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Days of our Lives Confirms Taping of Doug Williams’ Funeral and Honoring the Late Bill Hayes

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After Stephen Schnetzer revealed his return as Steve Olson and Deidre Hall (Marlena) revealed the return of Gloria Loring (ex-Liz), on recent episodes of The Locher Room, Days of our Lives fans just knew that the show must be taping the funeral and related episodes on the death of Doug Williams.

Since DAYS tapes so far in advance of air, look for them to first stream on Peacock sometime this December.  Just how DAYS head writer, Ron Carlivati and team will ultimately craft the final exit of the beloved Doug and to celebrate his portrayer, Bill Hayes remains to be seen.

However on Monday, a spokesperson for Days of our Lives told Soap Opera Digest, “With Bill Hayes’ passing, the show is doing a special celebration for the life and memory of the character he portrayed for so many years. ‘Doug William’s’ funeral is giving us the opportunity to welcome some important and fan favorite, legacy characters back to Salem, including Gloria Loring, Stephen Schnetzer, and more. The episodes taping this week include Doug’s funeral and the historic 15,000th episode. They will not air until December 2024.”

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Hayes passed away back on January 12th of this year, leaving behind his wife and co-star for more than five decades, Susan Seaforth Hayes.  Following Bill’s memorial service and the Horton house burning to the ground on-air, Michael Fairman TV spoke to Susan, who related that the writers and producers did come to her about how they planned on dealing with Doug’s death.  Susan expressed, “They have, and they have been very sweet about it.”

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The list of who could show up for Doug’s funeral and his history could be a number of people, but obviously top on the list that people are hoping for will be Kristian Alfonso (Hope Williams), who played Bill Hayes’ on-screen daughter.

So, who else would you like to see from the life or times of Doug Williams, return to Salem for his final goodbye? Comment below.

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What used to be 6 is now 8 months prior to air? That sadly puts Doug’s passing around Christmas.

Thank goodness the other shows are able to still be cost effective filming 3-8 weeks prior to air.

Being 8 months ahead is excessive. If a storyline stinks, we can’t voice our opinions because they are too far ahead to change anything. Who was the brains for allowing that?

James – they just can’t seem to help themselves on this. And yes – no time to adjust if fans hate a story or if there’s a real-world issue that comes up to impact peoples thinking.

In 2020, production on all soaps ceased for 4 months. Instead of using this to keep the tape to air down to a normal 2 months, they’ve actually increased the pace.

With their barebones business model, there’s no easy way to close this gap now. They can’t stop production for 6 months and not pay staff.

Whenever I think of this gap I’m reminded that at a few points in the year, some GH scenes make it to air in 2 weeks.

Bo and Hope, Sammy of course have to be there.

Doug funeral is an opportunity to bring back Sandy who is Tommy’s daughter, Addie’s two children Julie and Steve , Bill’s three children Mike, Jennifer and Lucas, Mickey’ children Sara and Melissa and Marie’s daughter Jessica. Which are Tom and Alice’s grandchildren.

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Deidre Hall to Guest Star on Season 3 of Comedy Series ‘Hacks’

Days of our Lives star Deidre Hall (Marlena) is set to play a version of herself on third season of Hacks. Look for Hall this month in an episode titled “The Deborah Vance Christmas Spectacular,” to air on May 23 on Max.

Not only will Hall appear in the episode, but so too, will Back to the Future and Taxi star, Christopher Lloyd.

According to EW.com, Deidre will play “a fictional version of herself, who just so happens to be the mom of Paul W. Downs’ Jimmy.”

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Hacks co-creator and Downs’ wife, Lucia Aniello shared on Hall’s casting, “It made sense to us that Jimmy’s late father, a big-time manager, would have been married to an actress. When the idea for Deidre Hall came up, it just felt right.”

As for Lloyd, he will portray, reclusive writer Larry Arbuckle, who is to have had a rather famous grandfather. In the episode, Hall and Lloyd’s character intersect, which leads to onscreen sparks.

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“We had written some things that were flirty, but the chemistry was palpable,” says co-creator and series star, Downs shared. Hacks stars Jean Smart as comedy legend Deborah Vance.

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Season 3 of Hacks debuts on Thursday night May 2nd on Max 9 pm ET/6 pm PT.

So, will you be watching Deidre Hall guest starring on Hacks? Comment below.

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Peacock Raising Subscription Prices $2 Dollars a Month This Summer; Includes Days of our Lives

As the Paris Summer Olympics are a few months away, the Peacock streaming service has revealed its plan for a two dollar summer price hike on its subscription plans, beginning in July for its content which will include Days of our Lives.

According to Deadline, in July, look for the monthly price for Peacock Premium to increase to $7.99. Premium Plus, which offers limited advertising, download capability and live local programming, will now be $13.99, while  Annual plans will go up to $79.99 for Premium and $139.99 for Premium Plus.

This price hike will effect new customers starting on July 18th, while existing subscribers will notice the price change on their next billing date on or before August 17th.

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This marks the second price change in two years for the streaming service, the previous one being in 2023, which was the first since the service launched back in 2020.  The Summer Olympics in Paris which will be on NBC and Peacock run from July 26 to August 11.

The bright spot for Days of our Lives fans, is that unlike if the show was still on network television and NBC, the show would be preempted for two weeks, but with it being on Peacock it will continue with all-new episodes without interruption.

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At the recent Days of our Lives 15K episode celebration, Michael Sluchan the EVP, Current Scripted Programming & Limited Series for NBC/Peacock shared that the soap opera is doing extremely well for the streaming service, and they were very happy with its performance.

If you want to join Peacock now, there is still some time to get in on the current rates to watch DAYS and all of the programming and series it offers.

So, what do you think about the Peacock streaming service next price hike? Comment below.

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DAYS OF OUR LIVES Preview: EJ is on the Warpath After Finding Out Sloan’s Baby Is Not Hers!

This week on Days of our Lives, storylines look to be heating up, in particular, will we finally get to the root of Sloan (Jessica Serfaty) and Melinda’s (Tina Hunag) baby switch plot, making Nicole (Arianne Zucker) believe her baby died, when all along the little one has been living with Sloan and Eric (Greg Vaughan) as baby Jude?

Looking at the latest promo for the Peacock streaming soap opera, EJ (Dan Feuerriegel) is hot on the trail of Sloan after learning some intel from Leo (Greg Rikaart). However, EJ still is unaware that he is not the true baby-daddy, but Eric is. Meanwhile, Eric and Nicole look to be working together again when she gets a job at the Spectator and he is the photographer.

Elsewhere, Konstantin (John Kapelos) activates the “Pawn”, but what will he have him do for him next? Chanel (Raven Bowens) is sick with radiation poisoning thanks to the exposure from her mother, Paulina (Jackée Harry) and watch out when John and Marlena (Deidre Hall) find out that Maggie (Suzanne Rogers) is going to marry Konstantin!

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Here are a few teasers to look forward to this week on DAYS:

Monday, April 29

Tripp and Wendy say their goodbyes to family and friends.

Tuesday, April 30

With John under his control, Konstantin orders him to do his bidding.

Wednesday, May 1

EJ decides he will make Paulina pay for disrespecting him.

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Thursday, May 2

Sloan tells Leo he’s cut off from her money.

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Friday, May 3

Leo tells EJ a life-changing secret.

Maggie tells a wary Marlena and John that she is engaged to be married.

Check out the latest promo for Days of our Lives below, where an irate EJ goes after Sloan  Then let us know, what do you hope happens next? How will EJ get what he believes is his baby with Nicole, back? Share your thoughts in the comment section.

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