Throwing Ejami together this summer pretty much killed the show and left a bad taste for many viewers. You can’t put a rapist and his victim together and expect people to enjoy watching that. I hope they can recover but EJ back to manuplating the sitution again is going to continue to hurt the show.

Funny how now that OLTL has balance the ratings have gone up! Lets hope this is a trend and a good trend. Glad to see the VETS back and in a story. Please Frons wake up and smell the roses.

The stories on DAYS just go on too long. EJAMI has been in each others orbit for over 4 years with no payoff. Make EJAMI a romantic couple and give Philip a true story that doesn’t revolve around a teenage girl. Move most of the stories at an even keel. WHy hasn’t Chad been on more and the revelation that he is a Dimera has almost lost its significance with how long we have known, but Stefano and EJ do not. Rafe is a bore, he will never bring excitement to someone like Sami, he waters her down. EJ and Sami say more with their eyes than Rafe can say with words. Bo & Hope have been on hiatus because of a storyline that made Hope act out of character. The show has ruined couples that we once thought were only made for each other. How many men has Sami said they are her one true love? After awhile it just doesn’t matter. Bring back romance and couples that are committed to one another. Days has wasted over 4 years with EJAMI. EJAMI as a viable couple has enough angst that they don’t need interlopers. They have the Bradys, Stefano and Kate. EJAMI could be the supercouple of old with a tinge of gray to make them more exciting.

First off – fired Dena Higley. She’s reduced almost every female character on that show to psychotics, sluts or alcoholics. She’s thrown so many well-loved characters under the bus just to meet her ridiculous plot-points. Every storyline’s based around “love” triangles of some sort – and very weak, uninteresting ones at that. And all those flashbacks working as filler – how many times do we really need to see Chloe having sex with Phillip? Or Sami firing that gun?

Storylines are being dropped or left by the wayside for so long that we’re forgetting they exist. What happened to Chad? Did he drop off the face of the earth? Is there any real reason it’s taking Kate so long to tell Stefano that Chad is his son? Just tell him already so we can move onto something else.

Sami. Right now she’s on the frontlines and she’s been so despicable it’s just been unbearable to watch her. Shooting a guy point-blank in the head before ditching the gun and heading home to have sex with her idiotic boyfriend? That’s a little too much – even for Sami Brady. And the dialogue between Sami and Rafe has been so nauseating you’d think it was written by a fifteen-year-old Twilight fanfiction author. Why am I supposed to be rooting for these two again? I SUPPOSED to be rooting for these two? Who knows. They need to get that girl out of that ridiculous triangle and back with EJ. The only time Sami seems to be her normal self is when she’s with him. The amazing chemistry between the two actors shouldn’t be wasted – that kind of thing doesn’t happen between many soap couples and now’s the time to take advantage of this.

Stop wasting talent. Crystal Chappell is hovering in the background of a crummy Danloe storyline. It’s wonderful seeing Renee Jones again, but I can’t help but worry that as soon as the shooting storyline is resolved, they’re going to relegate her to being just a piece of set furniture again.

The show needs to stop relying on recording devices and cellphones. Do any of these Salemites not know how to set their cells to vibrate? When the cellphones are doing more work than the actors (and the writers), there’s a problem. And why are these people unable to learn that the pier is where secrets go to die?

Ken Corday needs to be gagged. Why does he insist on giving away the endings to these storylines weeks in advance (not that we can’t see the endings coming from a mile away anymore)? I still can’t believe he declared Dena Higley the best writer he’s ever worked with. He honestly needs to start owning up to his mistakes.

Fix the lighting. It’s brutal. Really. They shouldn’t even have begun thinking about going the way of HD when the lighting and the sets are so terrible. Money that would have best been spent elsewhere, for sure.

The lack of romance for any couple is disturbing. Danloe is going to blow up once news of Chloe’s affair comes out, Phelanie are doomed once Mel realizes her husband knocked up her step-mama, everyone knows Nathan is going to dump Stephanie’s whiny butt once he finds out Mel is free, safe are revolting with their constant romps in the hay as they plot the death of the father of Sami’s children, etc.

Nobody on this show seems to have a real job other than the doctors and Mel. When’s the last time Days showed us Phil and Brady actually working at Titan? Does Kate still work at Hearth & Home? Why can’t EJ conduct DiMera business in an office setting instead of a table in the middle of the DiMera living room?

Also, why does a day in Salem have to last a week or more in real time? I get that it must save quite a bit of money on wardrobe, but regardless of how poor Days is at the moment, nobody likes to watch a TV show that looks cheap, and Days looks very cheap. If we had decent storylines and dialogue for the actors, I could look beyond the production values. But if I can’t even get storylines I’m into, at least give me nice looking locations and pretty clothes for me to look at. You can’t give the audience neither.

Lastly. GIVE EJAMI A CHANCE!!! I enjoyed this summer that we got with them but like I pointed out in the first paragraph, I knew it was doomed to failure because of EJ’s big secret. Now I was still willing to tune in but I bet there were a ton of Ejami fans who couldn’t be bothered because they knew it wouldn’t be legit and EJ’s plan would blow up in his face eventually. EJ fans are tired of him being screwed over and painted as the villain time after time. The man has the looks, talent, and charisma to be the lead romantic male on this show. Let him shine with Ali Sweeney for crying out loud, what have they got to lose at this point?

The problem is the writing short and simple… . In a recent interview, Ken Corday’s intimated that pitting one fan base against the other was their ultimate goal… His interview told me that Days’ primary objective is to manipulate and agitate the audience, all UNDER THE GUISE of story-telling.

The comments to this blog is evidence that KC and company have, indeed, achieved their primary goal… Those who like Safe blame Ejami; and Ejamis defend their couple by pointing out that for a long time EJ has been the interloper for Safe… Indeed one might argue that the plummet in the ratings has accompanied Safe’s reunion and EJ being in a coma… It is also interesting to note that the relationship between Adam and Sharon on Young and the Restless appears to be that show’s attempt to tell an Ejamiesque story… They are Y&R’s EJ and Sami… It’s too bad Days didn’t take advantage of soap opera gold when it had it…

Ultimately, however, I don’t think it is fair to blame either couple, when the real problem is the underlying premises held by those who are producing the show AND the inept writing. I have no doubt that if the writing matched that of some of the other soaps, Days would have no ratings problems, regardless of which couple it went with… The actors on Days are unparalleled in all of Soaps; and given the writing that OLTL and GH have been getting, Days would shine..

Right now, I am watching Days only because of James Scott and the remarkable character he has created… IMO, James is the best actor in daytime; and EJ, its most intriguing character.. JMO

The ratings for Days will continue to hit rock bottom until they dish up some real Romance with a capital R for the couples that the audience is rooting for, which would be EJ and Sami, Bo and Hope, and Melanie and Nathan.

Specifically, what was done to EJami over the summer and fall was a complete travesty. And the lead female character Sami has been written into a disgusting corner, shooting a defenseless, unconscious man (whom she claimed to love on some level) in the head at pointblank range, still with no remorse or regret on the screen yet. She is completely unrootable at this point. No wonder viewers are turning the show off.

If Days is truly interested in pulling out of this hole, they need to set Sami on the path toward redemption IMMEDIATELY and have her finally embrace her love for EJ, get Bo/Hope back together asap, and finally bring the most rootable young couple (Melanie/Nathan) together too.

It’s not that hard.

I’m tired of wasting my time watching couples with no rooting value whatsoever.

Days is in last spot because they put ejami on the back burner and are forcing the akward coupling of rafe and sami, there is no chemistry there and sami is forcing it and its pissing me off! I have to admit i stopped watching because of that, when ejami comes back together ill watch but i have no desire to see rafe and sami suck face, ick, not hot at all, i fast forward it the first time , ugh! Love EJ and hope he puts sami in jail from spoilers ive read!

Days is my family’s soap. I got started watching it when I still lived at home. Later, I discovered other soaps…I’ve watched every one of the six now on the air at some point and a lot that soap fans have lost in recent years. Lately, I’ve been clinging to the show by a thread, and right now it is getting pretty thin. I’ve hated that EJ and Sami aren’t together, and some of the storylines now forced on viewers are dark and very hard to enjoy. I’ve accused this show of being “mean spirited” because it lacks the kind of warmth that makes me want to tune in. There is no rootable romance. Right now, my loyalty is to some of the actors who are extremely good, and I don’t want to see Days leave the air. I know the show is capable of doing better.

The biggest thing killing this show is KC. Announcing the boringness of Safe reunion to start, then it was clear as day during the recent webcast that things were not going to change on DOOL. It was insulting to hear TPTB talk about how DOOL is about family and romance when we the viewers have not been seeing any of that for some time. And saying that he enjoyed having fans split and that that was the secret to success all made it clear how out of touch he is. And his praising of DH, that alone dropped my viewing time greatly (I still have to watch JS). Until they get their head out of the clouds, listen to the fans, and make some changes in the writing department there is no way the ratings will improve.

From the comments on here and other boards I think Corday was wrong the fanbase for Safe is not 50% of the audience or the ratings would be higher. I would say more like 20-25%. I know about 50% of the Ejami fanbase is leaving and the ratings will keeping dropping if they insist on Sami being with Agent DULL as Dishwater in the future! Also bring back Real Romance not this Fake Couple crap they keep showing us. How many times can a couple repeat I Love You So Much, before the GA starts to believe it? A Million and One if it’s Sami and Rafe and even then I’ll NEVER believe they Truly Do Love Each Other Like EJ Loves HIS Samantha. Safe have no history and talks mostly about EJ. That doesn’t make them in Love that makes them all about EJAMI. And Dena needs to stop the Plot Point writing and write about the characters again.

Hello, Im from Sydney, Australia and I have been watching Days of Our Lives since I was about 10 years of age with my wonderful sister. I love all the characters and ever since James Scott came to the show, it has made it 100% excellent. I love the chemistry between him and Sami. They combust on screen and their chemistry is like no other couple on any other soap AT ALL. James Scott is the BEST ACTOR on daytime TV. He deserved that emmy 100% and all his performances are captivating. I tuned out when I read that SAFE would be reunited by September and have not been able to watch since. I watched the EJAMI wedding and the shooting but I was horrified at what they have made Sami do. Shooting the man you were supposed to marry less than 24hrs and then going to be with your extremely boring boyfriend was not a good move. I have been wanting EJAMI since I saw them on in May 2006 and they have never been given a real chance at all. EJ loves Sami- ” the good, the bad and everything in between”. He loves Sami so much. I cant watch this Sami. Sami used to be such a fun character, stopping at nothing till she got what she wanted. Now I cannot watch her. James Scott and Alison Sweeney have chemistry that no one can compare to. It should be used as Days will dominate all the other soaps. I am an EJAMI 110% and will never give up on them. Days has James Scott, an excellent actor that I bet all other soaps would die to have and they should have him with Sami as a couple and a family to their beautiful children. I hope DAYS stays on the air for many many years to come because its a great show and I cant wait to see Missy Reeves again. Beautiful Woman and great actress.
Please Please writers give us EJAMI just once as a REAL couple. The ratings would fly through the roof.
Also Michael Fairman is AWESOME!!!!

I hope that TPTB understand that if they truly paired EJami together, with Sami understanding that she has loved EJ all along, the ratings would be better. I know of many people who are not satisfied with the show right now and that is why they are losing viewers. Give the audience a true supercouple and Days will increase it’s viewership.

I have to agree with those who’ve said that Ken Corday and his stupid comments are greatly to blame with what’s wrong with this soap. Firstly, back in June he states that “most people want Safe and that’s what they’re going to get”. Well guess what Kenny, “most people” didn’t want Safe and you spoiling the storyline just caused viewers to tune out.

Secondly, he gave away the ending of the story and even if you weren’t rooting for a particular couple, knowing the ending takes the interest out and people tune out.

Third, he or tptb leaked the shooting scenes early, in what I suppose was an attempt to garner interest in the ending of one storyline-beginning of another. Guess what??? FAIL. Making Sami so heartless and having Safe have sex intermingeled with scenes of EJ lying bloodied, dying on the bed was disgusting. NO ONE wanted to see that and in doing that killed Safe’s viability IMO.

Couple Ken Corday’s assinine statements with the terrible story writing and awful pacing and dreadful sets and lighting you’ve got a show that should be dead last. No surprise to me.

There were two other comments that Ken made that I think continue to turn off viewers, he stated that he loves dividing the fans down the middle and saying that Dena Higley was one of the best writers, etc showed me that Ken has no clue how to run a successful soap opera. He’s managed to ride his parents coattails all these years and managed to have writers and directors that kept the show going up to this point. I think his luck has run out.

Viewers don’t want to be divided down the middle. Fanbase wars are not the answer. Putting a couple together, all the while, systematically tearing them apart isn’t “brilliant” storytelling. Tptb put Ejami “together” this summer, all the while having the huge secret hanging over their head and Sami dreaming of and kissing on Rafe is not giving Ejami a chance. Putting Safe together then having Sami do something so unfeeling and jump back in bed to boink (and that’s all it was) was disgusting, then having Rafe compromise everything he stands for to protect this woman is not “true love” to me nor or they a rootable couple.

I think Days days are numbered. I don’t think they can fix this mess. For one thing, they film too far ahead, and another thing is Ken Corday has proven he has no idea what his viewers really want. So I see no way out of the mess they’ve created. I forsee continuing base dwelling ratings and eventual cancellation by NBC/Comcast.

I have read through so many of these comments and it’s obvious that most of them were written by ejami fans who are disgruntled because their couple is not together, and SAFE is. They seem to think that if ejami are together then the ratings will go up because this is what the fans/GA want. Honestly, do you all really believe that? Bringing back ejami is not going to raise the ratings of DAYS . In fact, the ratings were higher before they were together this spring. The ratings started to plummet when Sami moved into the mansion, and they continued to fall all summer. What helped them not be as low as they are now was the Alice Memorial and the return of all the vets people wanted to see. DAYS lost a lot of fans this summer and now it’s a matter of trying to get them back. They aren’t going to go rushing back to DAYS just b/c one couple is together. It’s going to take a lot more than that.

What’s bringing the ratings down is the fact that people don’t want to see the manipulation and blackmail stories over and over and over again. They don’t want to see all dark and sadness on the show everyday. The fans want fun and laughter and happy times. Drama is important, sure, but so is romance and lightness. What happened to the fun times on DAYS? the parties, the picnics, the dances, etc? What happened to the romance? We don’t really see any of this. Even when there is a wedding, like Chloe and Daniel, it was all veiled in secrets, manipulations and lies- no real happiness.

And truly, how is SAFE really together? Sure they profess their love for each other and make love and are living together, but it is all still surrounded by darkness and the constant manipulation and revenge themes with EJ. They aren’t being allowed to be a couple in love with fun times like couples used to have. And it’s not just them, it’s all the couples on DAYS. None of them are happy. In fact, I don’t know of any character that is happy.

DAYS needs to improve their writing to be successful. Stop dragging out the storylines for so long. Who wants to see Vivian in that tomb for months? Who wants the Chloe story to drag out for another few months? Quit wasting the talent of Ari Zucker on being Brady’s foil. She hasn’t had a good storyline since she returned to the show. Get CC out of this BOPE mess and get them back together as the supercouple they are. Put JS with a woman who will love him for him, not Sami who has always thought of him as seconds when she can’t be with the man she wants to be with. Quit dumbing down his character– he is good as a villain, he sucks as a romantic lead, so stop trying to make him one. Get the Sami shooting EJ story over with and resolve it and move her character on. Give GG a backstory and a good story of his own, in conjunction with Sami.

I am a SAFE fan, but I am by no means naive enough to think that just putting SAFE together would be the cure-all for DAYS. How could they possibly bring up ratings in less than 6 weeks that had been in the toilet for 6 months? No one couple will be enough on its own to pull the show out of the dumps it’s in. Fix the writing and bring on some new, creative storylines that are character driven, not plot driven. Finish storylines and move them along. If you are going to bring on a new character, stick with them for awhile, and stop changing them so often.

I have been a DAYS watcher and fan for over 30 years and I sure don’t want to see the show cancelled. I think the show has the chance to be the show it once was, but time is running out to fix things. I am hoping the writers and tptb can work together to make DAYS a success once again.