Days Of Our Lives
Days of our Lives Turns 55 Today; Premiered Back On November 8, 1965
In a historic milestone for the longest-running scripted drama in NBC history, Days of our Lives today turns 55-years-young. The series created by Ted and Betty Corday, debuted on the peacock network back on November 8th, 1965 as the lives of the Hortons and their extended family and friends took centerstage.
Over the years, the Hortons have been joined by the Bradys and the DiMeras, to fill the town of Salem with drama, romance, intrigue, and high action-adventure.
The series is currently executive produced by Ken Corday, along with Albert Alaar and head-written by Ron Carlivati with a set of beloved cast members and newcomers to keep the show alive through all of its incarnations and ups and downs.
DAYS has been spotlighted over the years for some of the most iconic soap storylines and romances and superrcouples ever in the genre including: Bo and Hope, John and Marlena, Jack and Jennifer and so many others. The possession storyline featuring DAYS legacy star, Deidre Hall (Marlena) remains to this day a fan favorite under then head writer, James Reilly.
As previously announced, DAYS will celebrate with their fans on Saturday, November 21st when NBC’s annual Day of Days event goes virtual. Check out the details here.
Congratulations to the cast, crew and creatives, and those who came before them for keeping Salem a great place to visit and to be part of all viewers extended family each weekday afternoon.
Share your well-wishes for DAYS via the comment section below on this landmark day in their storied career, and share with us your favorite all-time storyline, too.
Why no big flashy storylines or high profile returns like for the 50th??
Flashy storylines etc during Covid?
General Hospital is telling a whole host of flashy storylines right now! They are telling one of the ugliest storylines in the show’s history, with Tripp being accused of raping Allie. We KNOW he didn’t do it, so it is extra painful to watch him be accused. We don’t know a lot about Allie either, and this is compromising her character. Another World did this story when Morgan was accused of raping Lorna. All My Children did it when Ryan Lavery was accused of raping that Montgomery sister. It’s just an ugly, non-suspenseful, hard to watch story on any show, on any network. Money could have been better spent on bringing back a Horton or two. Or a week filled with classic flashbacks. Something to honour the anniversary!
I am hoping NBC releases solo publicity images from their recent shoot, and not a select number of the usual faces. I’d love a major release!
Happy Birthday!!!!! I haven’t watched for 55 years, but a good portion of it. 🙂
Congratulations! I wish that I could say that I’m enjoying the show the way I used too, but that would be a lie. I tune in for certain couples & that’s it. Writers have been disappointing since the so called successful time jump..
I do agree with you and just watch the interesting parts or couples as you said. I sure didn’t need to be reminded of Kate’s affair all those years ago with Bill Horton, resulting in Lucas’s birth. Good thing she’s too old to breed, since she’s had a child with every man she’s slept with.
Marci Miller, Stacey Haiduk, Linsey Godfrey, Sal Stowers, God, how does Lauren Koslow do it ! she stuns ( Abs, Kristen, Sarah, Lani, Kate )
this part is going to make me cry ! “Tamara Braun is coming back”
up and coming doozies : Victoria Konefal , MY Olivia Rose Keegan, THESE TWO – SORAS – just rose thru the rank… welcome to the set… on stage
two wouldn’t be the same without : Ms. Deidre Hall , Nadia Bjorlin
what it must be like to be in love and be LOVED : Mary Beth Evans / Kayla
the constant light and pillar : christened Mother Horton. “Maggie”
should always have that ticket home : Jenn Lilly… My bette davis ; Judi Evans HUMOR , radiance , affection… ooh la la
Partay ! Splash, NO? Leann Hunley DAG hers HOT
Kassie DePaiva – expletive exclamation exquisite FIRE!
Ron Carlivati – Ken Corday : Hire Christie Clark, for Rafe. would she come home from London for “Just-a-wee-bit” FOREVER LOVE THIS GIRL
just thanking the ladies
SALUTE!
Caroline McKay
Renee LEXIE Jones
Krista – god she defined sexy – Allen
bowled over
Frances Reid
OK mortals.. here’s a longshot theory that just popped into a Devil’s head….
If you listened carefully to what Kayla said about the results of the DNA test, she’s sure that Tripp is baby Henry’s father as he’s a match and the only other person who could be a match would be Steve.
Well obviously Steve wouldn’t have had sex with Allie……..
Except Steve at the time was under the control of the Stefano brain chip delusion. And since he doesn’t remember most of what he did while being chipped, he wouldn’t know. I don’t think Stefano (or somebody delusionally thinking he is Stefano) would rape a teenage girl necessarily, but I DO think that Chip-Stefano would dream up a scheme with his favorite mad scientist Dr. Rolf to create a “vessel” for a clone – which we already know Rolf is working on – and Allie, being Marlena’s granddaughter, would be somebody who Stefano would choose to carry his “seed”.
No actual rape probably occurred though… it was probably an artificial insemination, similar to when the real Stefano impregnated Susan with Baby Elvis back in 1997.
The alternate theory is that this new Charlie kid is somehow Tripp’s brother, since we know that Ava Vitali is due in Salem any minute now. But is Steve even Charlie’s father?? If not, then Kayla’s words seem to point to Steve himself being daddy without having any knowledge of the deed.
More casting news from Days of Our Lives, and for now, the soap opera seems to be breaking their new additions to Salem via their Instagram account. Now comes word and picture on August 24, that General Hospital and The Young and the Restless alum Brytni Sarpy has joined DAYS!
The Peacock soap opera’s Instagram account, showed a photo of Sarpy standing in front of her dressing room in the hallways of Days of Our Lives’ studios. The caption read, “Someone new is checking into Salem… Welcome Brytni Sarpy to the Days of our Lives family! Stay tuned.”
The casting of Sarpy comes on the heels of the announcement of Sydney Malakeh coming to the show in September, and earlier this year General Hospital favorite, Sofia Mattsson (ex-Sasha Gilmore, GH) joining the show in a mystery role when she began taping back around the end of March of this year. Now Sarpy is the “mystery role” category too!
In addition, the Days of Our Lives social team dropped a video ditty of the cast spoofing Love Island, where Sarpy appears as the new “bombshell” of the villa. Other cast members such as Rob Scott Wilson (Alex), Abigail Klein (Abigail), Casey Moss (JJ), Sal Stowers (Lani), Paul Telfer (Xander) and Linsey Godfrey (Sarah) pop-up in it too, among others.
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SOAP HOPPING
Soap fans first met Sarpy when she played Valerie Spencer, the niece of Luke (Anthony Geary) and Bobbie Spencer (Jackie Zeman) on General Hospital back in 2015. She made her final appearance on the series back in 2019 to join the cast of The Young and the Restless in the role of Elena Dawson.
Elena was introduced as a love interest for Devon Winters (Bryton James). She later cheated on him with his cousin Nate Hastings (Sean Dominic). Elena began to be back-burned by 2023 with Sarpy’s last on-screen appearance in Genoa City in November of 2024.
Due to Days of Our Lives nearly year in advance tape schedule, viewers will have to wait till sometime in the early summer of 2027 to see Brytni’s arrival in Salem.
So, happy to see Brytni Sarpy has landed another soap role? Now that she is at DAYS, who you think she might be playing and paired with? Put on your casting director hats and let us know via the comment section.
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Sydney Malakeh Joins the Cast of ‘Days of Our Lives’ in Mystery Role: Who Do You Think She’s Playing?
There’s a new gal coming to Salem, or is she new and a recast? That’s what inquiring minds from Days of Our Lives fans have been trying to figure out since the Peacock soap opera dropped an Instagram video heralding actress‘ Sydney Malakeh‘s arrival in Salem.
The soap did confirm that viewers will first see Malakeh on the September 9 episode. In the video, Malakeh is seen going set to set from her dressing room and in to the halls of Days of Our Lives studios.
What we do know id that Sydney has been acting professionally for 6 years and had appeared on Grey’s Anatomy, Apple TV’s Shrinking and the HBO Max’s The Sex Lives of College Girls.
Plenty of Malakeh’s DAYS castmates jumped into the comment thread with positive emojis symbols or written excitement including: Paul Telfer (Xander), Linsey Godfrey (Sarah), Sal Stowers (Lani), Conner Floyd (Chad), Eric Martsolf (Brady) and Christie Clark (Carrie) and more now that fans will finally see her on-air. Since Days of Our Lives tapes 10-11 months in advance, Sydney would have started taping the show sometime back in 2025.
DAYS fans think perhaps because the actress’ name is Sydney that she might be playing the grown-up daughter of Sami and EJ. That character hasn’t bee on the canvas since 2021.
So, who do you think Sydney Malakeh might be playing on Days of Our Lives? Drop your casting director thoughts via the comment section below.
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Peacock Hikes Subscription Rates for Fourth Time in Four Years; ‘Days of Our Lives’ Fans Sound Off
While recently the streaming service Peacock reported turning a profit for its first time since its infancy, now comes word that the company is raising their prices for all customers, and in some cases it stared today on August 18.
The news of the subscription rate increases marks the fourth time the NBCUniversal streaming platform has done so in four years. So, on August 18, Peacock is increasing the prices for new or returning subscribers and customers, while current subscribers will see the rate increase on or after September 17 depending on their billing cycle when they initially signed up.
Here is the new pricing to follow along: Peacock Premium (which includes ads) will be $12.99/month, up two dollars from $10.99; Peacock Premium Plus will be $19.99/month, up three dollars increase from $16.99; and the Peacock Select tier (which includes current and past seasons of NBC and Bravo shows but excludes movies, live sports and Peacock originals) will increase a dollar from $7.99 to $8.99/month.
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SUBSCRIBERS CONTINUE TO PAY MORE ACROSS THE STREAMER LANDSCAPE
It was back in June that the streamer reported that aid subscribers were up to 48 million adding a 2 million net gain during Q2 in of 2026. The subscription price hikes are rampant now in the entertainment streaming industry where over the last two years for example, Netflix, HBO Max, Apple TV, Paramount+ have all raised their fees to consumers.
Peacock’s tier-levels feature not only Days of Our Lives, but reality hits such as The Traitors and Love Island USA, Bravo series, and a vault of Saturday Night Live, Law & Order, The Real Housewives franchise, and Below Deck episodes as well. Pecock Premium and Premium Plus subscribers have access to sports and live events, as well.
DAYS OF OUR LIVES SUBSCRIBERS HAD A FEW CHOICE WORDS FOR PEACOCK
As Days of Our Lives fans know, the soap opera moved from NBC to the streamer back in September of 2022 after 57 years on broadcast television. When the news hit X on the price increase, DAYS fans had a lot to say about it. Here are just a few of the comments below:
“I can’t believe Peacock and can’t come to a deal with Cordya to air old episodes of #Days. That alone would bring a ton of subscribers,” to If Peacock actually cared about #Days of Our Lives, gave the show the budget it needs for better sets, cameras, background actors and enough time to tell proper stories, I wouldn’t mind paying more. If the money actually showed on screen, the higher price would be worth it,” to “I will continue to pay for a Peacock subscription as long as #Days is on it, but did we know there was another price increase coming?” and more.
So, what do you think of the new price hike increase to watch Days of Our Lives and your other favorite shows and events on Peacock? Let us know your thoughts in the comment section below.
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