that would watch Days with their children and their children won't happen.
You just don't get it. To capture younger viewers all you need to do is
keep the older, loyal viewers content and we will hand it down, like we do
with any other tradition. It is a sad, sad day when you fire your most
popular, super couple. The peacock is starting to lose it's feathers - and
it's viewers.
Jan 21, 2009 1:52 AM
Guest :
I Remember the good old Days when the show used to be interesting. Like The
War between John and Stefano now that was a good storyline I would always
tune in everyday to see what would happen but now the show as far as I'm
concerned is ruined. everyday we are reduced to seeing characters we
couldn't care less about while the most cherished characters that we have
grown to love are on the back burner. The 2 Biggest Mistakes that Days has
made in the past year has been hiring Dena Higley as Headwriter and getting
rid of John and Marlena. It seems to me that Ken Corday wants Days to end
because he's making all of these stupid decisions. With the way things are
right now if they keep this up Days will not make it Past 2010.
Jan 21, 2009 1:59 AM
Guest :
This show used to be the best thing on Television now it's been reduced to
nothing I Mean i remember the good old Days when John and Stefano were
fighting all the time and when John would always have to try and Rescue
Marlena from Stefano now those were the good old days The Two biggest
Mistakes in the past year that Ken Corday has made has been Hiring Dena
Higley as Headwriter I mean come on the woman can't write and his other
mistake was firing John and Marlena It seems to me that Days has a Death
wish and i don't expect it on Past 2010.
Jan 21, 2009 2:00 AM
Guest :
This show used to be the best thing on Television now it's been reduced to
nothing I Mean i remember the good old Days when John and Stefano were
fighting all the time and when John would always have to try and Rescue
Marlena from Stefano now those were the good old days The Two biggest
Mistakes in the past year that Ken Corday has made has been Hiring Dena
Higley as Headwriter I mean come on the woman can't write and his other
mistake was firing John and Marlena It seems to me that Days has a Death
wish and i don't expect it on Past 2010.
Jan 25, 2009 4:01 AM
Guest :
I have also deleted DOOL from my DVR and have no intention of ever watching
it again unless they bring back John and Marlena. This article says
everything I'm feeling. I have watched this soap for 24 years, but I am
done. It's bad enough they wrote Jack of the show, but this is too much for
me. Dena H. nearly killed the show she was writing for on ABC and I was
appalled to see she was hired for Days. The writing is horrible and they
have absolutely no respect for the fans. I really think they are trying to
kill this show.
Jan 26, 2009 11:44 AM
Guest :
wow, the writers suck. that is the send off for john and marlena. that is
the best you can do.for the actors that have been on their for years. that
is the best story . wow that send off was horrible. no wonder the story
lines are no good. i can't believe it , yes i'm ranting.okay ive mellowed
out now. okay i watched it today and i thought i would see a better send
off but they were not on. what are you doing to days it is not a
evening 90210. we have enough of them at night. i don't want to see them in
the day time.i choose not to watch the night time ones. if you are changing
days to that then i'm sorry but i will not watch days any more. after 30
years of watching days it will be sad but the story lines are lame. please
bring back the veteren ones and give them great story lines.sorry to see
but i will not be watching days anymore. maybe i will tune in every now and
then to see if it has changed, but untill the writers get their heads
together days will go down the tubes. bye days and john and marlena i will
miss you , thanks for the years and for staying on . hope to see you on the
tv sometime soon you are great actors and you always made me cry in
happiness and sadness. bye :-(
Feb 1, 2009 7:03 PM
Guest :
Unbelievable. I think all of the Days viewers are just utterly disgusted
over the dismissal of Deidre and Drake. I couldn't wait for John to get
his memory back to see the great scenes between Marlena and him. It was
this big build up to a big let down. I won't be watching Days anymore.
I'm tired of watching a bunch of teeny boppers on this show. It used to be
such a wonderful show. It is truly a shame. I was a fan since 1980 and
now, just another let down non-viewer.
Feb 5, 2009 10:02 AM
Guest :
While I totally agree with you all, that the show is just not what it used
to be, I'm not sure Dena is entirely to blame. She did write during the
writers strike last year, and that was the best Days had been in years.
The Colleen Brady storyline was great, as was the drama of Shawn's death,
and Bo's illness.
But, that being said - I too have stopped
watching as of Jan 23rd. And now that Steve, Kayla & Tony are going, I
see no reason to start watching again. I've been watching since Janaury
1981 - and have been loyal for all these years. Too bad Ken Corday doesn't
appreciate the loyalty of the fans, or the loyalty of his cast (Drake).
It's sad...days has been a family tradition forever, and I just can't take
it anymore. The Chelsea/Melanie/Stephanie/Chloe show holds no appeal to
me. If they want to focus on the younger set, bring back Belle &
Shawn...get Brady a real story....and bring back Eric. I want Hortons
& Brady's (and Blacks)
Feb 8, 2009 7:57 PM
Guest :
wow, i just read that kayla and steve have been fired. what is up with that
.i just don't know what to think. i stopped watching days when you fired
marlena and john. i don't know who to blame, the writers the producers who
? what, ive read all sorts of web sites on days and it doesn't look good.
most of the fans have given up. know i think the rest of the fans that was
left. will go also. 30 some years ive been watching. i hope if you are
cancelled that aleast give the rest of the cast a good ending to their
storys, not like john and marlenas i can't watch steve and kayla go. who's
next bo and hope. the show is fading fast . just make the last year a good
one. tears of sadness. :-(
Feb 18, 2009 10:51 AM
Guest :
I think that the writers are doing days a great injustice. They need to
take pride in this soap as it has been a blazing gun for many many years.
If's it going down in flames, then wake up and let it go down in flames
fighting for the glory it deserves.
Jun 8, 2009 1:00 PM
Guest :
I have been a faithful viewer for almost twenty years and as of today will
no longer be viewing this sad excuse for a soap opera. Who kills off a baby
in their story line for ratings. They must have some really sick people
writing their show that they would think that something like that would
spike their ratings I feel very strongly that this is inacceptable and will
no longer be watching the show! I hope there are more people that feel the
same way. There is no need to support a show that has content like that.
Jun 15, 2009 2:00 AM
Guest :
My husband used to say, your stories are all about bed-hopping, and I would
say, not this one. My days is more about mystery, and adventures, remember
when Melissa was forced to go to another country with Alamaine and Jack had
to rescue her, or one of my favorite when Bo stole Hope from the church and
they were playing "Where have all the good men gone" while they
took off on his bike. I'll never forget the love betweeen Patch and Kayla
and what it took for them to get married. If Steve would be on the show
now, he would have ripped Owen to shreds, the Dimera's wouldn't get a crack
at him. I so sick of Kate, you can send her packing anytime and I wouldn't
miss her at all. The same is for Daniel, the only thing he has done since
he has got there is save lives and be a humper. Kate, Chelsea, Kate, Chloe,
puke. I love Sami, she is a great mother and would like to see her find
some happiness with Rafe, decent holidays, a little normalcy, and with
somebody like Louis from Passions sure fits the bill. I thought when John
came back , he gave the performance of his life, he should have won an emmy
for his portrayal of his stepping "out of the box" John. I could
care less if you bring back Marlena, she bored me to death. Bring back
Eileen Davidson to play Susan, would be the bomb. I'd say she knows some of
Stephano's secrets, plus the last time we seen Stephano's daughter
Kristian, she was chained up in a dungeon. Wouldn't it be nice if she
found her way home? I hate to say this but the time Bo and Hope are on
there now, they have lost their spark. Bo needs to quit being commishioner
and start being a cop again. Him and Hope need to find something dangerous
and intriging to get into that will not leave their relationship, blah. I
know we've seen this play the switch the baby routine so many times,
how long before we find out that Nicole has done it once again, and poor
Mia is going to be devastated?.I would like to see Victor start dating
Caroline. He's getting to grumpy. I don't have to have Marlena, just John,
and I don't have to have Kayla, atleast Patch, please?????????
Jan 6, 2009
