UPDATE 11/14/19: The entire cast of Days Of Our Lives has been dropped from their contracts. Has the stalwart soap finally been cancelled?
UPDATE: Not so fast. Despite reports of cancellation, NBC has decided to renew Days of Our Lives into Season 52 (which may or may not be the last in the soap’s run).
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Days of Our Lives has been cancelled at NBC, according to reports. Per People, the long-running soap opera has been axed and will not return for the 2017-18 season:
A source connected to the beloved soap opera tells PEOPLE that several cast members have been told that this upcoming year of the series will likely be its last.
The source says executives at the show have given some key staffers indication that their days are numbered.
“Basically, we’ve heard that there won’t be a Days in 2018,” says the source associated with the show, which recently celebrated its 51st anniversary on the network.
Stay tuned for potential updates on the cancellation status of Days of Our Lives.
kathleen says
You should have got Bo back
Just like YnR should have a replacement for Adam with MM its going down the tubes next
Nancy Hilliard says
I agree Adam needs to come back so does Dylan right now YAnd R very boring.
Diane Lawrence says
Hard to believe that after 50 years they would do this. Please reconsider this, some of your story lines are ridiculous and many of us would like to see story lines involving your more mature viewers. Try that approach first and see if your viewers respond well to it.
hELGA gRAEFE says
DAYS HAS FOR ME THE BEST STORY LINES OF THE LAST REMAINING 4 SOAPS OUT THERE
AND I WOULD REALLY TO SEE IT GO AND ESPECIALLY FOR ANOTHER DUMB TALK SHOW WHICH WE TRULY HAVE ENOUGH OFF ,A TALK SHOW I CAN WATCH ONES A WEEKS ONLY AND DO NOT FEEL I HAVE MISSED ANYTHING , BUT A SOAP , I WATCH WITHOUT FAIL EVERY SINGLE DAY AND NEVER MISS ONE FOR THE PAST 30 SOME YEARS.
PLEASE NBC DON’T TAKE AWAY MILLIONS OF VIEWERS FAVORITE SHOW !!!!!!!
Margielou Peters says
they need to vamp up story line Days can be saved just need new writers
F.H. says
Networks are getting to cheap to pay day time soap actors….Guaranteed they will replace with cooking show or reality show….They cancelled AMC & OLFTL.I had been watching for 30years….Bummer.
Andrea says
I miss OLTL. I thought it sucked arse that it was cancelled. By the same token, Nora Buchanan was on GH last week representing both Charlotte Cassadine’s dad & his cohort, Julian Jerome’s older sister many thought long dead.
Sbrrymom says
NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO.
when?
Trod says
WOW now you can add another stupid talk show cannot blelieve you do this after 50 years
Sue says
Pls pls pls DON’T cancel Days. I feel like crying. It’s as if your killing part of my OWN family member! !!!! After 50 yrs of watching your now killing my altimate favorite show. I look forward to watching it when I come home and hate not bein able to watch it during the weekends!! Pls reconsider. Megan Jelly is NEVER going to replace Days. It’s only another talk show
Chertl Wehr says
I grew up watching Days of Our Lives and would hate to see it go. Please reconsider, story lines need to change and some more interesting one should be developed. The more mature actors need to have better story lines and should not be drawn out so long. WE DO NOT NEED ANOTHER TALK SHOW OR REALITY SHOW THEY ARE BORING TO NO END. PLEASE KEEP THE LAST REMAINING SOAPS THIS MAKES DAYTIME WATCHING WORTH WATCHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Pamela Cyr says
I have been watching days of our lives since it started. I gave up all other soaps a couple of years ago and only watched this one. Now you are going to replace it with another talk show. When soap is off the air I will not be watching the talk shows. Too many already
Rita says
NBC doesn’t have much going for it as it is. What it doesn’t need is another stupid reality/talk show. And with the state of affairs in this country right now, we need some escape! Don’t screw loyal viewers of 51 years this way! Yes, Days has room to improve, but it doesn’t deserve the ax! Please don’t cancel it for something can truly never replace it.
Sandy Cherry says
I started watching Days the summer of 1965 when it aired for 30 minutes a day. It was the ONLY “soap” I EVER watched and you are doing something horrible by cancelling it. I was 21 when I started watching it and am now 73. I DO NOT watch dumb talk shows or reality shows. In fact I may never watch NBC again !
Jody says
Days is the ONLY soap I watch! I agree there are too many talks shows on already. At our local station they play Wendy Williams twice a day. Take one of those hours to put Megan Kelly on and please leave Days alone. Sad, sad, sad 🙁
Jessica says
NBC will be sorry when they put Megyn Kelley on and she bombs. And she will bomb. NBC you have no loyalty. A soap that has 51 years vs someone who is clueless. I will go and watch WVEC channel 13. I am really upset. No more watching NBC.
Pamela Malfara says
I feel this is a big mistake for the network to cancel Days Of Our Lives to put on a talk show. Look what happened when they canceled when they replaced One Life to Live with Revolution. How long did that last. I do realize The Chew is still doing well but it is a talk plus food show. How many more talk show can we handle. I rarely watch talk shows unless someone is on that I really want to see. I have watched Days Of Our Lives for many years and hate when I have to miss it. Glad we are now able to tape it. Even when I worked we were allowed to have tv’s at or desks as long as we kept the screen covered. So I would listen to it as well as taped it just in case I was not able to listen to the whole thing. PLEASE DO NOT REPLACE DAYS OF OUR LIVES WITH ANOTHER STUPID TALK SHOW. IT IS A STAPLE FOR SO MANY PEOPLE.
Not fooling me says
People, don’t fall for this page’s gimmicks. Even their “source” which is People’s magazine, states that it’s still up in the air. This page is using sensational headlines to get clicks to their page.
Mary says
I feel your pain everyone! Look what they did to OLTL and AMC. All the writing in the world won’t stop it! So sorry guys!
Peggy Hill says
Please think what you’re doing. I’ve supported your sponsors for 51 years while watching Days. I won’t support Kelly and will never watch her show. I’ve been wanting a reason to cancel Direct TV so this will do it for me. Please don’t do this.
Lorem says
I’ve never watched Soaps, but my sympathy goes out to all of you who loved and supported this show for years and years. Network suits are callous *-holes who see viewers in much the same way that Hitchcock saw actors-Cattle. And a whole bunch of young actors, writers and tech people will lose a paycheck and the opportunity to practice their skills to reach higher ground. Soaps have always been valuable training ground for the young actor and the older actor who could no longer get work in Hollywood but still needed a paycheck. All the networks do this all the time–they cancel perfectly good programs for specious reasons.I, too, have been a victim of liking a program too much and then seeing it shot down by some jerk in New York with a $2000 suit, a $500 haircut and a BMW to commute to Connecticut. I drive a 1985 Toyota pickup for what that’s worth.
Phyllis says
I can’t believe this!!! It is crazy. Just for Megyn Kelly? She will be a flop just like Katie was when she went up against General Hospital. I have watched that show forever and love it. I will never watch a talk show at that time. Just like I don’t watch The Talk.
Sherry Whitmer says
Days and General Hospital is what I watch everyday, Whats next?
Rhonda Thuna says
I am so disappointed in NBC for considering to cancel my favorite Soap Opera DAYS OF OUR LIVES.
I have been watching Days of Our Lives for 49 years and look forward to seeing it 5 days a week.
I strongly suggest that you rethink cancelling the show!
I will NOT watch Megan Kelly or any other talk show you put in its place.
Tonya says
Why Days is one of the better soaps on the air. They always have to put on Talk Shows. I feel bad about the actors and actresses. I been watching Days for 35 years.
Jeanette says
I am extremely disappointed in your decision to drop Day Of Our Lives. It has been the reason for me to rush home for as many years as I can remember.
Please Reconsider
Ronnie Steiner says
I am very upset that you would cancel Days I’ve been watching since it started, we already have way to many talk shows and I don’t watch them because they are stupid
Kim says
Anybody know who to email directly at NBC to try and convince them to reconsider? Please post it here if you know. The actors on the show have known for awhile now that this was possibly coming. If it’s not set in concrete yet, and public pressure can influence network decisions, let’s direct our comments to those in charge and get something done about this foolish decision!
Linda Cathaway says
UNBELIEVEABLE!!! You have no idea how many people are affected by your cancellation of DAYS OF OUR LIVES. There are hundreds of thousands of Days watchers that have been loyal viewers for 50 years. Daytime television already sucks with all the reality, cooking,talk shows. The one bright light in so many people’s eyes is the 1 hour a day they look forward to watching their soap DOOL!!
Does NBC remember the backlash when they killed Marlena many years ago? I believe I remember the protests and boycotts in front of the NBC station….
This is not just another soap opera to all the many loyal viewers of DOOL, it’s become an important part of OUR LIVES!!
Betty Palmer says
You would allow all these actors and more to suffer. We have enough news shows.
Megan Kelley should not cost these people their lively hood
Shameful move and regretful one
Tom Stein says
Has NBC set up a series finale date for “Days of our Lives” yet, and if so, when is the final episode going to air?
Gayle L Kinyon says
I have watched days for 51 years,even when I worked igotto watch it. Please renew the show,not a lot of people like talk shows,my husband and I included! Please reconsider,viewers in Florida!!!
Sarah says
I quit watching Days (after 20+ years) when the killed off EJ and Allison Sweeney quit. If they could get them back I would surely be a faithful viewer again!! They have lost so many GREAT actors the last few years so I can understand why they are considering quitting the show.
Madia says
I agree . I grew up with Alison and when she and EJ left so admittedly have I. It definitely was MUST SEE TV for the past 25 years for me and although I do occasionally still turn it on to catch up usually I tune in and out. I have recently been catching the fever again with the Chloe stolen baby Holly from Nicole storyline and absolutely love Daimos. Seeing alot of my favorite characters return is a smart move on DOOL writers. But please oust the new Abigail she doesn’t begin to measure up to the original and where is Bo’s daughter Chelsea she would definitely shake rocking Salem back into the former glorious DAYS which we all loved remember and kept us watching.
Satan says
I didn’t believe this rumor when I first heard it. But now that Corday Inc has named professional soap killer Ron Carlivati as Days’ new Head Writer, it seems they really DO want to kill the show.
Polly Minnier says
I to am a Day of our lives watcher, love the soap. I don’t want to see the show canceled, I like the actors and actresses. I saw a page on the web that they were letting go of three of the best actors and actress on the show. My favorite ones, that’s why I watch the show. I also am with the other people that say they won’t watch anything but Day’s. There is enough crap on T.V. now day’s anyway’s. NBC, please don’t make your viewers upset, We are constant watchers, and LOVE the show, Day’s. Please keep it on the network. We are serious, and will change the station to something other than a talk show. Most of them are boring any way. Please RECONSIDER, We Love this show. Thank you, NBC
Karen Kinnick says
I’d watch more often if you had a storyline for Doug and Julie!